Green Decade Newton, in collaboration with Newton’s Department of Public Works, is seeking numerous volunteers (16 years and older) to walk in pairs around Newton’s neighborhoods, while adhering “recycling education stickers” onto all residential green bins in the spring and summer months. Maps will be provided and the work will be conducted primarily during the morning hours. The “Recycle Sticker Project” will help remind all Newton residents of the items that may or may not be placed in our green bins. Funding for the stickers has been provided by Green Decade Newton, Whole Foods Markets Newton and Waste Management. The goal is to raise awareness about recycling, not only to benefit our environment, but also to reap substantial financial savings on the cost of disposing the City’s trash. Please contact [email protected] to sign up for this community service project.
Green Decade looking for volunteers
by Marcia Cooper | May 21, 2014 | Newton | 3 comments
already signed up for availability on some dates via survey, hope to hear soon as I am very happy to help!
I’d like to see mandatory recycling introduced in Newton. Lexington and Arlington have in the past few years introduced stricter policies, so it would seem there is no reason why Newton could not follow. It is shocking to me that in this day and age that some people never put out a recycling bin and throw everything into the regular trash including yard clippings.
I guess I will sound like a Grumpy Groot, so can I opt out of having my bin sticker-ed? We generate so little waste that our bins are not out on pickup day, which I assume is the time that the walkers will be out, and I prefer that folks don’t have to explore my yard to find where I keep the bins.
Besides, the valid recyclable materials are well know, at least to me, and I would already have my hands full of stuff for a bin where it would be too late to read the bin for the knowledge.
Maybe I don’t get the point of what this will do. Happy to be better informed.