by Amy Lestition Burke and Heidi Sanborn, opinion contributors, The Hill, 06/03/25 Every day, essential workers in recycling and waste management face an escalating threat: fires and explosions sparked by improperly discarded consumer products containing lithium-ion batteries and other hazardous products such as compressed gas cylinders. These fire incidents are no longer…
Sat. May 10, 2025, 9 am – 1 pm Open to residents of all SSRC Member Towns Location is revealed on the registration formThere is a limited supply of compost bins. We will take orders while supplies last. To learn more about home composting, and see if your town offers low-cost bins,…
The South Shore Recycling Cooperative (“SSRC”), on behalf of its eighteen Member Municipalities (MMs), is seeking bids from qualified firms to provide curbside collection and management of residential food waste in a subscription based, opt-in program as a preferred vendor. Contracts resulting from this bid will provide a partnership between the awarded…
Now is the perfect time to start composting your food and yard waste in your back yard! The SSRC is doing a bulk order of 80 gallon Earth Machine compost bins and 1.85 gal. kitchen scrap buckets. If we get enough orders by April 9, we will distribute them at…
