January 2019

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• December Board meeting notes, updates
  • JM Equipment glass processing
  • Outreach grant plan
  • RDP Grant planning
  • Contamination surchargesMeet our new RECO, Dorie Stolley
• Welcome to 3 new Board membersDirector to give 20th Anniversary Water Watch talkMassDEP Textile webinar – learn and earn easy RDP point
• ZWS recycling facility on track to open in April
• EcoMaine: Markets will rebound
• WM Charts market shift, trends
• Events 

December 2018

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• October Board meeting notes, updates    Republic Services
  • Grind-screen contract extended
  • RDP Outreach point pointers
  • SSRC Outreach grant plan

• SSRC 20th Anniversary logo, story
• RECO reboot
• Fall HHW season recap
• New faces, open seats
• SSRC Facebook post “explodes”
• Cohasset RDF installs surveillance cameras
• Plymouth offers new sharps program
• 50K mattresses recycled with DEP grant
• Recycled paper capacity increasing in NA
• EPA’s Wheeler pledge: make recycling great again events

October 2018

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• September Board meeting notes, updates
  • Good Point Recycling (electronics)
  • Recycling markets, costs
  • Disaster debris planning
  • RecycleSmart media launch
  • 20th Anniversary planning
  • NAHMMA Conference notes

• RECO Report
• Mayors discuss recycling issues
• Election day: easy outreach RDP opportunity
• Pace Glass has national ambitions
• Rising costs rev up stewardship efforts
• What Chinese import policies mean for Mass.
• Nine Dragons to recycle paper at US mills
• End-market effort grows plastic demand
• PBS videos about plastic worth watching
  Events

September 2018

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• June Board meeting notes, updates    
  • Miller Recycling
  • EBoard election
  • Recycling markets, outlets, costs

• SSRC, Member towns, awarded $150K in grants
• RECO report: 7 towns in one summer
• Miller Recycling hosts SSRC tour
• Mayors to discuss recycling crisis
• Website traffic, newsletter circulation soaring

• Janine Bishop promoted to Grant program lead
• MassDEP launches “Recycle Smart” campaign
• Shorter recyclable list announced
• MassDEP awards regional glass recycling grants

• Tariffs, trade war spurs Chinese investment in US
• Low OCC prices help US mills
• Keep Calm and Recycle On
• Events

June 2018

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• May Board meeting notes, updates
  • Waste Zero – curbside textile collection
  • Recycling markets, outlets, costs
  • Packaging stewardship legislation
  • Big Hearted Books alternatives
  • Surplus property opportunities
  • New Town officials

• Tour of Recolor Paint
• PGA Tour of C Carney Environmental
• RECO report- Kingston, Plymouth, Norwell, Rockland
• Rockland passes private hauler recycling reg

• Problems, solutions explored in news, at State House
  • Rockland’s McCarthy featured on WGBH
  • South shore programs make Globe front page
  • Resource Recycling runs SSRC Director Op Ed
  • Lawmakers, stakeholders discuss packaging bill

• South Shore schools receive Green Team awards
• MassDEP helps navigate recycling storms
• Events

May 2018

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• April Board meeting notes, updates
  • RMG Enterprise
  • Single stream, glass discussion HHW billing proposed procedure changes
  • Recycling Dividend Program planning
  • IMA extension status 

• SSRC on the air for ten weeks
• RECO report- Kingston, Norwell, Rockland, Hull
• ABC called to Plymouth BOS meeting
• Hull mandate aims to bundle trash, recycling
• Good intentions, bad habits fuel recycling crisis
• Importance of cleaning up recycling stream
• The elephant in the room: a case for producer responsibility
• States look at EPR, funding cuts, mandates
• Nestle promises 100% recyclable packaging by 2025
• Events 

April 2018

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• March meeting notes and updates
  • Recolor Paint
  • Grind-Screen contractor introductions
  • Glass management options
  • RDP grant planning
  • IMA Extensions – All towns have signed
  • HHW administration changes
  • Facebook update

• RECO Report- Kingston, Plymouth, Norwell, Rockland
• SSRC PSAs on the WATD 95.9 fm
• Kingston’s new swap shop all about give and take
• Hingham High wins MassRecycle K-12 award
• What lies in store for area recycling?
• Glass recycling update from MassDEP
• Mass. tackles contamination with Recycling IQ grants
• Giddy-up: adapting post-China
• Events

February 2018

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• January meeting notes, updates
  • RecycleThat presentation
  • Annual Report
  • Grind Screen contract awards
  • Small scale Outreach Grant proposals
  • Recycling Dividend Program planning

• Recycling IQ Kit grants available through April
• January RECO Report: Kingston and Plymouth
• Kingston is putting haulers on notice
• Duxbury BOH considers hauler recycling rule
• RDP funds may be used for high recycling costs
• SSRC organizes contingency planning meeting
• Glass Recycling halts with Milford plant closure
• MassDEP addresses recycling challenges
• Rep. Cantwell responds to Digital R2R request
• Events

January 2018

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• December Meeting notes, updates
  • Waste Management presentation
  • HHW contract
  • Grind Screen IFB
  • Small scale outreach grant proposals 

• RECO Report- Middleboro, Kingston, Plymouth
• Cohasset pay-per-throw scofflaws warned
• NBWS Announces Plans to Open Facility in Fall
• RDP grant reports, recycling data due Feb. 15
• Contracting for Solid Waste & Recycling Services
• Organics recovery, capacity growing in Mass.
• Maxed out Mass. MRFs prompt disposal waivers
• Chinese processing group sets goals for US visit
• Recycling Partnership Update: Where it’s at
• Events