Marshfield joins the SSRC

by Claire Galkowski, Executive Director November 5, 2024 At last night’s Select Board meeting in Marshfield, the Board voted to sign the Intermunicipal Agreement with the South Shore Recycling Cooperative and its other seventeen Member Municipalities.   On Oct 21, the Board of Public Works had voted to join. The SSRC Board had voted…

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Free clothing, shoes at South Shore pop-up shop this weekend

Jessica Trufant, The Patriot Ledger, Oct. 31, 2024 WEYMOUTH − A group of volunteers will host a pop-up shop with free second-hand clothing from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 2 at Weymouth High School. The clothing giveaway happens in the spring and fall each year. It started as a collaboration between…

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Recycling Works. If We Don’t Counter the Naysayers, It Won’t

baled plastics for shipment

Chaz Miller , Semi-retired, 40-year veteran of the waste and recycling industry, April 29, 2024 You’ve probably seen a newspaper, television, or online article insisting that recycling isn’t working. They say what we put in our recycling bins doesn’t get recycled. Instead, it ends up in landfills.  Some of these stories come…

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Now’s the time to start a backyard compost bin

The North and South River Watershed Association (NSRWA) is hosting the 2024 Gardening Green Expo from 3/11-3/16. Its five online interactive workshops includes The Joy of Composting – Turning Garbage to Gold , presented by Ann McGovern, MassDEP’s recently retired Compost Specialist, on Fri., 3/15 from 7-8:30 pmThe Expo also features in-person…

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