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START SAVING YOUR STYROFOAM!!
STYROFOAM RECYCLING EVENT
May 12, 2012 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. Tewksbury Public Library Parking Lot
ReFoamIt will be on hand to collect stryofoam and recycle!!
All packing stryofoam is accepted, as well as clean #6 supermarket food packaging trays.
For further details regarding what is and is not accepted, go to www.refoamit.com.
This event is open to the general public.
Sponsored by the Tewksbury Recycling Committee! |
Sharps Disposal Current options for disposal of "sharps" (e.g., medical syringes) include drop-off at the Tewksbury Health Dept (999 Whipple Rd.) and the Central Fire Station next to Town Hall. The container must only contain sharps and must be rigid, leak proof, shatterproof, and puncture-resistant (consider something like a thick plastic detergent bottle). There is a fee per container which covers the cost of disposal. Current 2011 fees: 2 gallon container (maximum size) - $15; 1 gallon
container - $8; quart and under fee - $5. Cash payments are not accepted. Checks or money orders should be made payable to the Town of Tewksbury. Collection hours: Health Dept. - M-Th 8-9:30 am and 2:30-4 pm; Central Fire Station - M-F 8 am to 4 pm. For more information, please contact the Board of Health. Another option is with the Lowell Health Department at 341 Pine Street in Lowell. For further information, call 978-970-4010 Ext. (9) 4304. |
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Are you a senior in high school and heading off to college? Do you have a leaning towards improving your environment? Allied Waste has provided support for two $750 scholarships to be given through the Tewksbury Recycling Committee. Click here to download the application form (you can also get it at the high school), fill it out and return it to Town Hall by April 30. |
Got Tires? The Central Massachusetts Mosquito Control Project will pick up old tires for FREE to help prevent breeding of mosquitos. ( ! ) This is for Residential use only, no businesses. |
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Zero Waste Day!
This year's Zero Waste Day, provided by Tewksbury Congregational Church with assistance by the Tewksbury Recycling Committee, was held on Saturday, September 24 and was quite the success! Thanks to everyone who came down both to contribute and assist. Keep checking back here or at the official website for information on next year's ZWD. Until then, check out the Patch article and video! |
Got Drugs to Get Rid Of? 12/26/11 - Bring your drugs down to a kiosk in the Tewksbury police station lobby. Check out the Patch article! |
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2010 Paper Retriever Results for Town Keep up the great work, every ton recycled saves the town $67 and provides some money to each collection location! |
Ryan School Green Team T-Shirt Contest
The Ryan School Green Team, comprised of volunteers from both the 5th and 6th grades, recently had a contest to design the front and back of t-shirts provided to them by the Recycling Committee. Winners were provides movie prize packs. The following designs were selected for use on the t-shirts (Front - Quinn Ferreira, Gr. 5; Back - Haley Brennan, Gr. 6):
There were a lot of great submissions - Great job everyone! The final product: |
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TRASH vs RECYCLING
While the bulk of the information at this site pertains to recycling (there just happens to be more to present), you will also find answers to most of your trash questions.
Your first stop should be the Calendar page. Read both pages - if you don't find the answer you are looking for, you may call Allied Waste (800-442-9006) or contact one of the TRC members through the link above. |
Recycling Enforcement Coordinator Report
As part of a grant from the state and in coordination with Billerica and Chelmsford, Tewksbury utilized the services of Robert Keough for assistance with recycling enforcement. Bob tracked what people were doing in each town and provided information to those who may not have fully understood the recycling program. His close-out report for Tewksbury is attached here. |
Allied Waste Recycling Facility 9/29/10 Field Trip Photos!
Members of the TRC took a trip up to Hooksett, NH to learn more about the
processing of our recyclables. Check out the photos!
Over 400 cars, 9,275 lbs of electronics, 73 bikes, Wish Project filled 3 box trucks, 40 visitors from outside Tewksbury.....quite the success!
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Automated Trash Collection
- Everyone gets one blue trash cart (most households 64 gal; some get 35 gal; some multi-unit building complexes will have dumpsters for trash and recycling). Each cart will be given a serial number so that it stays with the house it was given. It is suggested that you stencil your house number on there so that it is obviously yours (less apt to be stolen). Carts are on wheels and are easy to move.
- If needed, additional carts may be purchased to cover the cost of additional disposal. People that have purchased additional carts in other towns have typically ended up returning them part way through the year, as they realized that they could get by with only one. [$145 for 64 gal. and $120 for 35 gal.]
- “Special Occasion” stickers will be available from Allied Waste at a additional cost, so if you know that you are having a large party and there is just no way that you will be able to spread the trash over a couple of weeks, call Allied Waste (800-442-9006) to purchase a sticker. [$5 per sticker]
- Automated collection is for trash only, not recycling. Recycling remains any containers you want (you may use your old trash can). If you decide to place all recyclables in one container, please place commingled items on the bottom and paper/cardboard on top (or in a separate container).
- Small bulky items (couches, chairs, rolls of cut-up carpet, etc.) which are too big for the trash cart and are not part of our appliance/CRT pickup contract will be collected by Allied Waste at no cost, but based on a scheduled pickup. A list of typical items is expected to be published, but when in doubt, call Allied Waste (800-442-9006) and schedule a pickup.
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WHAT'S NEW??
12/27/11 - New info posted/updated on home page.
07/06/11 - 2011-2012 recycling calendar posted
06/09/11 - Added information on Sharps Disposal above
02/21/11 - Updated statistics for town refuse/recycling; including Paper Retriever results for 2010
01/15/11 - Green team t-shirt contest results
11/29/10 - Info on scholarship above.
09/04/10 - A bunch of "maintenance" items trying to keep things up to date. Zero Waste Day Info (see above). Option for electronics (see below). Links to our informational videos currently hosted on Snapfish.
03/09/10 - Packing peanuts are often the most difficult type of EPS to recycle. Their simplest reuse is in another package you need to ship. You can also donate them to UPS, FedEx, STAPLES or other shipping stores, who will gladly reuse the clean material. Not sure where to go? Call the automated, 24-hour Peanut Hot line at 800-828-2214 or visit www.loosefillpackaging.com to find a site near you that will reuse them.
Read more in the Lowell Sun and check out the information in our other pages here at the website.
02/02/10 - Welcome to the Tewksbury Recycling Committee's revised web site! It will take us a little while to get up to speed on the new software and add back a lot of the information that was on our previous site, so please bear with us during "construction." |
Recycling Tip
Electronics Recycling through Best Buy
Best Buy has a great electronics recycling program established. They take nearly everything electronic, including computers, tube TVs and monitors up to 32", flat-panel TVs and monitors up to 60", peripherals, DVD players, home and car audio, cell phones, MP3 players, cables, small electronics, fans, and vacuums. $10 charge for TVs and monitors, but you immediately receive a $10 Best Buy gift card toward a future purchase. See their web site (under the services section) for more information and a list of
more items they take.
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02/21/11
Results from automated collection show a significant reduction in trash generated and an increase in recycling! Great job! - see the updated Statistics page for more info
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