This year’s Recycle Your Reusables will take place on Saturday, October 19, from 9:00am-2:00pm at the Ayer-Shirley Middle School. For information or to volunteer contact Laurie Sabol at Ayerrecycles@gmail.com or 978 496 5839.
November 3, 2012
Thank you!
A hearty thank you to everyone who volunteered AND who attended the
4thannual Recycle Your Reusables Day on October 20. Two hundred forty
three cars from 20 towns dropped off recyclables. Here’s a selection of what we
diverted from the landfills:
- a 53 foot long trailer truck full of household goods for the Lowell Wish Project
- 2600 pounds of textiles for Bay State Textiles
- 1,930 pounds (almost a ton!) of paper was shredded (the equivalent of saving 16.4 mature trees and 6,700 gallons of water)
- 800 pounds of Styrofoam
- 3.8 tons of electronics
- 30 bicycles
- 1600 books
- 3 barrels of returnable bottles and cans
- 33 boxes of used athletic shoes
- a ton of plastic
- 500+ non-recyclable plastic bags
In addition, we collected $1800 worth of food and cash donations for Loaves and Fishes.
I would like to thank numerous volunteers and other supporters, without whom the event would not have happened:
- Rich McGrath and Kathryn Lyon from the ASRMS
- Our great vendors: the Lowell Wish Project, All-American Recycling, More than Words, ReFoamIt, Bikes Not Bombs, Valley Green Shredding, Casella, Nike Reuse a Shoe, Wheels for the World, Bay State Textiles, Lou’s Upcycles, Boston Building Resources and Terracycle.
- Tessa David
- Ayer Dunkin Donuts
- ASRHS National Honor Society students
- Youth Venture Ayer Helpers
- Eileen Cantrill and Girl Scout Cadette Troop 62018
- Boy Scout Troop 1 from West Groton
- Fidelity Bank
- Volunteers from local towns
- From Ayer: Kim Krieser, Shawna Graham, Dan DeMille, Martha and Bill Dean, Al Camara, Beth Suedmeyer, Faith Salter, Ruth Maxant (thanks for the pizza!), Jean Diemert and Nicholas Martone
- From Shirley: Dawn McCall, Nancy Askin, Pam Torres
- From Townsend: Susan Shaine
Next year’s event is tentatively scheduled for Saturday, October 19, 9am-2pm, Ayer Shirley Middle School. For more information, or to volunteer contact ayerrecycles@gmail.com or 978 496 5839.
Thank you again!
Laurie Sabol, Ayer Recycling Committee
September 8, 2012
The fine print
Held rain or shine
Free and open to all with a donation of non-perishable foods for Loaves and Fishes
For more information or to volunteer
Ayerrecycles@gmail.com | 978 496 5839
Location
Ayer-Shirley Middle School
1 Hospital Road
Shirley MA 01464
Directions
Also in attendance
MassToss
Next Step Living
Sponsored by the Ayer Recycling Committee, the Shirley Recycling Committee, Fidelity Bank and the towns of Groton, Harvard, Littleton and Townsend
Flyers to download: Quarter sheet PDF flyer | PPT slide for cable TV | 8×11 PDF flyer
August 4, 2012
Vendors
All-American Recycling: anything with a cord, such as computers, electronics and televisions ($)
Ayer-Shirley Lions Club: eyeglasses and hearing aids. They are cleaned, tested and re-used for people that can’t afford them. Most glasses are used in other countries, while the hearing aids are able to be re-used here in the US. Eyeglasses need to be intact, no missing lenses or broken frames.
Bay State Textiles: all post consumer textiles. Clothing, paired shoes, linens, plush toys, backpacks. The textiles do not have to be in wearable condition but must be dry and free of odor and mold.
Bikes Not Bombs: used bikes, helmets and accessories for disadvantaged Boston youth and people in developing countries. A $10 donation is requested with each donated bike.
Boston Building Resources: Good to excellent construction materials, completely install-ready (no defects that need repair, no refinishing, no spare parts to track down to make functional.
Casella Waste Systems: rigid plastics such as kids’ toys, outdoor furniture, trash barrels, 5 gallon pails, milk crates, and more.
The Lowell Wish Project: gently used household goods including clothes, furniture, mattresses/box springs, radios & TVs, appliances, computers, linens, Game Boys and baby gear. See the complete list here.
The Wish Project does not want:
- baskets, pictures or decorative items
- toys or stuffed animals
- outdoor furniture, bikes or grills
- console TVs or extra large furniture
- sports equipment
More Than Words: fiction and non-fiction books (hardcover or trade paperback), antiquarian books, audio books on CD or cassette, music CDs, DVD and VHS movies, video games.
Nike Reuse-A-Shoe: all brands of athletic shoes to reprocess into athletic playing surfaces.
No nonsense recycling: pantyhose, nylon knee highs, tights (all brands)
reBounces: brings old tennis balls back to life.
ReFoamIt: Styrofoam food trays/containers (#6 only, rinsed clean), coolers, drink cups, packing peanuts, plastic utensils and more.
Terracycle: chip bags of any size, foil-lined granola/energy/protein bar wrappers.
Valley Green Shredding: shred personal and confidential print documents and e-media.
Wheels for the World: canes, manual wheelchairs, aluminum crutches, walkers.
Lou’s Upcycle: various types of plastic bags that used to hold packaged food, animal food, potting soil and wood pellets.
The Ayer Recycling Committee will sell the Earth Machine compost bin for $40 (cash or check only).
July 31, 2012
Complete list of items you can bring
- Air conditioners
- if usable, no fee
- if being recycled, $15
- Appliances of all sizes
- if usable, no fee
- if being recycled, $5-$15 depending on size
- Baby gear (cribs, high chairs, diapers, changing tables, car seats, etc)
- Back packs
- Bathroom vanities
- Bicycles, bike helmets, tools and accessories
- Bottles and cans, returnable
- Cabinets
- Canes
- Carpeting and carpet tiles
- Ceiling fans
- Chip bags
- Clothing
- Computers and other electronics (monitors and outdated electronics are assessed a 5$ fee)
- Countertops
- Crutches (aluminum)
- Documents (on CD, DVD) to be shredded
- Doors (no sliding glass doors)
- Drywall
- Electrical construction supplies
- Electronics
- Eye glasses
- Flip flops
- Flooring
- Furniture (no king beds)
- Granola bar wrappers (lined with foil only)
- Hardware (locks, knobs, hinges)
- Hearing aids
- Jewel cases (plastic cases holding DVDs and CDs)
- Leather hats and belts
- Linens (sheets, towels, curtains and rugs)
- LIVESTRONG wristbands
- Lumber and plywood
- Paint (full, unopened cans of the same color): interior/2 gallons minimum, exterior/5 gallons minimum. Only white, neutral and pastels.
- Pantyhose, nylon kneehighs, tights
- Paper (for shredding)
- Plastic bags (used for wood pellets, bird seed, potting soil, frozen foods, salad fixings, crackers, cereal, etc)
- Plastic milk crates
- Plastic outdoor furniture
- Plastic pails
- Plastic trash containers
- Plumbing equipment
- Refrigerators
- if usable, no fee
- if being recycled, $5-$15 depending on size
- Returnable bottles and cans
- Roofing materials
- Shelves
- Shoes
- Gently used shoes and boots of all kinds
- Unwearable athletic shoes (no cleats, sandals or flip-flops)
- Shutters
- Styrofoam (clean #6)
- packing blocks and peanuts (must snap and must not disintegrate when placed in water)
- produce and meat trays with #6 symbol in the triangle (biodegrable trays do not have a recycle symbol)
- take-out containers (please rinse)
- hot cups such as Dunkin Donuts and Honey Dew (no Starbucks and most McDonalds because they have cardboard infused on them.)
- trays
- white insulation sheets
- Televisions
- if usable, no fee
- if being recycled, $8-$20 depending on size
- Tennis balls
- Tile, ceramic and vinyl
- Toilets, low-flow
- Tools
- Toys, plastic (to be recycled, not reused)
- Toys, plush
- Tubs and enclosures
- Walkers
- Wheelchairs (manual)
- Windows
Note Styrofoam items not accepted
- Biodegradable produce and meat trays, for example GenPak without the recycling symbol
- Biodegradable packing peanuts
- Blue or pink insulation sheets unless in full size sheets
- Bubble wrap
- Corn based products
- Soft foam pads
- Soft foam such as pipe insulation
July 31, 2012
Used Winter Sporting Goods Sale
Donate your old fall and winter sporting gear and pick up the equipment you need now at bargain prices. The sale benefits People of Ayer Concerned About the Environment (PACE) & the children in Ayer and Shirley.
