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So I have checked the city website and do know options exist to get rid of some items we have but don't need anymore along with items that need special disposal. But I wanted to ask before I either brought them to the DPW or just threw stuff out

- have a number of the cfl light bulbs that we don't need anymore and I believe all of them work and some are still packaged; we switched to LED a few years ago. Does anyone want these or is there a group that can put these to use?

- also have a number of "traditional" light bulbs and will dispose of these unless they can be of use?

-I went to Save that Stuff in Charlestown to dispose of a bunch of Styrofoam; seemed yes they take the white packing material but I got the impression they would not take or just throw out the food/colored material even though it was clean. I know the city has 2 pickups during the year and I missed the last one cause i thought the company that did it went out of business - would be great to get a few more pickups from the city during the year. Also was curious if anyone knows of a place that does take all types of Styrofoam? travel is not a problem

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Thank you

lfryer

Does anyone know of an organization in the Boston area that would be interested in New Yorker magazines from the last two or three years? My dad gifted me a subscription and I just can't keep up with them. I'd love to donate them to a library or nonprofit group if possible.

Thanks!

42itous.livejournal.com

Does anyone know of a place in Greater Camberville that accepts small styrofoam for recycling? I live in Arlington, which accepts large packing foam (the kind that immobilizes electronics in shipping boxes), but doesn't accept small foam containers (clamshell boxes from takeout food, which have a #6 recycling symbol on the bottom). The town collection staff told me that no recycling business will pay for the latter and I should put it in the trash. But if it's recyclable, I should be able to recycle it, right?!?!

chanteusemp.livejournal.com

I noticed this beautiful mirror on the curb this morning. It has a tag that says made in Italy. About four feet tall. Would be a shame for it to be trashed!

Near the top of Clarendon Ave (20-30 Clarendon Ave) Somerville, on the left. See pic below. ( Read more... )

vonelftinhaus.livejournal.com

I know soon plastic bags themselves will be phased out from all stores, larger first then small, before the end of the year and these bags wear a recycle triangle. But also increasingly companies are shipping goods with the plastic air filled bags to protect the shipped products (like amazon) which also sport the cool recycling triangle. My question is what is the city policy on the shipping bags and other plastic like bags (paper towel,toilet paper) that are sporting the recycling triangles - can we just throw them in the recycling bin with everything else? I did use The Waste Wizard but it seemed to generalize the plastic bags and not include the number icons; I feel like if it has a recycle icon I want to be able to put it somewhere other than the trash.

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Current Location: Spring Hill

ceelove.livejournal.com

In previous years, there have been days for hazardous waste disposal in June and September at the DPW. This year, I can't find any mention of them, on the city website or the ResiStat mailings. What are we to do with our hazardous waste?

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purgatori84.livejournal.com

It's been a few years since the last time this was asked...so where is the best place to get rid of textiles these days (clothing that is clean, but worn to a degree that it is unwearable)?

laryu.livejournal.com

As hard as I try to always use re-usable bags, I still end up with a pile of plastic bags over a long period of time. The CVS in Davis Square no longer seems to take plastic bags back. Is there another local store that will take back plastic bags for recycling?

chanteusemp.livejournal.com

We just curbed a gray couch that wouldn't fit up the windy atairs in our new apt. Slight cat scratch damage, but otherwise comfy and lovely. Three seater.
I am not sure what trash night is for my new place, but I'm hoping it's not tonight.

purgatori84.livejournal.com

Does anyone want, or know a place that needs, magazines? I have a ton I'd like to get rid of. They're all in good condition, but I have ripped my name/address off the front if it was printed.

I have (name/approximate quantity):
Real Simple (20)
Better Homes & Gardens (15)
Bon Appetit (30)
Cooking Light (20)
Allure / Marie Claire (10)

Thanks!

Current Location: Between Davis Sq. & Ball Sq.

dougo.livejournal.com

Sometime in the past few months, at least three restaurants stopped using styrofoam containers for packaging takeout meals: Deli-icious, Golden Light, and Teriyaki House (in Powderhouse Square). I think this is a good thing; besides the non-recyclability, I've always had an aesthetic dislike of styrofoam. But it made me curious: is this just a coincidence, or is there some particular reason that three local places switched around the same time? Did an anti-styrofoam ordinance go into effect? Did some supplier stop carrying styrofoam containers? Did non-styrofoam containers get cheaper? Does anyone happen to know?

laryu.livejournal.com

If I recall, there were individuals interested in the old rectangular recycling bins, the ones that the city phased out after the zero-sorts were distributed. Do you still want one more?

I've tried to recycle one, per the city's own instructions. But the city's recyclers keep setting them aside and leaving them with me. I'd hate to leave it in a dumpster, but I'm running out of options...

theodosia.livejournal.com

I just remembered myself -- the monthly Hazardous Waste collection at the Franey Road facility is this morning until 12 Noon.

From the city's PDF:

Hazardous Waste Disposal

When and Where: Second Saturday of the month

from April to November, 9 a.m. - 12 Noon at the DPW

yard, One Franey Road.

• Open to City residents only: Please provide a

utility bill or driver’s license showing a Somerville

address. No businesses or rental property owners

are eligible.

• Accepted material at HHW days: Paints, thinners,

cleaners, motor oil, antifreeze, mercury thermometers,

car batteries, compact fluorescent light (CFL) bulbs,

and rechargeable batteries.

• MATERIALS MAY NOT BE DROPPED OFF IN

PLASTIC TRASH BAGS DUE TO POSSIBLE

SPILLS / LEAKS.

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sparr0.livejournal.com

If I've determined that removing a certain food residue (peanut butter from the walls of a jar, dried cheese from a paper to-go container, etc) is not something I am invested enough in being a good person to do... should I put it in the trash or recycling?

serious-noir.livejournal.com

I'm shredding years worth of old financial docs for recycling but discover that I don't have any paper bags to put the shreds in. I read on the S'ville recycling site a few weeks ago that plastic bags *aren't* supposed to go in recycling. Or at least I thought I read that.

Have I completely got it wrong? Can I put my paper shreds in a plastic trash bag and dump that in my Big Blue Bin?

(see - told you it was a dumb question... )

hikermtnbiker.livejournal.com

Perhaps an odd question, but I have a whole bunch of cotton T-shirts, sheets, etc. that I want to dispose of but I hate to just throw them in the trash. Does anyone know of places that recycle items like this? The days of the rag man are long gone.

missmushkila.livejournal.com

I have some unopened canned goods, some unopened toiletry products, some lightly used, utilitarian but very warm bedding and two winter coats that I would like to donate. I checked on the Somerville Homeless Coalition website, and it seems that they would take the canned goods and toiletries, but only take new household items like bedding. Does anyone know of a good place that would take some lightly used blankets, sheets, comforters, etc., and also the winter coats?

squirrelitude

Just the other day I pulled an old-style blue recycling bin out of someone's zero-sort toter for use as a planter. I guess this means that 1.5 years later, there are still some of the old bins kicking around. All of ours are in use as planters (for plants that are watered by hand or don't mind poor drainage) or to hold collected dry leaves for the compost bin.

Does anybody here have a couple of bins in reasonably good shape that they want to have go to a good home? I'm in the Tufts area, but I'd be happy to pick up a couple bins from someone in roughly a mile radius from Davis or Teele.

(If it turns out there are many offering and asking, I guess this could become an exchange thread.)

2ndchancesinc.livejournal.com

Thanks to the Oberbrunner family, Second Chances is able to accept donations of clothing, shoes and accessories in Davis Square now through the end of May.

Dates: Saturday, May 18 to Friday, May 31, 2013

Bring your clothing to: The Oberbrunner family's house - 83 Irving Street, Somerville, MA 02144 - You can leave your bagged clothing to the right of the front door.

Details here >>

Second Chances provides free clothing, shoes and accessories to homeless and low income people in Somerville and Cambridge. Since 2005, we've worked in collaboration with local shelters and service providers to reach more than 300 local people in need each year. Today, we recycle and reuse more than 100,000 pounds of apparel each year.

Thank you!

-- Andrea
Founder and President/CEO

Web: www.secondchances.org

ron_newman

East Cambridge Savings Bank, 285 Highland Ave at Cedar St, will hold a free Community Shred Event from 2 to 4 pm this Saturday, May 18. The event will include music, refreshments, and giveaways. You can bring these things to shred:

Invoices, bank statements, contracts, canceled checks, medical records, personal records, insurance claims, pay stubs, expired IDs, receipts, mail, computer printouts, CDs, cassette and audio tapes, back-up disks, and prescriptions

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Entries tagged with recycling

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Donate New Yorker magazines

styrofoam recycling

Curb alert: tall italian made mirror (Davis)

Plastic Bags with recycle numbers

hazardous waste disposal days?

Textile Recycling

Plastic bags

Nice gray couch on curb Clarendon Ave

Magazines

No more styrofoam?

Anyone still want a recycling bin?

Hazardous Waste Today!

Trying to be a good recycling citizen...

Really dumb recycling question

Cotton recycling

food, blanket, and clothing donations?

Wanted: Blue recycling bins!

Davis Square clothing drive - May 18-31, 2013

Free Document Shredding event at ECSB, Saturday 5/18, 2-4 pm