Category Archives: Recycling & Solid Waste

This Saturday,  9-1, will be the fourth Saturday of  Medfield Green Month at the Transfer Station

 Did you recently purchase a new mattress and need to get rid of the old one?  Do you have an old mattress that has just been hanging around taking up space somewhere in your house?  Bring it to the Transfer Station this Saturday, Oct 24th from 9-1.  New Life Home Refurnishing will be on hand to accept clean, usable mattresses.  All others will be dismantled and the parts will be recycled.  Along with the mattresses, New Life will be collecting pots and pans and small kitchen appliances i.e. toasters, coffee makers, toaster ovens, blenders etc. to provide to their clients.  NLHR is a not-for-profit furniture bank which serves area communities. They serve individuals and families overcoming difficult circumstances such as fires or floods, homelessness, veterans of war and recent refugees.  They are in great need of mattresses and boxsprings.  More info at www.newlifehr.org

The discounted backyard compost bins were so popular that we sold out of our stock!  We will continue to take orders (only for compost bins, not the kits with the kitchen buckets and liners) this Saturday and next Saturday from 9-1 at the Transfer Station.  The bins will be available for pick up in a few weeks.  See attached order form.  Checks made out to Town of Medfield.

This is the last full Saturday for the Swap.  Get your stuff to the swap this weekend!

Last day for drop offs is Friday, October 30th. It closes for the season on Saturday, October 31st at noon and volunteers will pack up from 12-3. If you wish to help pack up, let us know by calling 359-7251. BOXES NEEDED!   Thanks!

Thanks to all of the volunteers who spend many, many hours at the Swap!  It is a great example of the purpose of Medfield Green Month –  Donation, Reuse and Recycling and it is open May-October during Transfer Station hours.

See you at the Transfer Station, the place to be in October!

This email today from Medfield Green –

We hope that everyone had an enjoyable summer! 

We are busy finalizing plans for Medfield Green Month in October!  It will be held every Saturday in October 9 -1 at the Transfer Station. The flier will be sent out soon, but here’s the schedule of collections – mark your calendar now:

Oct 3rd:  Electronics and Reusable Building Supplies

Oct 10th:  Furniture and household items

Oct 17th:  Books, DVDs and CDs

Oct 24th:  New Life Home Refurnishing will be collecting mattresses, small kitchen  appliances and pots and pans.

Oct 31st:  Styrofoam

If you are able to help us out on one of the Saturdays, please reply to this email.  We are also looking for volunteers to take orders for backyard compost bins during Medfield Green Month.

Medfield Day is this Saturday, Sept. 19th 9-3.  Stop by the Medfield Green booth #92, located on North St., in front of Montrose School (same location as last year). Enter our free raffle for a backyard composter and learn all about composting!  Bring the kids to try out our composting game!  We could use some volunteers at the booth, if you have some time to help us out please reply to this email. Thank you!

From Medfield Green –

This Saturday is Week 5 of Medfield Green Month

9-1 at the Transfer Station

It’s the final week of MGM in May! 

Are you a darker shade of green because you’ve been recycling all month?

We will be collecting Styrofoam to be recycled.  Foam items DO NOT have to display the recycling symbol 6 in the triangle with the PS underneath it, but do need to be cleaned and rinsed.  Refoamit will accept packing blocks, produce and meat trays, take out containers (please rinse), hot cups such as Dunkin’ Donuts, Honey Dew and Cumberland Farms (without paper or cardboard infused), foam egg cartons, trays, white insulation sheets, #4 PE Polyethylene foam, #5 PP Polypro foam, bubble wrap and packing peanuts (bagged separately from your foam).  They WILL NOT accept:  plastic utensils, foam cups infused with cardboard or paper such as McDonald’s, Newman and Burger King (ice tea cup), biodegradable meat trays for example GenPak without the recycling symbol, cardboard egg cartons, soft foam pads, food containers with plastic film attached (some ground turkey comes in these containers), blue or pink insulation sheets.

** We could use some help on Saturday with collecting/sorting – please respond to this email if you have an hour or so to spare!

The next Styrofoam collection will be October 31, 2015 at the Transfer Station! 

Bikes Not Bombs will be at the American Legion 9-12 collecting bicycles – not rusted  (consider a $10 donation/bike to cover cost of bike to be sent overseas) – for more info visit bikesnotbombs.org

Remember to get your new stickers at the DPW –

the current stickers expire at the end of June $50/2 yrs

Hope to see you at the Transfer Station

the place to be in May!

Next Medfield Green Month will be in October!

This from Medfield Green –

This Saturday, 5/9  will be the second Saturday of Medfield Green Month at the Transfer Station

Full Schedule of Collections attached

Do you have an old mattress that has just been hanging around taking up space somewhere in your house?  Bring it to the Transfer Station this Saturday, May 9th from 9-1.  New Life Home Refurnishing will be on hand to accept clean, usable mattresses.  All others will be dismantled and the parts will be recycled.  Along with the mattresses, New Life will be collecting clean, gently used sheets, blankets, quilts, towels and curtains to provide to their clients.  NLHR is a not-for-profit furniture bank which serves area communities. They serve individuals and families overcoming difficult circumstances such as fires or floods, homelessness, veterans of war and recent refugees.  They are in great need of mattresses, boxsprings and clean bedding.  More info at www.newlifehr.org

The Swap is open for the season!  Come check out their new shelter!  Thanks to all of the volunteers who spend many hours at the Swap!  It is a great example of the purpose of Medfield Green Month –  Donation, Reuse and Recycling and it is open May-October during Transfer Station hours.

See you at the Transfer Station, the place to be in May!

Please spread the word and pass on this email to family and friends!  We would also love to have some help with Medfield Green Month on Saturdays in May or anytime at the Swap!