Watertown Residents Can Drop Off Items at a Recycling Event on Saturday

Mark your calendar for this event where you can recycle styrofoam, hard plastics and more.

MBTA Hosting Huge Recycling Event at the Watertown Bus Yard

Bring your electronics, appliances, clothes, metal and more to the event on May 11.

MBTA Hosting Huge Recycling Event at the Watertown Bus Yard

Bring your electronics, appliances, clothes, metal and more to the event on May 11.

The MBTA will host a recycling event where residents can bring a wide variety of items, including electronics, metal, clothes and much more. The event will be at the Watertown Bus Yard, at Galen and Water streets in Watertown, on Saturday, May 11 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Residents of all towns are welcome, according to an information poster from the Massachusetts Department of Transportation. Items taken at the event will not end up in landfill, according to the MassDOT. Televisions cost 35 cents per pound and everything else will be accepted for free, according to the announcement. Here are items that will be accepted: Electronics: computers, monitors, VCRs, cell phones, keyboards, printers, copiers, faxes, modems, cabling, wire, cords, …

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Bikes Not Bombs Collecting Used Bicycles in Watertown on Saturday

The Jamaica Plain group fixes up the bicycles and sends them to communities in the developing world.

  Have an old bicycle cluttering up the garage, bring it down to the Bikes Not Bombs collection on Saturday, April 27 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. The collection is hosted by First Parish Church, at 35 Church Street in Watertown. Bikes Not Bombs bring the bicycles to its bicycle service shop where inner-city youth learn to become bicycle mechanics, and then the bicycles are sent to communities in the developing world. The workers in the Jamaica Plain-based program also learn business skills and how to become a community leader, according to an announcement for the event. The group is also committed to promoting peace and social justice locally and around the world. Over the years 50,000 bikes have been sent to areas of the developing world, …

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20 Ways to Go Green in Watertown in 2013

Looking for ways to live a greener lifestyle, check out these 20 tips to help you stick to your plan.

If you want to be kinder to the planet and save some money at the same time, here are 20 ways to go green in 2013. TELL US: Will you be going green this year? Share your thoughts and suggestions in the comments sections below.

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Watertown Public Works Hosting Post-Holiday Recycling Event

Bring your styrofoam, paper, cardboard and tires to the Public Works Facility on Jan. 5.

The following information was provided by Watertown Public Works:  Watertown Public Works in conjunction with the Watertown Recycling Advisory Board will be hosting Post Holiday Paper Shredding, Styrofoam, Hard Plastics (Tyke toys, kiddie pools, resin outdoor furniture), Cardboard & Tire Collection (tires without rims). A post-holiday recycling event will be held Jan. 5, 2013, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Public Works Facility, 124 Orchard St. in Watertown. Do you have sensitive personal documents that you'd like to recycle but worried about identity theft? Bring them and watch them be shredded before your eyes! Do you feel overwhelmed by holiday styrofoam packaging materials? Watertown Public Works and the Recycling Advisory Board would …

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Bottle Bill Dies in Conference Committee

Legislators decide to take the bottle bill amendment out of the jobs act.

  The bottle bill will not make it to the governor's desk this year.  The controversial proposal was included as an amendment to the Senate jobs bill but scrapped Monday in conference committee, according to an aide to its sponsor, Sen. Robert Hedlund (R-Weymouth). The jobs bill is expected to be laid before Gov. Deval Patrick Tuesday, the last day of the legislative session. The amendment had faced strong opposition in the House, with Speaker Robert DeLeo describing it as a tax. Hedlund disputed this view, saying that taxes can't be redeemed.  The expansion to the 31-year-old law designed to promote recycling and reduce litter would have added plastic bottles used for water, juices, iced tea and sports drinks to the list of containers …

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Watertown Residents will be Limited to One 64-Gallon Trash Can a Week

The Town Council approved a new five-year trash and recycling contract for the town.

Watertown residents will be limited to one 64-gallon trash bin full of trash each week, and will also receive a 64-gallon recycling bin for recycling, which will be picked up every other week. All recyclable items — cardboard, paper, plastic and metal cans — will go into the same bin. The Town Council approved the new trash contract with Allied Waste, the same company used by the town. The change in service will not be immediate, said Town Manager Michael Driscoll. "The schedule to move to the new system will be like six months," Driscoll said. In the meantime, Allied Waste will run an education program to let residents know about the new system, said Bruce Stanas, the company's regional vice president. He plans to run a pilot program with…

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Viewfinder: Going, Going ... Gone

A peek at what Watertown residents throw away every week .... But that will be changing next year.

As everyone knows, almost anything can be put on the curb for weekly trash pick up in Watertown – well, almost anything. But that is supposed to change next year, if a new policy is adopted. 

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Paul Angiolillo

12:48 am on Saturday, August 27, 2011

Excellent point--that I should have made in the photo essay. For those who don't know about these highly popular and easy ways on the Internet to pass on possessions that you--or your neighbors--are throwing away: just post a listing with an address where the items are at either the local Freecycle group (http://groups.freecycle.org/FreecycleWatertown/description) or the one I've used many times…   more ›

Watertown Residents Can Donate and Recycle Many Items Saturday at the DPW

The Watertown Environmental and Energy Efficiency Committee hosts the free event.

The Watertown Environmental & Energy Efficiency Committee hosts the Bring It Donation & Recycling Event on Saturday, May 14 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Department of Public Works facility at 124 Orchard St. Here is a detailed list of what can be donated and recycled: American Flags Retire your flag properly with the Marine Corps League here in Watertown. Bikes in any kind of condition for Bikes Not Bombs promoting bicycle technology as a concrete alternative to war and environmental destruction. Blankets, sheets, towels and cat carriers for donation to the Waltham Cat Connection The Cat Connection is an all-volunteer organization who helps stray and abandoned cats and kittens, by taking them into their fostering program. The cats then …

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