Dear fellow Hanoverians:
I hope you will take advantage of the below information. We will all benefit!
South Shore Recycling Cooperative to host 10th Anniversary “Shredabration”
To celebrate ten years of service to its member towns, the South Shore Recycling Cooperative (SSRC) is hosting a “Shredabration”, in conjunction with Sustainable Hanover. The event will take place on Saturday, November 22 from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. at the Hanover Town Hall and is open to all area residents and small businesses.
Northeast Data Destruction of Mansfield will provide on-site shredding and recycling services. Residents and small businesses may bring sensitive documents to be shredded on site. Northeast Data Destruction will shred the first box of documents each participant brings at no charge. There is a $5 charge for each additional box.
Sustainable Hanover is collecting used CDs, DVDs, video games, VHS and audio tapes for reuse/recycling. The items will be sorted and sent to Got Books for reuse, or to the CD Recycling Center of America for recycling.
The SSRC will accept and deliver donations of gently used baby equipment in good, clean and usable condition for Cradles to Crayons, which distributes a wide range of children’s items to local families in need. (No battery-operated items please.)
Established in 1998, the SSRC assists sixteen member towns, from Weymouth down the coast to Plymouth, and west to Holbrook with waste reduction, recycling, composting and hazardous product management.
Did you know that paper products, including cardboard, make up approximately 31% of household solid waste. Shredded paper is one of many types of paper that is easily recyclable. Technology has made it possible for paper recyclers to handle some common non-paper contaminants. Among the types of paper now acceptable in public recycling programs are:
- shredded paper in paper or clear plastic bags
- envelopes – windows and clasps are OK
- paper – paper clips and staples are OK
- cereal type boxes (but not the liners)
- manila folders and cards
- catalogs and magazines
- telephone and paperback books
- and of course newspaper, white and colored office paper and unwanted mail.
For more information, go to www.ssrc.info .
For “Around Town on the Web”,
Cathy H-B