Explore easy, common sense ways to reduce your waste: bring re-useable shopping bags to stores, shut off junk mail, eliminate single-use plastic items, and more.
Reduce/Reuse
Ahead of the Curve: China says your recyclables don’t measure up
MassINC’s Commonwealth magazine recently published an article titled “China says your recyclables don’t measure up“. It described the new restrictions on recyclables shipped to China that are roiling recycling markets in the United States. Needham is, as we often are,
Toward Zero Waste Forum in Needham – Recycling Quality vs Quantity
Please join us on Monday, March 5th at 7pm in the Needham Library’s Community Room for a lively discussion about how we can improve the quality of Needham’s paper, plastic, glass, metal recycling and organic composting. This session will be
Top 10 Recycling Challenges at the Needham RTS
At Green Needham’s November 29th “Toward Zero Waste” event, Greg Smith (Needham’s Superintendent of Recycling and Solid Waste) presented his list of Needham’s top 10 recycling challenges: Keep plastic wrap and plastic bags out of the recycling containers. Keep trash out
Standing Room Only on the Journey to a Zero Waste Future
On November 29, 2017, a standing-room-only audience packed the Community Room at the Needham Library to hear experts from government, business, and a local college describe the achievements and challenges involved in reducing local solid waste. The purpose of Green
Moving Toward a Zero Waste Future in Needham
Moving Toward a Zero Waste Future: Challenges, Strategies and Innovative Solutions underway in Needham Reducing waste is good for people, good for the environment and it saves money. After enjoying the long Thanksgiving weekend, join us at 7:00 pm on
Residential Compost Pickup Service – An Alternative to Home Composting
By Lauren Mock For Needham residents who are interested in sustainability, composting is a great and easy way to reduce one’s carbon footprint. In some homes, up to 30% of all waste can be composted. Diverting this waste from a
Toward Zero Waste
Learn about the four R’s – reduce, reuse, recycle and rethink – to address problems of waste. You can make a difference – by reducing your consumption of “stuff,” repairing and/or re-purposing items instead of throwing them away, participating in
Roche Brothers, CERO, Green Needham and the RTS pitch in to make food waste composting truly local
A collaborative effort is increasing food waste composting in Needham. After an introduction from Green Needham, Jeff Dinneen (Facility Manager at Roche Bros) and Jon Butler (worker owner at CERO Cooperative) met to customize composting services for the local supermarkets.
A Plastic Bag Ban for Needham?
Needham has an opportunity to join about 30 other Massachusetts communities, including our neighbors Newton and Wellesley, in implementing a ban on single-use plastic bags. This effort was initiated by a team of seniors last year as a capstone project