In the News
4/6/2013 Jimmy Tingle presents The Battle for the Bottle Bill, live at the Regent theater, Arlington, April 6, 2013
10/10/2012 Marshfield Fair Grounds Crew honored by SSRC posted in Globe South Weekly
8/2012 South Shore Recycling Coop Helps Marshfield Fair Save Tons in the Patch
6/21/2012 Communities, charities profit in recycling textiles By Johanna Seltz, Globe Correspondent
6/15/2012 STATE HOUSE NEWS: Committee buries bottle bill in study, outraging supporters Wickedlocal.com
3/28/2012 Not too shabby: Most old clothing can be recycled, Patriot Ledger
2/3/12 Satuit Hardware joins in mercury recycling Boston Globe
7/11 State report offers case for expanding bottle law; Used N.H., Maine to compare costs, David Abel, Boston Globe
4/11 Swap your mercury devices for digital thermometers Local and regional news outlets
4/11 Talking Trash: Recycling Campaigns gaining speed on the South Shore, South Shore Living April issue
3/11 MassRecycle's Paper campaign on CBS Boston
Watch the video, take the Challenge, see the ad . It started at the SSRC in 2006!
2/11 "Plymouth County Corner" Plymouth County Treasurer Tom O'Brien and Claire Sullivan discuss the SSRC's formation, what it does for its towns, HHW collections, the Latex Paint Grant, mercury, paper, types of trash and recycling collection and more. Produced by PACTV, 30 minutes
1/11 NEW POLL SHOWS STRONG SUPPORT FOR BOTTLE BILL UPDATE A recently conducted poll shows that 77 percent of Massachusetts residents support pending legislation to update the state’s Bottle Bill, the 5c deposit on some beverage containers which has been in effect since 1983. link to poll
5/10 COMMENTARY: Calling a bottle deposit a tax is garbage by Claire Sullivan, SSRC, and Tony Basile, MassRecycle; Patriot Ledger 5/16/2010
5/10 "Talking Trash on the South Shore", Responsible Energy Alternatives Coalition of Hingham
11/09 "Less trash adds up to more cash", by Matt Carroll, Globe South Weekly 11/29/2009
9/09 South Shore support swells for Updated Bottle Bill
8/09 Kingston, Hanson, Scituate, Norwell, Duxbury, Cohasset selectmen
vote to support Updated Bottle Bill
7/09 SSRC towns fare well in Waste Ban Inspection Sweep
3/09 Celebrate Earth Day at the Hanover Mall
12/08 Don’t trash your recycling efforts Recent news about the recycling commodities ...
12/08 SSRC celebrates 10 years of service with “Shredabrations”
8/08 South Shore towns recycling more, wasting less
4/08 Al Gore commends SSRC efforts, Earth Day Celebration; Patriot Cinemas offers free showings of “An Inconvenient Truth”
4/08 Legislators talk trash with Municipal Managers; Rep. Hynes receives award
1/08 Patriot Ledger Op-Ed A real paper chase: Too good for the trash
11/07 SSRC joins the "Mass Recycles Paper!" campaign; 9 Member towns also signed the Resolution more
11/07 Trash is down in South Shore towns
11/07 Patriot Ledger Recycling Fever in Marshfield: Phone book competition inspires students to go green for ice cream
10/07 PAYT is really working in Marshfield
9/07 Tons of trash recycled, composted at the Marshfield Fair
7/07 - Gardeners' Gold: Compost bins also help you show your green side (Patriot Ledger)
5/07 - Town of Hanson votes to join the SSRC