Wasted: How You Can Help Stop Food Waste by Tim Devaney What if you took nearly half the food you buy and threw it away? That’s what we do as a nation every year. Around 40% of the food we … Read More
PROBLEM: Pizza boxes are a source of confusion. In the past, greasy pizza boxes were banished to disposal; however, due to advancements in recycling processing, this item is now permitted for curbside collection once all food waste has been removed … Read More
Newton Power Choice is going to be a group electricity purchasing program, known as aggregation, that will be provided by the City for its residents and businesses. Eversource will still deliver the electricity to our homes, however the city will select an electricity supplier … Read More
On August 20 @ 6pm-7:30pm, take a pleasant Loop on the Commonwealth Ave. Carriage lane to Auburndale, through the Cove north and along Charles river path in Waltham, to Newtonville and back to the Library. Meet in front of the … Read More
PROBLEM: Take-out containers made of both plastic and Styrofoam are often hard to recycle. For instance, black plastic takeout containers confuse the optical sorters that separate materials at recycling facilities. The material captured from clear plastic containers is not typically marketable … Read More
According to the Environmental Working Group (EWG), algae blooms are not only disgusting and smelly – the toxic microcystins they can produce also pose serious health risks. Swimming in lakes contaminated with toxic microcystins can cause vomiting, headaches and rashes. Long-term exposure … Read More
Please join the Friends of Nahanton Park as they construct the bridge at the end of Florries Path starting at 8:30am on Saturday, September 15. Help is needed moving materials to the site, cut and assemble the bridge, and anyone … Read More
In 2017, the Newton City Council passed a revised Leaf Blower Ordinance that bans all gas-powered leaf blowers from Memorial Day through Labor Day, and during that period, only one electric or battery-powered leaf blower per lot is allowed. The … Read More
Ride with Bike Newton on Sunday, August 12 from 11am-2pm as they ride through Waltham, Weston and Lincoln on Rt. 117 to the Mass. Audubon’s Drumlin Farm. Bring a picnic lunch, or buy one en route. The group can tour … Read More
Boston GreenFest is going to be a wonderful free three-day festival at Boston City Hall Plaza and Faneuil Hall. As the region’s largest environmental and multicultural festival, Boston GreenFest celebrates the many ways we can create a better world by greening our … Read More
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