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SSRC newsletters are posted here. These are geared
toward solid waste managers and representatives from member towns (Boards of Health,
Depts. of Public Works, Recycling
Committee members, etc.) but may be of interest to the school
administrators, policy makers and the general public as well.
Click the links at left, or scroll down for the table of contents
in each issue.
Spring 2008 News
Page 1
Gore lauds
SSRC efforts, Earth Day event
Numbers
look good
Page 2
Lawmakers
talk trash with municipal managers
Rep. Frank Hynes receives award
MEETING
NOTES
Taunton
Exploring disposal alternatives
SEMASS
appreciates the SSRC
Page 3
Bourne
plans ahead
Excel
Recycling Services
Old Colony
Scrap
Electronic
Recyclers Inc. expands proposal
Page 4 LOCAL
Abington - paper contest
Duxbury – Daley departs
Hanover – Bottles and cans to be separated at
Hanover Day
Hingham – Schools recycle!
Teams recycle!
Kingston – Litigation delays improvements
Norwell - RC reaches residents through zoo
Page 5
Hanover – recycling large plastics
Plymouth - Scanners coming,
PAYT not
REGION and
STATE
Tri-Town
Alliance
WMRA Avon
simplifies recycling
Page 6
No more mercury in the trash
Don't get stuck
EWaste bill moving
No update for the old Bottle bill
Recycling budget a bust again
CEF bill in House W&M
Page 7 MASSRECYCLE
Southeast Municipal
Recycling Council
Stickers for sale; Container
purchase explored
Mass Recycles Paper Campaign
in Phase 2
Page 8 EVENTS
Winter 2008 News
Page 1
Mass Recycles Paper! Kicks off
HHP contract
extended
Hot trash letters
get response
IMAs expiring, dues
rising
Page 2
3 companies buy “trash”: Got
Books, Bay State Textile, Eagle Recycling
Board tours Capital
Paper Recycling in Weymouth
Used cooking oil?
Page 3
Electronic
Recyclers, Inc. reduces rates
Bucks for Batteries
Earth day
Celebration at the Mall
Donations complement
Outreach Plan
RET Grants available
to towns
Page 4 LOCAL
Cohasset - students audit waste
Duxbury – single stream, PAYT,
Hauler ordinance
Hanover – scouts donate $ to MR
Hanson – Rally to Recycle day
Hingham – Green Family Day
Kingston – upgrading transfer station
recycling
Marshfield - PAYT succeeding;
Phone book Recycling contest
Norwell - hazards in trash force evacuation
Plymouth - PAYT, union issues
Weymouth - Shred Day, extra paper
collection
Whitman - PAYT
Page 5 REGION and
STATE
SEMASS estimates 2008 CIL
surcharges
Muni load rejected for Wwaste
Ban violations
Cape invites south shore to
join in trash planning
SSRC on Beacon Hill
Page 6
Be prepared for disaster
RET Grants easily available to towns
Recycling key in Federal Climate legislation
MassRecycle selling stickers again
E-Waste (mis)management
featured in National Geographic
Page 7
Executive Director Wins Award
Get ready for digital-only TV
Page 8 EVENTS
Summer 2007 News
Page
1
Down with
trash, Up with recycling
Hanson
Joins SSRC
Join the “Mass. Recycles Paper!” campaign
Page 2
Sen.
Creedon SSRC’s 6th Environmental Hero
SEMASS
back on line
Compost site advice
Disaster planning
Page 3
Look @ ‘09 contracts now
Clean Harbors teaches Paint 101
Stopping hot trash at its source
Hi-tech trash management at Bourne
CFLs have mercury too
Page 4
LOCAL
PAYT debuts in Marshfield
Duxbury looks at funding options
Weymouth continues campaign
Roberts nabs hauler
Norwell Recycles Calendar
Page
5
Hingham seeks site for yard waste
New DPW chiefs in Marshfield, Plymouth
AROUND THE STATE
Against
odds, DEP offers grants
CEF, UBB
hearings
The Budget
Blues
Sullivan steps down as MR president
Page
6
EBoard re-elected
Bay State Textile to host SSRC meeting
EVENTS
Winter
2007 News
(now in printable PDF)
Page 1
Paper Recovery Campaign
ready for liftoff
Grinding,
screening contracts awarded
Recycling ads play
ball
SEMASS to host
SSRC Appreciation Dinner
Farewell,
Rosemary, Welcome, Janine
Page 2
The CREW picks up
electronics
Big belly eats
public trash
Planet Police
capture food waste
Retrievers
starving for paper
Page 3
Clothing, book collections
paying off
SSBRP welcomes Jack Conway
HHP collections busy again
LOCAL
Marshfield, Weymouth win phone
book recycling contests
Page 4
Plymouth mandates recycling
Plymouth's Crombie retires
Whitman loses Pettinelli
SSRC helps Hull explore
recycling options
Wellesley proposes Cohasset
deal
Exec Director chats on
Weymouth, New Bedford TV
Marshfield reconsiders PAYT
Page 5
AROUND THE STATE
Sen. Creedon, Rep.
Koczera sponsor CEF bills
Municipal
Recyclers' Workshop a hit
Waste Ban sweep
exposes violators
Sen. Hedlund files
Updated Bottle Bill
Towns say "No
visible recyclables in trash"
Page 6
Has our
time finally come?
EVENTS
Produced by Claire
Sullivan, Executive Director.
To comment or request
a hard copy,
email me
Fall 2006 News
(now in printable PDF)
Page 1
SSRC to host
Statewide Paper Campaign grant
PAYT > doubles
paper recovery
Got books?
CDs? tapes? GotBooks pays
Recall Secure
Destruction Service offers paper shredding at HHP collections
Page 2
Exec Director
presents paper project at Conference
Nolan flying south
for the winter, and beyond
RMG Enterprise
recycles electronics
SEMASS offers
mercury workshops
MSP4 unveiled for
comments
Page 3
LOCAL
Hanover RTF to go
glossy
Weymouth adds
recycling dropoff
Marshfield Wins
Award
No more free C&D
in Duxbury
Weymouth,
Marshfield pit school vs. school
School Phone Book
Recycling Contest flyer
Page 4
Marshfield Fair composts
too
Scoglio leaving Whitman post
State Surplus, SSRC help Hull
Police
STATE
Candidate Patrick
passes recycling quiz
Page 5
MassDPH, DEP to
set sharps disposal policy
Recycled paper $ =
virgin
The stickers are
coming! (and check out the new MassRecycle logo)
Page 6
How does
Newton do it?
Get your
America Recycles Day supplies
EVENTS
Summer 2006 News
(now in printable PDF)
Page 1
Paper campaign
gets headlines
Capital Paper
Recycling a local option
Hull Schools
win paper contest
Page 2
5th Annual
Legislative Breakfast the best yet
Sen.
Roert Hedlund receives award
New HHP
flyers correct mistakes in old ones
New
SSBRPartners
Page 3
LOCAL
Hull hires
Fournier as DPW Director...
...and
harnesses the power of the wind
Concord
school furniture reused in Jamaica
Duxbury
takes trash for credit (or debit)
Marshfield
raises commercial, C&D rate
Hull BOH
approves hauler recycling reg
Page 4
STATE
Mercury
Phase-out Bill becomes law
State
recycling budget status quo
E-Waste bill
still alive
Page 5
Executive
director presses Guv candidates on recycling
NRRA reaches
more Mass. recyclers at Silver Anniversary Conference
FY07 DEP Muni
WR Grants
Page 6
EPA Study
confirms PAYT impact
EVENTS
The State
of Waste in Massachusetts
Paper
Waste on the South Shore (table)
Winter 2006 News
(now in printable PDF)
Page 1
SSRC awarded paper outreach
grant
Board reps, kids featured in
thousand-ad campaign
Clean Harbors wins HHP
contract
Page 2
NSRF keeps paper in Mass.
Town of Wellesley offers
market alternative
Got land? Got yard waste? Get
together!
Page 3
Bourne C&D deja vu
C&D alternative presented at
meeting
LOCAL
School papers to newspapers
Towns consider trash
reduction options
Norwell school contest
Page 4
STATE
Mercury reduction through
permits
New Waste Bans require new
plans
New DARP criteria
State offers deals on bins,
buckets, toters
Page 5
MassRecycle teams up with
NRRA for Conference
SWANA Trainings coming to
Nashua in June!
EVENTS
Produced by Claire
Sullivan, Executive Director. To comment or request
a hard copy,
email me.
Fall 2005 News
Board approves $10K for Radio
Ads;
SEMASS to kick in $4.7K more
HHP Contract yet to be awarded
Paper waste costs towns millions
FCR: Single stream is coming!
Abitibi offers paper waste
solutions
Eagle Can help with redeemables
Nolan seeks town compost sites
Vendor lists, tonnage
and fee data available
SSRC T-shirts are here
Bourne notifies towns of
increase
LOCAL
Marshfield Fair recycles again
Hull BOH considers
hauler recycling reg
Marshfield produces
recycling video
Two
weddings and a sabbatical
STATE
C&D Waste Bans promulgated
Executive Director SWAC'ed
New DARP
criteria
Musical cubicles at DEP
Updated bottle Bill
draws crowd to hearing
MassRecycle
keeps recycling managers in the loop
EVENTS
Summer 2005 News
Watershed partnership keeps us on WATD
Ways & Means takes Trash 101
DEP FY06 Grants rolled out
Rags to riches
LOCAL
Site visits with Rosemary
HHP attendance back up; Scheduling 2006
dates
Recycling wins at Marshfield Fair
Hingham hires new Assistant
Superintendant
Marshfield attacks waste from all sides
SSRC helps Rockland save at SEMASS
Which are the trashiest South Shore
towns?
MARKETS
Companies bying for paper, recyclables
E-waste solutions
Freecycle-an online Swap Shop
STATE
State Recycling budget best it's been
(but that's not saying much)
Single Stream flowing east
SSRC weighs in on legislation
"No Time to Waste!" in September
Sullivan voted MassRecycle Prez
EVENTS
Spring 2005 News
April Media Blitz reaches thousands
Legislators
Celebrate Earth Day with SSRC;
Rep. Kathleen Teahan receives award
SEMASS funds SSRC outreach
New
Grinding, Screening contractors
McNabb,
Burnett step down , new members step up, and EBoard stays on
LOCAL
Marshfield hires PT Coordinator
Whitman Town Meeting votes
down PAYT
Competitors vie
for Rockland, Marshfield’s trash
Holbrook PAYT slashes trash
No more paint in Plymouth
Volunteer to help Marshfield Fair
recycle again!
Marine Shrink Wrap Recycling
Program enters third year
STATE
DEP needs fines for funds;
Steps up enforcement actions on town facilities
FY06 Recycling Budget still
gasping
SWAC/SWMP
Sullivan Runs for President
EVENTS
Winter 2005 News
SSRC goes on
the air…
…And will
again, with two grants
NEWS YOU SHOULD USE
Abandoned
waste requirements
A/C PCBs
Fee
restrictions
Mercury
management
SEMASS
housekeeping
Black
gold
Mattresses
Board gets the
needle at Duxbury luncheon
SEMASS hosts
meeting, tour
HHP attendance
down
2005 SSRC HHP
Collection Schedule
LOCAL
Marshfield
rethinks trash system
Holbrook
Implements PAYT
Whitman
Committee to look at PAYT
Hull curbside
within reach, not grasp
Meet Rosemary
Nolan, our new “MAC”
STATE
SW Master Plan
being revisited
Carron
re-files E-Waste Producer Responsibility bill
Renewable
Portfolio Standard
Recycling Hits
the Silver Screen
Home
Composting on PBS
EVENTS
Fall
2004 News
Marshfield Recycles Tons at Fair
Board
Adds to Plan
Have
Lunch in Duxbury
Nov.
Meeting to Feature SEMASS Tour
Mateo
Reviews MSP
ED
Completing Site Visits
SSRC
to Go on the Air
Clearing Up
C&D Contract Confusion
Website
Improvements
HHP Days
Have a Wet Start
SSRC Teams
with Watershed Ass’n on Grants
Kibitzing
at the SE MRC
Steve
Parker Remembered
LOCAL
Duxbury
Saves the Whales
Holbrook
Selling PAYT Bags for 10/18 Start
Hull Tables
Muni Curbside
Diniak
Takes Hanover DPW Helm
Hingham
Seeks RTS Supervisor
Marshfield,
WM Negotiate Better Service
Marshfield
to Host Future District Coordinator
STATE AND NATION
SWMP Update
Discussion Begins
Celebrate America Recycles Day
EVENTS
Summer 2004 News
EBoard Re-elected
C&D, DTM Contract Awarded
Cohasset, Hull,
Marshfield Fairs Recycle with SSRC Grant
Legislators Join Board
ED Coming to a Transfer
Station Near You
Time to Schedule 2005 HHP
Days
C&D Management Revisited
LOCAL
Hanson Mulls Membership
Tons of Trash Strain Muni
SW Budgets
Holbrook to Institute New
Trash System
MARKETS
Waste Oil Has Value
New Outlet for Tubes
American Waste Brokers
Market Updates from NRRA
Conference
STATE
Legislature Keeps Some $
for Waste Reduction
Hearings on C&D, LF Regs
Held
$1M More for MACT Relief!
DEP Disposal Fee Tabled
NRRA Puts on Another
Great Show
ED "Talks Trash" at
Conference
Lowell Folk Fest Call for
Help
MRCs Discuss CRT Takeback
Bill
Bargains
Events
Spring
2004 News
Goins Outlines
Bourne's Plan
Thanks to
Garvey, ssrc.info
Towns Double Up
for HHP
Boralex Seeks Clean Wood
HHP,
Grind, Screen Contracts Extended
Local Events
Consider Recycling
"Solid Waste
Planner" Ditched
Cohasset
Awarded Grant
Miller Recycling Tour
Marshfield, Hull Mull
PAYT
Another “Hero”
to Get Award
Cheverie Set to Retire
McCarthy
Extols Mandatory Recycling
Exec. Dir. to “Talk Trash” at SWANA Conference
Scrap Prices Soar
Governor
Budgets Recycling $, EBB
DEP Proposes
Disposal Fee Hike
CRT Takeback Bill
Moving
4thOrganics Summit
Planned
Bargains!
Mass. Recyclers Network
EVENTS
Winter
2004 News
Bourne Gets
Last Minute Extension
SSRC Awarded Grant
Board Ratifies Plan
Good News on
Freon, School CRTs
HHPCollections: Costs Up, Ppt Down
Where Did Everybody Go
Special Collections Work
CRT Takeback for Muni
RFPs
HP, Dell Takeback
Programs
Good Stuff Cheap
Municipal
Recycling Councils Meet Again
C&D Regulation Updates
DEP
to Hold 11th Annual Waste Reduction Forum
Cuts Force DEP
to Refocus Efforts
EVENTS
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