{"id":71031,"date":"2021-06-16T00:02:41","date_gmt":"2021-06-16T04:02:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wasteadvantagemag.com\/?p=71031"},"modified":"2021-06-15T21:38:06","modified_gmt":"2021-06-16T01:38:06","slug":"newton-ma-announces-educational-campaign-to-encourage-clean-recycling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wasteadvantagemag.com\/newton-ma-announces-educational-campaign-to-encourage-clean-recycling\/","title":{"rendered":"Newton, MA Announces Educational Campaign to Encourage Clean Recycling"},"content":{"rendered":"
Newton is launching an educational campaign to encourage residents to clean up their recycling before putting it out on the curb, according to Mayor Ruthanne Fuller.\u00a0<\/span>The effort will include new decals on recycling bins designed by the state Department of Environmental Protection\u2019s \u201cRecycle Smart\u201d program to help remind people about which materials should go into the containers.<\/span><\/p>\n The city also is seeking volunteers for a data collection effort to better understand how these services are functioning and how they can improve, Fuller said in a June 10 statement.\u00a0<\/span>\u201cHelp us provide recycling education to reduce recycling contamination while getting some exercise and spending time outside,\u201d Fuller said. \u201c[And] help us gather information that will inform decisions regarding Newton\u2019s waste and recycling collection services.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n The city began asking residents in 2018 to make sure not to put items into recycling bins that shouldn\u2019t be there \u2014 such as plastic bags and utensils, shredded paper, wood, and Styrofoam, Fuller said in a statement. The city\u2019s contract with Waste Management includes fines if Newton\u2019s recycling is more than 10 percent contaminated. But with the help of residents, Newton has not paid fines for contaminated recycling since February 2019, she said.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/em><\/h5>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Newton is launching an educational campaign to encourage residents to clean up their recycling before putting it out on the curb, according to Mayor Ruthanne Fuller.\u00a0The effort will include new […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1792,"featured_media":65004,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_price":"","_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_header":"","_tribe_default_ticket_provider":"","_tribe_ticket_capacity":"0","_ticket_start_date":"","_ticket_end_date":"","_tribe_ticket_show_description":"","_tribe_ticket_show_not_going":false,"_tribe_ticket_use_global_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_global_stock_level":"","_global_stock_mode":"","_global_stock_cap":"","_tribe_rsvp_for_event":"","_tribe_ticket_going_count":"","_tribe_ticket_not_going_count":"","_tribe_tickets_list":"[]","_tribe_ticket_has_attendee_info_fields":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[12,271,122,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-71031","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-collection-transfer-news","category-education","category-newsletter-headline","category-recycling-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nTo read the full story, visit https:\/\/www.bostonglobe.com\/2021\/06\/14\/metro\/newton-announces-educational-campaign-encourage-clean-recycling<\/a>.
\nAuthor: John Hilliard, Boston Globe<\/p>\n