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Toronto Garbage Strike Leaves City With Waste Management Mess

Posted in Press, Weird Finds on July 30th, 2009

Canada’s largest city has had a garbage strike for the last 5 weeks resulting in garbage piling up on streets, in dumpsters, in front of stores, everywhere. Labor unions requested wage increases for garbage workers to match the increases of other municipal workers, but were denied. 24,000 out of 30,000 workers have been off the job since June 22, 2009, but the garbage collectors’ absense has made cause the largest notice.

The city of Toronto held out for longer than anyone thought, designating parks and lots as temporary “landfills” for the garbage. The city and labor union have finally come to an agreement and the garbage pickups will resume July 31, 2009.

Toronto Garbage Strike – Week 3

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Danvers, MA ‘trash rage’ over weight rules

Posted in Press, Weird Finds on July 22nd, 2009

According to a WBZ4 story, a Danvers man was upset with trash collectors after they wouldn’t take one of his trash containers since it was overweight. After some verbal abuse, he followed the trash collectors in his minivan around their route and tried to run them down. He was finally arrested after the trash collectors called the Danvers Police. 50 pounds is the maximum weight for a trash container in the town of Danvers, MA. See below for Danvers’ trash and recycling rules.

Putting weight on the amount of trash residents put out is nothing new. There are similar trash restrictions in Salem, MA.

Download the Danvers Trash and Recycling Rules (PDF)

Danvers' Trash and Recycling

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Green Dorm | Salem State College Has Recycling Mindset

Posted in Press, Recycling, Waste & Recycling Facitlies on June 29th, 2009

Salem State Green Dorm

It looks like an old Sylvania building is being converted into a “Green Dorm” for the students of Salem State College. 525 students will live within the building, said to be one the more eco-friendly dormitories in Massachusetts. Students will also be excited to know they can eat in their own dining hall - Salem State’s first in a dorm. So what makes this new student dorm “green”?

  • Roofs will either have soil and ground covers to absorb rain or white thermoplastic membranes to reflect the heat
  • Carpets made of recycled fibers
  • Furniture made of recycled plastic and steel
  • They hope to erect solar panels soon! An alternate Salem State building is slated to receive solar panels this summer.

Good job to the buildings’ designers - Dimella Shaffer

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New recycling program covered in the Marblehead Reporter

Posted in Press, Recycling on January 27th, 2009

Marblehead Reporter logoThe Marblehead Reporter covered our recent program to help businesses reduce their waste amount by recycling their old cardboard.  You can check out the article here:  Marblehead business recycling program.

Are you a Marblehead business that wants to learn about going green and recycling your cardboard? We can help you! There’s great benefits to the program including:

  • Save Money: Cardboard is bulky and occupies space in containers. Depending on the vertical, businesses can make profits on the sale of collected cardboard. At the very least, businesses could lessen waste fees by preparing it for hauler pickups.
  • Value Added Service: Recycling gives positive buzz to your business.  Letting customers know of your recycling efforts is great. Many of your customers also made the shift to a greener lifestyle and will welcome your efforts.
  • Divert materials from disposal: Cardboard is highly recyclable waste. Keeping this material out of the waste stream will mean saving landfill space.

Learn more on our Marblehead recycling page.

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