On Earth Day, Sunday, April 22 from 1-5pm Green Newton will hand out free reusable shopping bags to customers at the Newtonville and Auburndale Star Market stores. Please remember to use reusable bags when you go to the store. Paper … Read More
Category Archives: Recycling
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
Since so many of us have a surplus of reusable shopping bags, Green Newton and the City of Newton are planning an Earth Day project on Sunday, April 22 to redistribute these bags. At that time, Green Newton volunteers will … 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. Start sorting and saving your sneakers now and bring them to City … Read More
In October, Waste Management (WM) informed the City of Newton that our green cart contamination rate exceeded the 10 percent limit (by weight) specified in our current contract. WM informed the City it had conducted 17 separate audits of Newton’s … Read More
Those plastic retail hangers look harmless in stores. But did you know that 85% of them go straight into landfills? How bad is it? See the video and the graphic below to find out and to learn about recyclable paper hangers. You … Read More
We inadvertently left out the 4 alternatives to single use coffee pods and have included them in the revised post below. Our apologies for the mishap. According to a recent poll by the National Coffee Association, one in five adults get their daily … Read More
On March 8 from 3:30-4:30pm in the Drucker Auditorium of the Newton Free Library (330 Homer St., Newton), join Students for a Greener World (SGW) in planting seedlings and plants in small square pots made from newspapers, making a bird feeder … Read More
You are probably familiar with BPA (or byphenol A)—and the dangers of exposure to this estrogen-mimicking industrial chemical. BPA, a proven endocrine disruptor, has been implicated in a number of maladies, from prostate and breast cancer to hyperactivity in boys, as well as an … Read More
Plastic bags are the #1 source of contamination in Newton’s recycling… a message from Waneta Trabert, Director, Newton Environmental Affairs Division Plastic bags are the #1 source of contamination in Newton’s recycling. Though they are recyclable, plastic bags are not accepted … Read More
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