BEVERLY, MA — Residents of Beverly, Danvers, Salem and Lynn are encouraged to set aside any Styrofoam used in packaging and other holiday events over the next couple of weeks for a regional recycling event in January.
The Danvers Department of Public Works, Salem Recycles, the Beverly Waste Reduction Committee and the City Lynn will co-host the event at Beverly High School on Jan. 14 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Medical Mattress
"We are encouraging Danvers residents to take advantage of this event, as styrofoam is not collected with normal curbside recycling," Danvers DPW said.
Residents can bring white, rigid, expanded polystyrene (Styrofoam) such as coolers or packing blocks for the drive-thru recycling event.
Food containers such as cups and plates as well as packaging "peanuts" cannot be accepted.
Save That Stuff will collect and recycle this material. While Styrofoam can't be recycled curbside, Save That Stuff has densifiers that can process the Styrofoam for recycling.
For more information, contact Janelle Rolke at 978-619-5672 or jrolke@salem.com.
(Scott Souza is a Patch field editor covering Beverly, Danvers, Marblehead, Peabody, Salem and Swampscott. He can be reached at Scott.Souza@Patch.com. Twitter: @Scott_Souza.)
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