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From:
"Mail,
Randi" <rmail@cambridgema.gov>
Date:
July
6, 2010 12:09:45 PM EDT
Subject:
Cambridge Recycling - July Update
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feel free to forward to your Cambridge family, friends and neighbors.
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Hello
Recycling & Composting Neighbors!
In
this issue:
Single Stream Recycling Starts Oct 25
Sign
up for a Recycling Tour
Manage
Your Compost Bin & Garden Properly
Volunteer for Recycling at a Festival
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Single Stream Recycling Starts Oct 25
Beginning
October 25,
the Cambridge recycling program will switch to single stream! This means
that residents will be able to mix clean papers,
bottles, cans and cardboard together in one recycling bin. No more
sorting. The new recycling trucks will accept cardboard of all
sizes. More materials will be accepted including empty pizza boxes and
large plastics such as laundry baskets and toys.
The
City will deliver large recycling toters on wheels to residences with 1-5 units
in October. More information will be mailed to residents next week and in
the coming months. Toters make recycling easier than ever because they
can be rolled to the curb when full and provide more room to recycle more and
trash less.
For
more details on single stream recycling in Cambridge, or to see a 6 minute
video of the recycling process, visitwww.cambridgema.gov/TheWorks/departments/recycle/singlestream.html.
Sign up for a Recycling Tour
The
DPW has organized several tours of the recycling facility in Charlestown,
operated by Casella Recycling, the City’s processor. Casella has invested
millions into this facility to convert to single stream recycling
technology. Single stream means that residents can mix clean papers, bottles, cans and cardboard
together in one recycling bin. Cambridge will switch to single stream
beginning October 25.
City
employees and Cambridge residents are invited. 25 people can sign up for
each tour, which lasts about 2 hours including your questions. We
will meet at DPW and carpool there. Let us know if you are willing to
drive and how many people you can take in your car. Emailjrebecchi@cambridgema.gov or call x4815 to sign up.
Tuesday, July 13:
Meet
at DPW, 147 Hampshire St at 8:30am SHARP.
Wednesday, August 11:
Meet at DPW, 147 Hampshire St at 1:30pm SHARP.
Wednesday, September 29:
Meet at DPW, 147 Hampshire St at 1:30pm SHARP.
Thursday, October 28:
Meet at DPW, 147 Hampshire St at 8:30am SHARP.
Thursday, November 18:
Meet at DPW, 147 Hampshire St at 8:30am SHARP.
For
more details on single stream recycling in Cambridge, or to see a 6 minute
video of the recycling process, visitwww.cambridgema.gov/TheWorks/departments/recycle/singlestream.html.
Manage Your Compost Bin & Garden Properly
Composting
organic waste continues to be a terrific way to reduce the waste going to
landfills and incinerators, and reduce methane gas that significantly affects
climate change. Please remember these important composting and gardening
tips:
· Pick up fallen fruit or vegetables from
your garden.
· Never add meat, dairy or
cooked oily foods to your composter.
· Rinse out eggshells.
· Bury food, or “greens” in your compost bin or cover it up every time with “browns” such as leaves, crumbled
newspaper or torn cardboard.
· Keep your composter moist and active, with
the lid closed securely.
· Keep your composter at least 1 foot from
any wall or fence.
· Try to move your composter to a more
convenient location. Rodents avoid areas that are regularly used or
passed by.
· Clear weeds or tall grass around your bin.
· Put bird food in feeders only and don’t
overfeed. Store seeds in containers with tight lids.
Some
neighborhoods have problems with rodents, which are an unavoidable part of life
in any city. In this context, it is very important to manage your compost
bin and garden correctly to avoid problems.
The
City is committed to confronting this problem by addressing rodent problems on
public property, working to control rodents during construction projects,
enforcing sanitary codes and ordinances, and educating the public.
Volunteer for Recycling at a Festival
Volunteering
is fun because you can enjoy the festival, ensure recycling, educate the public
and get a free t-shirt. You will help table and walk around to make sure
recycling and trash are side by side, minimize bottles in the trash and vice
versa. Some events involve working with kids. Thefestival
recycling containers work quite well to avoid contamination.
We’d love your help for 2-3
hours at one of these festivals:
Sept
11
Area 4 Community Pride Day, 11am-6pm,
Sennott Park (Rain date 10/2)
Sept
12 Caribbean
Festival, 12 noon-6pm, Kendall Square (Rain date Sept 19)
Sept 19
Urban
Ag Fair, Winthrop Park in Harvard Square
Sept
25
Danehy Park Family Day, 11am-4pm,
Danehy Park
Oct 10 Oktoberfest, 12 noon-6pm, Harvard Square (Rain date 10/11)
Nov
TBA:
Family
Fun Day, 10am-2pm, City Hall
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Feel
free to forward this update to your friends & family in Cambridge. If
you would like to be taken off this list, just let me know.
· Order
a recycling bin (buildings
with less than 4 units)
· Order
a recycling toter (buildings
with 4 units or more)
· Missed recycling? Please
simply call DPW at 617-349-4800 by the 12 noon the day after collection.
Ms.
Randi Mail
Director
of Recycling
Cambridge
Dept of Public Works
147
Hampshire Street
Cambridge,
MA 02139
The Recycling Division's mission is to encourage people to consume
less, reuse and donate materials and recycle what cannot be eliminated or
reused!