Mercury containing items such as thermometers, thermostats, switches, elemental mercury, and flowmeters are accepted year round at the Resource Recovery Center at 115 Rumford Ave., Auburndale, MA 02466. Mercury is a hazardous material. Do not throw away with trash. The … Read More
Newton has felt the impact of the recent change in China’s policy regarding the level of contamination in recyclable materials the country will now accept. Waste Management, the company contracted to haul the City’s waste, has fined Newton over $21,000 … Read More
Green Newton’s Schools Connections Group in collaboration with Newton’s Department of Environmental Affairs, needs volunteers to conduct a recycling survey on “waste, recycling and composting practices” in the schools listed above. Volunteers from other Newton schools have offered to conduct the survey, which involves documenting … Read More
Green Newton’s Schools Connections Group is seeking volunteers to complete a survey on current waste, recycling and composting practices in the following Newton Schools: Bowen, Countryside, Franklin, Horace-Mann, Memorial Spaulding, Ward and Zervas. Here’s the survey: Sustainable Materials Management Survey. We do have volunteers for each of … Read More
MANY THANKS from Green Newton to everyone that donated sneakers to our NewtonSERVES project on April 29. 150 pairs of sneakers will be sorted and taken to Nike’s outlet in Wrentham for recycling, as well as another organization that will distribute … Read More
Newton’s Director of Environmental Affairs, Waneta Trabert, has asked Green Newton’s Schools Connections group to help conduct a study of current waste, recycling and composting practices in Newton Schools. The data will help to better focus city resources on significantly improving the sustainability of our … Read More
Paper towels and paper napkins are a huge source of paper waste and expensive over time. In the United States, 13 billion pounds of paper towels are used each year. To make one ton of paper towels, 17 trees are … Read More
Clothing should never go in your recycling green cart! All types of textiles, including shoes, belts and stuffed animals, can be donated to various charities at the Resource Recovery Center (Located at 115 Rumford Ave, Auburndale – driving directions), which is open … Read More
We hope you had a meaningful Earth Day! In honor of Earth Day 2018, Green Newton received a large donation of 500 reusable shopping bags from Star Market stores in Newton, and a group of community volunteers and students from Boston College’s … Read More
Students of a Greener World (SGW) will participate in NewtonSERVES 2018 by collecting used sneakers for their Sneaker Reuse & Recycling Project on Sunday, April 29 from 9am-3pm at Newton City Hall. Save your sneakers from the trash and instead bring them to City … Read More
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