The South Shore Recycling Cooperative is celebrating its tenth anniversary of serving South Shore municipalities. To mark the occasion, the SSRC is hosting a paper shredding event at the geographic center of its service area for residents and small businesses in the region. The “Shredabration” will take place on Saturday, December 6, 2008 from 10 am-2 pm at 131 Camelot Drive (off Long Pond Rd.) in Plymouth.
Northeast Data Destruction of Mansfield is providing on-site shredding and recycling services. Residents and small businesses may bring sensitive documents to be shredded on site. Northeast Data Destruction will shred the first box of documents each participant brings at no charge. There is a $5 charge for each additional box. Businesses in need of large-scale document destruction services may contact Northeast Data Destruction at 866-560-4555 x109. Municipal solid waste management has become increasingly complex and costly over the past two decades. The Cooperative assists its members with waste reduction and recycling strategies, regional contracts for hazardous product collection and compost management, compliance, and public outreach. Established in 1998, the SSRC has sixteen member towns, from Weymouth down the coast to Plymouth, and west to Holbrook. Paper products, including cardboard, make up approximately 31% of household solid waste. While paper recycling has increased on the South Shore in the past few years, SSRC Executive Director Claire Sullivan estimates that in 2007, only 38% of its residential paper and cardboard was recycled, up from 32% in 2004. The rest, about 27,000 tons, was disposed with the trash, at a cost for disposal of nearly $2 million. Shredded paper is one of many types of paper that is easily recyclable. Technology has made it possible for paper recyclers to handle some common non-paper contaminants. Among the types of paper now acceptable in public recycling programs are: · shredded paper in paper or clear plastic bags
· envelopes - windows and clasps are OK
· paper - clips and staples are OK
· fax, NCR and construction papers
· cereal type boxes (but not the liners)
· manila folders and cards
· catalogs and magazines
· telephone and paperback books
· Lottery, theater and game tickets
· and of course newspaper, white and colored office paper and unwanted mail. Recyclers still DO NOT want tissues, napkins, paper cups, plates or towels, or food-soiled cardboard; most of those may be composted in your backyard with vegetable and yard waste. The SSRC’s Executive Director is also the Chairman of a statewide campaign called “Mass Recycles Paper”, a project of MassRecycle. The Campaign started with a pilot project on the South Shore . “Across the state, residents and businesses threw away 1.6 million tons of paper in 2006”, noted Sullivan. “At that rate, we could fill Fenway Park to the height of the Green Monster EVERY WEEK! Paper is a valuable resource that should go into new products, not up in smoke.” The Campaign’s goal is to divert a million tons more paper and cardboard from the trash each year to be recycled. The strategy is to educate residents and businesses about how easy it is to recycle more of those materials. Selectmen and Mayors in the SSRC Member Town of Abington, Cohasset, Duxbury, Hingham , Kingston , Marshfield , Norwell, Plymouth , Rockland , Scituate , Weymouth and Whitman have signed a Resolution formally supporting the Campaign, as well as the SSRC itself. Several SSRC towns sent billing inserts printed for the Mass Recycles Paper Campaign by MassDEP in recent mailings to their residents. Look for ads in movie theater previews at the Braintree Cinema and others across the state from mid-November through early December. Another Shredabration is planned for December 6 in Plymouth. For more information, go to ssrc.info. About South Shore Recycling Cooperative Established in 1998, the SSRC helps its fifteen member towns improve their recycling programs, and reduce the amount, toxicity and cost of disposal. It accomplishes this by assisting towns in managing their solid waste programs efficiently, providing economy of scale through regional procurements of services, educating residents about how and why they should manage their waste materials thoughtfully, and advocating for funding, laws and regulations to minimize waste and cost and maximize recovery at the municipal level. Member towns include Abington, Cohasset, Duxbury , Hanover , Hingham , Holbrook, Hull , Kingston , Marshfield , Norwell, Plymouth , Rockland , Scituate , Weymouth and Whitman. 
Claire Sullivan, Executive Director
South Shore Recycling Cooperative
508-785-8318
Fax 508-785-2296
ssrcclaire@comcast.net
www.ssrc.info
www.massrecyclespaper.org
About Northeast Data Destruction Northeast Data Destruction is a full service provider of confidential material shredding. NEDD offers On Site shredding using secure mobile destruction vehicles. Off Site shredding is performed at their processing facility, which is equipped with up to date alarm system, continuous 3rd party access monitoring, and 24 hour digital surveillance. All confidential material is processed using our fully automated high capacity mobile and plant based data destruction system – turning documents, records, and files to unreadable particles. All employees have completed rigorous background checks prior to employment, and are fully bonded and insured. NEDD is a member of The Better Business Bureau, The Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries and of The National Association of Information Destruction, which routinely conducts unannounced procedural audits. 
73 Plymouth Street
Mansfield, MA 02048
Telephone: 866-560-4555 x109
Fax: 508-809-1601
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