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Reducing holiday waste: Gifts, wrapping, and more
Here is a compilation of blogs to a) help you find low waste, local and meaningful gifts and b) reduce your household’s overall holiday waste.
Blog Series: Boost Your Recycling Knowledge
With the growing number of waste diversion programs for electronics, textiles, books, food scraps and more, it’s hard to decipher what can be recycled and where. Even the basics of what can be recycled curbside are confusing.
This blog series will help you be a more effective recycler and reduce the amount of trash you send to the incinerator.
Truth or Myth? Curbside Recycling Basics
We all know that glass, aluminum, plastic, paper and cardboard should go in the curbside recycling bin. But which plastics? Junk mail too? What about plastic bags?
Recycling Beyond the Bin
Here is a simplified list of resources to help you divert more waste from your trash. More detailed information can be found at arlingtonma.gov/recycle.
How to Recycle Plastic Film
All stretchy plastic (aka plastic film) IS recyclable and turned into composite planks, plastic bags and more. Simply collect your plastic film and recycle it at your local grocery store.
Where does our recycling go? An inside look at a MRF
Arlington’s recycling goes to a Materials Recovery Facility (MRF, pronounced ‘merf’) in Peabody, MA. The job of the MRF is to sort materials (by size, weight, magnet and optic sensors), bale sorted items and sell them to manufacturers who will make new products from those recycled materials.
ACMi Talk of the Town: No Plastic, Please!
Zero Waste Arlington committee members Emily Dertz and Jennifer Campbell, along with partner Peter MCarthy from Za, recently sat down with ACMi to discuss the No Plastic, Please! campaign.