Photo: Questions to the DPW concerning cardboard collection spike during the holidays Will Belmont residents have to pay to get rid of the glut of cardboard coming their way this holiday? That was the suggestion from the Department of Public Works as it came before the Select Board on Monday, Nov. 9, to discuss setting […]
Photo: Waste Management is putting a cardboard only truck on the road for eight weeks. One of the consequences of the COVID-19 lockdown has been a tsunami of corrugated board spilling out of every nook and cranny of many Belmont homes. While families are living on deliveries from Amazon, UPS and Federal Express, the pandemic […]
Photo: Cardboard drop-off on Saturday. Do you have too much cardboard for your recycling cart? Then come to the DPW cardboard drop-off event on Saturday, Jan. 25 from 9 a.m. to noon at the Town Yard at the end of C Street off Waverley Street. This drop-off is for Belmont residents only, so bring ID […]
Photo: DPW recycling is here! The Belmont Department of Public Works will be holding it’s next Recycling Day on Oct. 19, from 9 a.m. to 1p.m. at the DPW Yard at 37 C St. Cardboard drop off and paper shredding will take place on Oct. 26 from 9 to noon at the same location. The […]
Photo: Cardboard drop off Saturday. Have you got so much cardboard its overwhelming your recycling cart? Rather than waiting every two weeks to place it on the curb (and still have more stored in the garage), this Saturday, March 30, from 9 a.m. and noon, the Belmont’s Highway Department will accept dry and flattened cardboard packaging for […]
Photo: A DPW photo showing just one of the containers filled with cardboard. The Department of Public Works knew they would have a good response with its first cardboard drop off event of the new year – the first since the holiday season – so it reserved a second 42-foot long transport container “just in […]
Photo: Carts and barrels are on the way. It was anticipated Belmont’s new automated trash and recycling collection program would be up and running by the first week in July. That was the plan developed by the town over half-a-year of preparation; it turns out the weather had other plans. According to a Friday, July […]
Photo: Cardboard recycling. The weather does not want to cooperate. With a foot of snow earlier in the week, anticipated temperatures in the single digits and the demands on the Department of Public Works has forced the town to once again cancel the town-wide cardboard recycling event this Saturday. The event has been rescheduled to […]
Photo: Cardboard event postponed. The cardboard recycling event scheduled for Saturday, Dec. 30 has been cancelled due to expected “extreme weather conditions,” according to the Belmont Department of Public Works. Forecast for Saturday calls for temperatures in the high teens. The collection day has been rescheduled to Saturday, Jan. 6 from 9 a.m. to noon at the Town […]
Photo: Cardboard, uncut but folded. Belmont’s Department of Public Works’ cardboard recycling program was such a big hit after the winter holidays; the town decided to bring back the service for the summer. So once again, rather than spend time cutting up and wrapping them into bundles so it can be collected during the weekly […]