fyi From: richdale-ave-community@googlegroups.com [mailto:richdale-ave-community@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Macdougall, John Sent: Tuesday, May 19, 2009 6:40 AM To: discuss@cambridgecohousing.org; richdale-ave-community@googlegroups.com Subject: [Richdale Ave] FW: FW: Cambridge Recycling - May Update in case you didn't get this... John MacDougall _____ From: Mail, Randi [mailto:rmail@cambridgema.gov] Sent: Thu 5/14/2009 2:47 PM Subject: Cambridge Recycling - May Update ....sorry for cross postings.... **************************************************************************** ********************************************************************** Hello Recycling & Composting Neighbors! In this issue: · Electronics Recycling Event May 30th · Volunteer for Recycling at a Festival · Living Green Festival, May 16th in Somerville · Skillshares: June 13th & August 22nd Electronics Recycling Event When? Saturday, May 30th (weekend after Memorial Day) • 9am-1pm What? See list below for items accepted. Where? Somerville: Parking lot next to Dilboy Field, off Route 16/Alewife Brook (Across from Gulf gas station) Who? Free for residents from Somerville, Cambridge, Arlington & Belmont. Businesses must pre-register by May 27 and will be invoiced for items ($7 per computer monitor / TV and $5 for each additional item. Commercial loads that do not register by May 27, will be turned away. To register, call 603-422-7711 or email tfatcheric@crtprocessing.com. This one-time event will be paid for, courtesy of Samsung Corporation in partnership with CRT Processing. Please stay in your vehicle. Items will be removed for you. YES ü Computer Monitors (flat panels OK) ü Television Sets** (all sizes) ü Personal Computers ü Printers / Scanners / Fax machines ü Calculators ü Cell phones ü Electronic Scales ü Keyboards & Mice ü Microwaves ü Radios ü Stereos ü Telephones ü Toasters ü Vacuums ** Visit www.dtv2009.gov <http://www.dtv2009.gov/> or call 1-888-CALL-FCC for a $40 coupon toward a TV converter box so that you can keep your TV after the digital TV transition on June 12th. NO û No White Goods <http://www.cambridgema.gov/TheWorks/schedules/applnce.html> (ex. Air Conditioners, Dehumidifiers, Refrigerators) û No Batteries <http://www.cambridgema.gov/TheWorks/departments/recycle/donaterecycle.html# batteries> û No Car Parts û No Chemicals <http://www.cambridgema.gov/TheWorks/schedules/hseHazard.html> û No Light Bulbs <http://www.cambridgema.gov/TheWorks/departments/recycle/bulbs.html> û No Hazardous Waste <http://www.cambridgema.gov/TheWorks/schedules/hseHazard.html> û No Metal Waste <http://www.cambridgema.gov/TheWorks/departments/recycle/metal.html> û No Mercury Items <http://www.cambridgema.gov/TheWorks/departments/recycle/Dropoff.html#haz> û No Tires <http://www.cambridgema.gov/TheWorks/schedules/hseHazard.html> If you cannot make the event, check to see how Cambridge residents can recycle: · Computers / TVs <http://www.cambridgema.gov/TheWorks/departments/recycle/computers.html> · Cell Phones <http://www.cambridgema.gov/TheWorks/departments/recycle/cellphones.html> · Household electronics <http://www.cambridgema.gov/TheWorks/departments/recycle/Dropoff.html#accept

Volunteer for Recycling at a Festival Volunteering is a lot of fun because you get to enjoy the festival, make sure that recycling is happening, talk to people about doing the right thing and get a free t-shirt. Walk around the festival area to make sure recycling containers are set up correctly and are side-by-side with trash. Minimize bottles in the trash and trash in the recycling. Some events involve information tabling and working with kids. The festival recycling containers <http://www.cambridgema.gov/TheWorks/departments/recycle/festivals.html> work quite well to avoid contamination. Here's a list of the festivals in 2009. Let us know if you can volunteer for a 2-3 hour shift... * June 13: Riverfest <http://www.cambridgeartscouncil.org/community_river.html> , noon-6pm, Charles River * Aug 15: Area 4 Community Pride Day, 11am-6pm, Sennott Park * Aug 23?: Cambridge <http://www.cambridgecarnival.com/> Carnival aka Caribbean Festival, noon-6pm, Kendall Square * Sept 26: Danehy Park Family Day. 11am-4pm, Danehy Park * Oct 11: Oktoberfest <http://www.harvardsquare.com/> , noon-6pm, Harvard Square * Nov ??: Family Literacy Fun Day, 10am-2pm, City Hall Living Green Festival, 5/16 in Somerville FREE Admission! Saturday May 16th, 10am-2pm, Somerville High School – 81 Highland Ave Presented by Somerville Climate Action, www.somervilleclimateaction.org/web/lgf Step up your sustainability through amazing hands-on workshops and demonstrations... • Sessions on healthy cooking, bike repair, home gardening, insulation, and more • Green Vehicle Show with electric and biodiesel cars and bikes • Free sustainable-product giveaways • Recycled arts-n-crafts activities for kids and a recycled fashion show • Have your photo taken with Wally the Green Monster – official mascot of the Boston Red Sox • Bring in a year of energy bills for a free cost-saving breakdown and a chance to win an energy audit • Donate your clothing for local families in need and your used print cartridges for recycling • Free basic bicycle adjustments and tuning… and MORE! DIO Skillshares: June 13th & August 22nd Call Ellie & Jules at 617-492-2340 for more information. June 13th: Sprouting and Microgreens 1:30 - 3:30pm, East End House, 105 Spring Street, Cambridge, MA The skillshare will cover jar sprouting, growing microgreens indoors all-year 'round, health benefits of eating sprouts and microgreens, tips, where to get materials, and meal suggestions. August 22, Edible Weed Walk: "You can eat that?" 2-4pm, Somerville Growing Center, 22 Vinal Street in Union Square Rain date: August 23, 3-5pm Take a walk through the Growing Center to identify common weeds that you can eat and discuss precautions, the reasons to eat wild foods, and preparation suggestions. **************************************************************************** ********************************************************************** 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 <http://www.cambridgema.gov/TheWorks/departments/recycle/recyclebinR.html> (buildings with less than 6 units) · Order a recycling toter <http://www.cambridgema.gov/TheWorks/departments/recycle/toter_request.html> (buildings with 6 units or more) · Missed recycling? Please simply call DPW at 617-349-4800 by the 12 noon the day after collection, as email is not the best way to ensure action on time sensitive requests. Ms. Randi Mail Director of Recycling Cambridge Dept of Public Works 147 Hampshire Street Cambridge, MA 02139 <mailto:rmail@cambridgema.gov> rmail@cambridgema.gov <http://www.cambridgema.gov/recycle> www.cambridgema.gov/recycle The Recycling Division's mission is to encourage people to consume less, reuse and donate materials and recycle what cannot be eliminated or reused! -- Peg Blum 175 Richdale Ave #414 Cambridge, MA 02140-3354 (617) 576-1334 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Richdale Ave Community" group. To post to this group, send email to richdale-ave-community@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to richdale-ave-community+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/richdale-ave-community?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---