About this Event
Please join our 9th Even Greater Specialty Recycling Drive
We have no rain date, so please do your best to see any updates on this eventbrite page the NIGHT PRIOR or VISIT the event page on Clean Up Boston via Facebook.
We'll be accepting items below: please REVIEW CAREFULLY on how to prepare items: SEE MORE IN DEPTH INSTRUCTIONS AND EXPLANATIONS BELOW. *******New Items we accept
------------------------- WE ARE NO LONGER TAKING THE FOLLOWING -----------------------
NO LONGER TAKING * RUBBERMAID (Any brand of plastic or glass food storage containers; takeout containers, black) -Terracycle stopped taking them
UNDERSTAND THAT BLACK PLASTIC CANNOT EVER BE RECYCLED
NO SILVER PACKING PLEASE
--------------- ALL ITEMS MUST BE CLEAN & DRY AND SEPARATED FROM EACH OTHER -----------------------
* ALL RIGID CLEAN STYROFOAM!!!
* AMAZON PLASTIC MAILERS (CUT OFF LABEL)
* BEER 4 PACK HOLDER
* BLACK & DECKER SMALL HOME PRODUCTS & APPLIANCES (contact us w/questions) *NEW
* BLACK PLASTIC PLANT CONTAINERS *******NEW - 4" square and round black pots 6 pk seedlings
* BREAD BAG PLASTIC TABS *******NEW - little square ones
* BURT'S BEES PRODUCTS
* CHOPSTICKS
* CORK
* DUNKIN DONUTS COFFEE BAGS ******** NEW
* EGG CARTONS CLEAN
* EMPTY PRESCRIPTION BOTTLES
* GILLETTE (Any razor blade brand; any razor handles or packaging) = Terracycle
* GoGo squeeZ® POUCHES (Any squeeze pouch brand -- applesauce, yogurt, etc)= Terracycle *******NEW
* HEAD AND SHOULDER BOTTLES = Terracycle
* LATE JULY SNACK BAGS = Terracycle
* MASCARA WANDS = Wands for Wildlife
* PLASTIC FILM (Clean, see visual guide, if it stretches its probably good, if it crinkles its trash)
* PANTENE BOTTLES = Terracycle
* REUSABLE BAGS *******NEW
* ROYAL CANIN PLASTIC PET FOOD BAGS (no cans) = Terracycle
* SOLO CUPS Recycle #6, rigid plastic cups = Terracycle *******NEW
* SPRAY BOTTLE PARTS ******* NEW
* TERRA CHIP BAGS Clean & Dry = Terracycle
* TOM'S OF MAINE (ANY brand of toothpaste tube, deodorant, toothbrushes, mouthwash bottles, toothbrush packaging) = Terracycle
* TOWELS AND SHEETS
* TYVEK ENVELOPES
* WEARABLE AND SCRAP TEXTILES - SEPARATED
* WELEDA® personal care packaging = Terracycle *******NEW
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****WE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO TAKE ITEMS IF THEY ARE NOT PREPARED PROPERLY.
BRING YOUR CLEAN ITEMS LISTED BELOW (Please read details below carefully) AND WE WILL COLLECT ITEMS CURBSIDE IN A SAFE MANNER.
THIS IS A ONE DAY ONLY COLLECTION, SO TELL ALL YOUR FRIENDS.
WHY are we doing this? NONE of these items can be recycled in our Single Stream Blue Recycling Bins which often times means they end up in a landfill or incinerated which causes Greenhouse Gases. This is entirely unnecessary as they can go on to have another life. Did you know that in the first year and a half of the pandemic 3.2 BILLION SINGLE USE PLASTIC GROCERY BAGS WERE USED JUST IN MASSACHUSETTS ALONE despite so many bag bans!
We are Girl Scout Troop #68277 in Dorchester and we have worked hard over the years to change policy within Boston, clean our community and help others learn about sustainability and recycling.
This is something we can do today to help OUR future!
WE WILL ACCEPT THE FOLLOWING:
A LL THE TERRACYCLE ITEMS MENTIONED ABOVE PLUS
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STYROFOAM = will be recycled on site in East Bridgewater
ALL STYROFOAM MUST BE CLEAN AND DRY!!!
--- ALL STYROFOAM, that is right!
--- including white and those that have colors
--- we accept styrofoam peanuts in bags, not compostable peanuts
--- All rigid styrofoam packaging
--- clean styrofoam egg cartons
--- CLEAN + DRY food-based styrofoam
Please be careful not to break it up and if you can, please bag it in a large plastic bag.
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R EUSABLE BAGS = resused go to food banks, shelters, and senior centers
--- Clean, empty and dry
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PLASTICS* = TREX will become decking (via Star Market near UMASS)
*Plastics must be CLEAN, DRY and FREE of food and organic residue
*Does the plastic stretch? If Yes, we can recycle it. If it makes a crinkles sound, it must go in the trash!
--- SINGLE USE GROCERY BAGS
--- BUBBLE WRAP
--- PLASTIC E-COMMERCE MAILERS
--- PRODUCE WRAP (THINK CARROTS, LETTUCE, GRAPES, ETC)
--- ZIPLOC AND OTHER FOOD STORAGE
--- CEREAL BOX LINERS
--- DRY CLEANING BAGS
--- BREAD BAGS
--- NEWSPAPER BAGS
--- AMAZON PLASTIC BLUE & WHITE MAILERS (CUT OFF PAPER LABEL or PEEL OFF)
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EMPTY PRESCRIPTION BOTTLES = recycled (we work with collaborators in Framingham)
--- The containers cannot have any medications in them
--- Keep caps on
--- Please bring any expired or no longer used medications to your local CVS or police station for proper disposal
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MASCARA WANDS = Wands for Wildlife
--- Clean in warm, soapy water to remove residual mascara and dry completely.
--- Do not send if brush is frayed.
--- Only send brush, no tubes.
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BLACK PLASTIC PLANT CONTAINERS = To be reused by local greenhouse
--- 4" square and round black pots 6 pk seedlings
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TEXTILES = HELPSY reused and scraps for insulation
--- ANY REUSABLE CLOTHING - they will be reused
--- SHOES - they will be reused
--- ANY TEXTILE SCRAPS - from sewing (please label these scraps as textile scraps on the bag)
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EGG CARTONS= Will be reused directly by farmers in Vermont
--- Any egg carton, paper, plastic styrofoam
--- Must be clean
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CORK - will be recycled via RECork
--- WINE CORK. Make sure they are kept separate from the other recycling.
--- No plastic corks
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TOWELS AND SHEETS - Reused at our local animal shelter and vet
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CHOPSTICKS - Reused to make new products with ChopValue in a micro factory in Somerville!
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PLASTIC BREAD TAGS - these will be reused by Danielle Cares for Chairs
- -- those little square ones that close bread bags, carrot bags, etc.
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TYVEK MAILERS
--- must be clean. Any type of tyvek mailers only for now
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Hope to see you there, please follow our guidelines and separate each category when you hand them off.
We will ask you to pull up, unload and then move along, we will have helpers guiding traffic.
Thanks to ReStore, Bill from Ag Hall for letting us host at their site, Star Market on Morrissey Blvd, Helpsy www.helpsy.co/, Insulation Technology, Janelle Nanos, ReVision, Wands for Wildlife, Terracycle, Danielle Cares for Chairs, Elaine Chow with Chop Value, and Lusterity Design + Events!
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
10 Harvard St, 10 Harvard Street, Boston, United States
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