Northern Berkshire Solid Waste Management District

Adams, Cheshire, Clarksburg, Florida, Hancock, Hinsdale, Lanesborough, New Ashford, Peru, Savoy, Williamstown and Windsor
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The Board of Commissioners will hold a public hearing at the Adams Town Hall, 8 Park Street, Adams, MA  01220 on February 9, 2012 at 7:00 PM to receive input from member municipalities and to hear all other interested persons regarding the proposed budget of the District for Fiscal 2013.

 

                                                                             Holly Denault

                                                                             Treasurer

                    



Alkaline batteries: Domestically manufactured batteries made after 1994 no longer contain mercury and can be disposed of in the trash.


    

         Mass.Gov * Energy & Environmental Affairs * Department of Environmental Protection

                                                                        

                              

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The EPA estimates that 66% of the materials we trash every day could be recycled.  What's in your trash? 

Take a minute to check out WHAT WE RECYCLE.

 

Time it takes for a steel can to biodegrade................................500 years

Time it takes for a glass jar to biodegrade...............................3,000 years

Time it takes for a newspaper to biodegrade...............................50 years

Time it takes for a plastic milk jug to biodegrade.....................it never will

Time it takes for you to recycle these items..........................a few             seconds!

CAN'T BEAR TO THROW YOGURT CUPS IN THE TRASH?

BUY STONYFIELD FARM'S YOGURT!

 

We currently have no market to recycle #5 containers. If you are out of ways to reuse your Stonyfield Farm yogurt cups you can send your CLEAN Stonyfield Farm cups to them, and they’ll be sure they get recycled. Send them to: Stonyfield Farm, 10 Burton Drive, Londonderry, NH 03053



 

Northern Berkshire Solid Waste Management District

20 East Street, Adams, MA 01220

 

(413)  743-8208