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Friday, May 02, 2008 |
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Did you know...
- Recycling is mandatory per state law
- It costs the Town more than $2.00/bag to dispose of your rubbish
- Recycling doesn't cost the Town anything, in fact we get a few $$'s
- Recycling 40 cans saves the equivalent of one gallon in gasoline
Almost any paper product, except for tissue paper, paper plates, towels and cups, and food-soiled paper can be recycled. Residents can recycle magazines, catalogs, mail (even with window envelopes), shredded paper, phone books, flat and corrugated carboard, even sprial-bound, paper clipped or stapled reports. Materials recovery facilities have the technology to sort and remove all the staples and paper clips, making it easy and convenient for us to recycle.
MassDEP estimates that 20% of the trash that is thrown away in MA is paper that could be recycled. Weighing in at 1.5 million tons, the amount of paper could fill all of Fenway Park and reach as high as the Prudential Center.
If you recylce, THANK YOU! If you don't, why not give it a try??!!
The Town of Phillipston has Single Stream Recycling, and yes, it does get recycled.
Acceptable items taken at no cost include:
- Paper as previously mentioned including shredded paper if contained properly,
corrugated cardboard, paperboard; if it tears, it's recyclable.
- Clean plastics numbered 1 - 7
- Tin
- Steel
- Aluminum food containers & lids
- All glass drinking bottles & jars
- Plastic bags when contained in a bigger plastic bag
Non-acceptable items include:
- No frozed food boxes, coffee cups, paper plates/cups, waxed cardboard, plastic-coated paper
- No oil contaminated containers
- No styrofoam
- No cookware, dishes, drinking glasses, ceramics, mirror glass, automobile glass, lightbulbs |
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