Upcoming Events:
MassDEP Solid Waste Advisory Committee
(SWAC) Meeting
October 25, 1PM to 3PM
MassDEP, One Winter Street, Boston, MA
Click here for the meeting agenda or to sign up to listen to the meeting via a webinar
SWANA - Recycling and Solid Waste Conference
Oct 30th, 7:45AM - 10PM
Westborough, MA
Click Here to REGISTER
WasteZero, PAYT Roundtable Discussion
November 7th, noon
Sandwich, MA
Click here for a flyer with RSVP information
MassRecycle 17th Annual Recycling Awards Night
Nov. 13th, 6 - 9pm
InterContinental Boston
learn more at www.massrecycle.org
Casella ZeroSort Tour
November 14th, 10am - noon
Charlestown, MA
Click here to RSVP
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Upcoming Household Hazardous Waste Collection Days :
No more HHW collection days are scheduled for 2012. Stay tuned for the 2013 schedule.
However, if you have materials you need to dispose of and need information, please call 508-375-6698 or Click here for the Cooperative Extension website
New England Disposal Technologies, Inc. (NEDT) also has a Household Hazardous Products Collection Center in Sutton, MA. NEDT website
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If a business needs help setting up a recycling program- you now have a number to give them. Call (888) 254-5525 or email info@RecyclingWorksMA.com The Recycling Works program is run by the Center for Eco Technology, under a contract with MassDEP. Click here to learn how to install the RecyclingWorks widget on your local website. |
Funded in part through a grant from Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protections
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Casella ZeroSort Tour Rescheduled
The tour of Casella's single stream recycling facility in Charlestown has been rescheduled for Wednesday, November 14th at 10am. Please RSVP to dquinn@barnstablecounty.org or (508) 375-6974 if you'd like to attend.
There is a lot of discussion these days about the pros and cons of single stream vs. dual stream vs. source separation for recyclables. This is a great opportunity to see firsthand how single stream recyclables are processed and ask some questions, especially if your towns in considering single stream as an option.
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Trash & Recycling Videos:
Here are a few educational videos from around the Cape - please pass them along to anyone who may be interested.
 If you missed last week's composting workshop in Chatham, fear not, we got it all on video. Russ Norton, Horticulturist with the Cape Cod Cooperative Extension, led a talk on the dos and don't of home composting. Whether you're new to composting or a master gardener, this talk has something everybody. Click here or on the image above to watch.  Dennis Transfer Station Foreman Chad Contonio and Channel 18 teamed up to educate residents about recycling by pulling a trash bag out of the hopper and digging through it for recyclable items! He found that more than half of the bag's "trash" was actually recyclable. Click here or on the above image to download the video. |
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In the News...
How America Is Losing Up to 40 Percent of Its Food from Farm to Fork to Landfill - Getting food from the farm to our fork eats up 10 percent of the total U.S. energy budget, uses 50 percent of U.S. land, and swallows 80 percent of all freshwater consumed in the United States. Yet, 40 percent of food in the United States today goes uneaten. This not only means that Americans are throwing out the equivalent of $165 billion each year, but also that the uneaten food ends up rotting in landfills as the single largest component of U.S. municipal solid waste where it accounts for almost 25 percent of U.S. methane emissions. Read on...
WOMR 92.1 Discusses Pay-As-You-Throw with members of the Wellfleet Recycling Committee. Click here to listen to the conversation (runs about 30 mins)
Brookline Mulls Ban on Styrofoam, Plastic Bags - A proposal that will go before Special Town Meeting in November seeks to prohibit the use of disposable polystyrene for take-out food packages. Another proposal on the Nov. 13 meeting's warrant would also prohibit stores from providing disposable plastic shopping bags to customers. Business interests say finding a suitable, more sustainable substitute for polystyrene cups for hot beverages has been difficult, and banning plastic bags could cost businesses and consumers more money. Read on...
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Recycling Resources for Schools
If you want to start a recycling program at your school, there are resources available to help.
The GREEN TEAM is an interactive educational program that empowers students and teachers to help the environment through waste reduction, reuse, recycling, composting, and pollution prevention. Visit http://www.thegreenteam.org/ to learn about the resources the program offers Textile Recycling Fundraisers?Recycling can also be a fundraising opportunity for your school! This past spring, Weymouth Public Schools participated in a two month textile recycling competition. Bay State Textiles and Capitol Waste Services provided prizes and incentives. In addition to a collection container, daily collection and payment of $100/ton for all collected material, each participating school received $250. To learn more, click here. |
Best,
Dave Quinn
Regional Waste Reduction Coordinator,
Barnstable County
dquinn@barnstablecounty.org
(508) 375-6974
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