Newsletter – March 2022 Link to full newsletterFebruary Board Meeting highlightsSpiegel South Shore Scrap checks inGrinding, screening contracts awardedExec. Dir. to go on partial family medical leaveMassDEP RDP grants, data surveysSpring HHW collectionsLithium, Li-Ion batteries a hot topicPlease share: Zoom Home Compost Workshop on 4/1RDP 2022 Grant updates are postedEmbedRecyclopedia widget, get a pointSSRC on the air again through May 1How are you celebrating Earth Day?Cape disposal crunch: Exploring trash export by railMass. C&D filling landfill meant for Maine wasteEPR bills’ reporting date pushed to 3/31Mass. bill would raise bottle deposits to 10c, cover more itemsWIN Waste Innovations acquires NERUS recycled paper capacity growing
February 2022 link to full newsletterNovember Board meeting highlightsReCollect reaches residentsPrepare for mattress, textile Waste BansTalk among the Towns23 years- the Flower anniversaryExecutive Director reportPACTV airs another PSA for SSRCMass. awards munis $3.1M in RDP grantsDisaster debris planning, managementVerify electronics recyclers to avoid liabilityDebate to continue on Bourne Landfill expansionABC Disposal poised to sell to Waste ConnectionsPlastics Pact lists problem materials to be avoidedMass. Better Bottle Bill advances to Senate W&MNational bottle bill to land in Congress soonEPR still tops state recycling policy debates
Newsletter – February 2022 link to full newsletterNovember Board meeting highlightsReCollect reaches residentsPrepare for mattress, textile Waste BansTalk among the Towns23 years- the Flower anniversaryExecutive Director reportPACTV airs another PSA for SSRCMass. awards munis $3.1M in RDP grantsDisaster debris planning, managementVerify electronics recyclers to avoid liabilityDebate to continue on Bourne Landfill expansionABC Disposal poised to sell to Waste Connections Plastics Pact lists problem materials to be avoidedMass. Better Bottle Bill advances to Senate W&MNational bottle bill to land in Congress soonEPR still tops state recycling policy debates
Newsletter – November 2021 Link to full newsletterSeptember Board meeting highlightsRecycleWorks: cost-neutral food waste serviceMunicipal issues of the dayVice Chairman Basler stars in PAC TV PSAScituate Fishing for Energy addendumRockland featured in ReCollect videoBlaze consumes ten trash trucks in Norton2020-2030 Solid Waste Master Plan releasedMattresses, textiles to be banned from disposalReduce, Reuse, Recycle-Palooza!Craft beer brewers reducing packaging wasteBoston25 highlights Mass. Packaging PR billEPR leaders report to Muni Recycling CouncilCA to ban recycling symbols on non-recyclablesStakeholders talk recycling fixes before Congress
Newsletter – September 2021 Link to full newsletter July Board meeting highlightsObaggo system turns plastic bags into “pucks”News from our MACTown issues: PAYT bags, house cleanoutsDirector report- EPR bills/laws; Spring HHWSMI brings back cheaper glass to glass recyclingBraintree, Weymouth see drops in contaminationCommodity value surge >> SSR cost reliefScituate hosts fishing gear collectionMarshfield Fair internalizes recycling programAir Quality Sensor grants availablePaintCare reaches 5 million gallon milestoneOregon passes 2nd US packaging PR law; Mass. newsNH becoming “dumping ground” for Mass trash Related Posts Newsletter – January 2026 Read More January 4, 2026 Newsletter – November 2025 Read More November 5, 2025 Newsletter – October 2025 Read More October 5, 2025
Link to full newsletterMay Board meeting highlightsACV Enviro: Mobile HHW collectionsEBoard re-electedEast Bridgewater accepted as new MemberBacklogs and flags, fires and bags East Bridgewater becomes 18th SSRC MemberSSRC Towns apply for record RDP cashFall HHW events in the worksAshley Kenney joins Cohasset DPWWelcome, baby Allen!Dwindling RDP, MAC funding source gets boostEPR supporters pack Beacon Hill hearing (remotely)Maine 1st in US to enact packaging EPR (Globe)Major corporations endorse Packaging EPRACC: Mandate 30% recycled content in packagingLA, NYC to electrify refuse fleets
