Friday, May 28, 2021 - 1:12 pm
CANTON - The pilot project launched by Canton’s Sustainability Committee to keep residential food scraps out of the waste stream continues at the drop-off location on outer Lincoln Street behind the Canton Pavilion.
Residents are encouraged to continue bringing their kitchen scraps to the drop off site, while the Village is considering an alternative site for the actual composting of the deposited waste.
Food waste deposited in the receptacles on outer Lincoln Street is transported to a site on Route 11 for the compost process.
“It’s a bit of a drive,” says Village Trustee and Sustainability Committee member Carol Pynchon, “and an additional layer of work for our DPW staff. We’re looking for someone – a farmer or large-scale grower – within a mile or two of the drop-off site who would like to receive the material for composting.”
Monday, April 5, 2021 - 5:27 pm
CANTON The village of Canton is hosting an online Zoom presentation regarding a community choice aggregation program which would allow local residents to choose where the electricity they consume is being produced.
“The village is considering the idea of Community Choice Aggregation, with the goal of having more say in where our electrical energy comes from, and ultimately saving money and lessening our carbon footprint,” said Village Trustee Klaus Proemm.
At the village’s April 6 Canton Sustainability Committee meeting an CCA info presentation will be offered at 5 p.m. by Jeff Domanski, Hudson Valley Energy, and Jennifer Perry, ANCA/NYSERDA.
Can this DPW yard help save the planet?
Maldenâs plan to create a waterfront park at the cityâs public works department is just one way local communities are taking aim at climate change
By John Laidler Globe Correspondent,Updated February 19, 2021, 2:43 p.m.
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Members of the team working to convert part of a DPW yard in Malden into a waterfront park gather at the site. From left: Kathy Vandiver, Marie Law Adams, Evan Spetrini, Amber Christoffersen, Marcia Manong, and Karen Buck.Pat Greenhouse/Globe Staff
Malden is advancing plans to create a new waterfront park within its public works yard to help protect the city against flooding, extreme heat, and other future effects of climate change.