Tag: trash
Interview with Save That Stuff’s Adam Mitchell
Over on the Boston Local Food Festival blog, I talk to to Save That Stuff’s Adam Mitchell about how the company is able to divert so much waste for the festival. (They’re so successful that we’ve contracted the company for the Berklee BeanTown Jazz Festival in September!) I was also really interested in what he […]
Posted: August 28th, 2012 under Political Action, recycling.
Tags: Boston Local Food Festival, Compost, recycling, Save That Stuff, trash
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Festival Recycling: 3 Lessons Learned
On Thursday I talked about some of the vendors I discovered at the Boston Local Food Festival. But the thing I was really taken with last year was the trash collection. This year they diverted 13.16% more waste than last year—by composting 3,600 lbs, recycling 1,820 lbs, and only throwing away 900 lbs. I even […]
Posted: October 7th, 2011 under Composting, recycling, trash.
Tags: Berklee BeanTown Jazz Festival, Boston Local Food Festival, Clean Vibes, Compost, festivals, Freegans will be disappointed., recycling, Save That Stuff, trash, waste stations
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Big Belly Update
I have to admit, I feel kind of bad trashing the Big Belly solar compactors that have been popping up around the city. In theory they’re good. And while there are no replacements yet for the ones on Newbury Street or Mass. Ave., I’ve seen some new models in Copley, Central, and Harvard squares. These ones are a new design and seem to be getting much less disgusting.
Posted: February 3rd, 2010 under trash.
Tags: big belly, department of public works, garbage, solar compactor, trash, waste management, would *you* touch that?
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Big Bellies
Big Belly solar trash compactors have been talked about a lot lately. The idea is that because they hold more trash, garbage collectors only have to pick it up one-fifth as often, thus saving gas (and the garbage collectors’ time). It sounds great, but I’m not sure the product’s quite there yet. A couple years […]
Posted: September 28th, 2009 under Miscellaneous.
Tags: big belly, department of public works, garbage, solar compacter, trash, waste management
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