Pittsfield Household Hazardous Waste Day
For Pittsfield residents only REGISTRATION REQUIRED, click the link or call 413-499-9330 DATE: Saturday, November 8 TIME: 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM LOCATION: Casella Transfer Station, 500 Hubbard Ave, Pittsfield
Earth Day Computer Recycling
In observance of Earth Day on Tuesday, April 22, the Berkshire Athenaeum, Pittsfield’s Public Library, is collaborating with Goodwill Industries of the Berkshires and Southern Vermont by hosting a computer recycling collection starting Tuesday, April 22, and continuing through Saturday,…
Public Meeting: Extended Producer Responsibility Commission
EPRC Public Meeting Notice 4.14.2025 The Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) Commission is charged with making policy recommendations on specific extended producer responsibilities, approaches and other strategies for products and packaging categories including paint, mattresses, electronics, lithium-ion batteries, plastics, and other…
Recycle Smart MA – AMA About Recycling in MA
Join Recycle Smart MA for another Ask Me Anything About Recycling in MA for a special Earth Month edition — April 17 at 7 p.m. ET! Not sure if your aluminum foil is recyclable? Wondering if you should replace caps or…
Ask Me Anything About Recycling in MA with Recycle Smart
Ask Me Anything about Recycling in MA Ever wonder how clean your recyclables need to be? Unsure what to do with loose bottle caps? Overwhelmed by recycling numbers? This is the webinar for you! The Recycle Smart team is excited…
Pittsfield Trash & Collection System Info Sessions
City of Pittsfield's new trash and collection system community information sessions DATES: • Monday, September 9 at 6:00 p.m. at Morningside Community School, Cafeteria, 100 Burbank Street • Thursday, September 12 at 6:00 p.m. at Reid Middle School, Auditorium, 950…
Where Does Pittsfield’s Recycling Go? Springfield MRF Tour
https://www.thebeatnews.org/BeatTeam/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Tour-the-Springfield-MRF-w-phone-1.pdf Ever wondered where Pittsfield's residential recycling ends up, or whether it actually gets recycled? Join BEAT for a free tour of the Springfield MRF (materials recovery facility) to see how recyclables from Pittsfield and other Western MA municipalities are…
U.S. Paint EPR: Insights from a Decade of PaintCare Programs
Over the past decade, U.S. paint EPR programs have performed extremely well – collecting more than 70 million gallons of leftover paint with over 2,400 year-round locations currently (two-thirds of which are paint and hardware stores that have volunteered to…
Recycling Lies and Plastic Problems: What I Learned from “A Year of No Garbage” author Eve Schaub
Eve Schaub, author of three books, most recently, A Year of No Garbage: Recycling Lies, Plastic Problems and One Woman’s Trashy Journey to Zero Waste (2023).Eve O. Schaub is an internationally published author and humorist. The author of Year of No Sugar (2014)…
Pittsfield Community Meetings – Trash & Recycling
Mayor Peter Marchetti will be hosting three community meetings on the future of trash and recycling in Pittsfield. Mayor Marchetti will be joined by city officials to provide an overview of the proposed changes to trash and recycling collection…