Acton Clean-Up Day started in South Acton long ago. It was originally organized by Betsy Eldridge, whose son, State Senator Jamie Eldridge, helped expand the event to the entire town.
Drop & Swap Days
From 2010–2013, Green Acton organized an annual Drop & Swap Day in May, held on the grounds of the Conant School. These events helped keep a lot of gently used items out of the landfill and got them into the hands of people who could use them. Providers of specialty recycling and re-use services were… Continue reading →
Acton Climate Action Team
This now-defunct group worked on education and advocacy around climate issues.
Grant Proposal Accepted for Recycling at Recreation Areas
From Cathy Fochtman, Recreation Director: Good news, the State recycling MassDEP SMRP Grant came through and I can be reimbursed for up to $1,250 for the purchase of recycling bin containers.
New plan for private hauler information
I met with Doug Halley today to discuss where we go from here with getting information from private haulers in Acton about their tonnages of trash and recycling.
Independent Survey of Pay As You Throw customers
The Public Policy Polling group published a survey of PAYT customers in MSW Management magazine. The results were very positive. Here’s one of the charts:
EPA Pay As You Throw resources
The EPA archived resource pages on unit-price trash systems lives here: https://archive.epa.gov/wastes/conserve/tools/payt/web/pdf/payasyou.pdf . Though EPA no longer updates this information, it may be a useful resource. The document includes a spreadsheet for evaluating the potential economic and environmental impacts of unit-price systems.
Swap Shed opening now targeted for Spring 2015
The Swap Shed is scheduled to be installed very late in the Fall of 2014. The plan by the Town is to operate the shed in warm weather months, so the shed will be in operation in the Spring of 2015.
Meeting with Green Advisory Board about EPR
On September 15, 2014, Jim Snyder-Grant met with the Green Advisory Board about Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) and the six zero waste initiatives. Here’s the background documents Green Acton brought to the meeting: http://doc.acton-ma.gov/dsweb/View/Collection-6463
Sep 12 Swap Shed Update
A note from Corey York with progress on getting a shed.