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Weymouth Public Schools Textile Recycling Program
MA Waste Ban - Do NOT put textiles in home trash or home recycle carts
Textile Recycling: January Update: https://drive.google.com/file/...
Textile Recycling Hub - your source for information about textile recycling: https://www.smore.com/yrs65b
Accepted Items: http://bit.ly/3oEB2qb
Effective November 1, 2022, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts has added TEXTILES to the list of WASTE BANS.
THIS MEANS YOU SHOULD NOT PUT TEXTILES IN YOUR HOME TRASH OR RECYCLE BARRELS BECAUSE THEY CLOG AND DAMAGE THE SORTING EQUIPMENT.
Community use of the textile recycling bins at each of the Weymouth Public Schools is encouraged!
PROGRAM TO DATE COMBINED TOTALS:
1,073.24 TONS (2,146,455 lbs)
DPW Cost Savings: $78,546.52
Earnings: $109,988.40
WPS School Program PTD has prevented
902.10+ TONS from entering landfills! (1,804,195 lbs)
DPW Disposal Cost Savings: $66,015.50
Program-to-Date Earnings = $92,302.35
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TRCCI PTD:
6.43 Tons, (13,395 lbs)
DPW Disposal Savings $490.12
Earnings: $803.70
DPW PTD:
164..02+ Tons, (328,030 lbs)
DPW Disposal Savings $12,009.80
Earnings $16,832.85
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January 2024
School Bins January 2024:
9.29 Tons, (18,570 lbs)
DPW Disposal Cost Savings: $679.348
Earnings: $1,114.20
Corporate Citizen Bins January 2024:
1.3 Tons, (2,600 lbs)
DPW Disposal Savings $95.13
Earnings: $156.00
DPW Bins January 2024:
.85+ Tons, (1,690 lbs)
DPW Disposal Savings: $61.84
Earnings: $101.40
Note: Chapman Middle School has a separate bin for each grade and Weymouth High School has a separate bin for each grade plus CTE.
How are my contributions used?- Items are used for their intended purpose if quality allows
- Items are accepted in all levels of quality, including single shoes/socks, ripped items, etc.
- (Non-acceptable items include items stained with hazardous materials such as gas or oil, full size room carpets, any kind of foam, and mattresses)
- Damaged items become raw materials for new products (ie: sneakers become asphalt, jeans become insulation, stuffed animals become car seat stuffing, etc.)