Recycling
Those giant recycling carts really work
By adamg - 7/9/10 - 2:29 pmThe Dorchester Reporter reports that recycling rates have gone up dramatically in the year since Boston went citywide with those Julio Lugo-sized large blue wheeled carts, so much so that some people have requested a second cart.
We got our giant recycling bin today
By adamg - 7/28/09 - 7:17 pmBut now that Lugo's gone, who goes into it? Matsuzaka?
The kidlet's getting old. I offered to take her for a ride in it before we actually throw anything/anybody in (if you haven't seen them yet - they're so big they have wheels) and she turned me down. This is a kid who used to love getting into a laundry hamper and being taken for a ride around the house.
New Recycling Bins in JP
By JosephPorcelli - 7/11/09 - 2:30 pmThe new recycling bins arrived at my apartment this morning in JP. I made quick video about them.
He's a somebody, thanks to his new family-sized recycling bin
By adamg - 7/8/09 - 1:26 pmSteve Garfield proudly shows off his new wheeled Boston recycling bin, which, as has been noted here in the past (over and over and over again) is large enough to put Julio Lugo in.
Entire city to get recycling bins large enough to hold Julio Lugo by July
By adamg - 5/15/09 - 6:28 pmThe Jamaica Plain Gazette reports the city plans to roll out its 64-gallon mega-recycling bins to every neighborhood in July. With the new bins-on-wheels, residents can just stuff everything, from newspapers to plastics, in. The paper says residents who don't want to deal with recycling carts larger than Mini Coopers can ask the city to take them back after they're delivered and then get recycling stickers to use with a standard-sized trash can.
Heywood Jablowme does not work for the city
By Kaz - 2/12/09 - 11:42 pmA letter on City of Boston letterhead went out to some city residents telling them to put out their recycling bins by tomorrow or risk a hefty fine on their real estate tax bill. Fortunately, it was all just a prank.
Recycling is picking up in West Roxbury
By adamg - 10/14/08 - 11:15 amAfter a couple months with his new Julio-Lugo-sized recycling dumpsterette, Ed Copp reports he is, in fact, recycling more - just like the city hoped he would:
... Looking back I see why I didn't recycle more. The old bins didn't fit too much. Three days after trash pickup the bin was full so the rest of my recyclables went in the trash. ...
Part of the reason Boston's recycling rate sucks so much
By adamg - 8/17/08 - 9:16 amThe city can give out all the giant wheeled recycling bins it wants in West Roxbury, Roslindale and JP, but if they make it hard for people in places with lots of apartments to recycle ...
Via Underground Boston.
West Roxbury gets mutant recycling bins
By adamg - 7/19/08 - 8:39 pmKarl Stier reports on the new plus-sized bins rolled out across West Roxbury this past week:
... The weight limit is listed at 250 lbs. so one could safely toss Julio Lugo in there and he would finally be dispensed with properly. ...
Cambridge clutter and recycling
By theszak - 12/13/07 - 2:57 pmIn Massachusetts, Cambridge is looking into organizing community programming around cluttering and recycling. What cities have such programming organized already?... What web links are there to those cities' programs?...
