In 2015, with the help of Green Acton’s advocacy and town-wide support, the Acton Town Meeting approved, and the Board of Selectmen adopted, the Pay As You Throw (PAYT) Program, a new pricing scheme for trash disposal at the Transfer Station. PAYT reduces the sticker prices for the Transfer Station (TS) and ties the cost… Continue reading →
Six zero-waste initiatives for Acton
In 2013, Green Acton presented six ideas to the Board of Selectmen on the next best steps on how to reduce material waste in Acton, and thus move the town towards a zero-waste vision. A Swap Shed, Recycling at Recreation Areas Better Communications about Recycling Require Private Haulers to Report Tonnages, Explore Trash Pricing Options Extended… Continue reading →
Development of the Swap Shop
In 2015, the Swap Shop was launched in the Acton Transfer Station, which Green Acton’s Zero Waste Group took initiative in designing, developing, and advocating for. Anyone with a recycling or trash sticker can use the Swap Shop: gently used items in good condition can be donated at the shop, and items can be picked up… Continue reading →
Acton Water District letter about the EPA plan for Nuclear Metals superfund site
Available as a downloadable PDF file from the AWD here
Jane Ceraso December 2014 public comments on the Nuclear Metals Superfund Site
EPA Public Hearing on Proposed Remedial Action Plan for the Concord, Massachusetts Nuclear Metals, Inc. Superfund site
Background: the Nuclear Metals Superfund Site: 1958-2015
From the EPA Superfund information site for Nuclear Metals The Nuclear Metals, Inc. (NMI) property is located on a 46.4-acre parcel located at 2229 Main Street in Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. The facility includes five interconnected buildings, a paved parking area, a sphagnum bog, a cooling water recharge pond, and a holding basin. The topography… Continue reading →
Nuclear Metals Superfund Site
In Concord, Massachusetts, near the border with Acton, there is a federal Superfund site — the Nuclear Metals, Inc. site — that is threatening Acton’s water supply through contamination of Acton’s Assabet wells. The main concern is 1,4-Dioxane, a probable human carcinogen that moves readily through groundwater. These are the same wells that were contaminated… Continue reading →
Tribute to Charlotte Sagoff – Social Justice
From John Abernethy:
Planting Plan and Volunteer Opportunities
The garden design seeks to create a sustainable tribute to Charlotte, with: flower/foliage characteristics that include drought tolerance; use of native plants, herbs, daisies, groundcovers, bulbs and wildflowers; easy care; fragrant tall plants along the sidewalk to provide screening, and between the children’s library windows; spring to fall continuum of bloom; and a tapestry of… Continue reading →
Additional Sources of Information
For more information on the WR Grace Superfund Site in Acton, Massachusetts: