Remembering Norwell Health Agent Ben Margro
by Claire Galkowski, Executive Director, South Shore Recycling Cooperative, May 1, 2026 Over the weekend of April 25, Norwell Health Agent and longtime SSRC Board Member Ben Margro passed away […]
Lithium batteries are bursting into flames, starting dangerous, toxic trash fires
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 […]
Hull Zero Waste Day, 5/10/25
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. […]
Invitation for Bids: Preferred Vendor for curbside residential food waste collection
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 […]
Low cost compost bin sale – order by 4/9
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 […]
Recycling Under Attack Again in NYT
Chaz Miller, 40-year veteran of the waste and recycling industry, Waste360, February 26, 2025 (excerpts) Once again, recycling is under attack. Once again, we are being told that recycling is a […]
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 […]
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 […]
Recycling Works. If We Don’t Counter the Naysayers, It Won’t
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 […]
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 […]