Springfield Recycling rates hiked starting Monday

As of Monday, Oct. 2, the cost for a sheet of 25 tickets for the Springfield Recycling Center will increase $2.25 from $11.25 to a base price of $13.50 a sheet. Each ticket is good for 4 pounds of trash, or 100 pounds per sheet.

Workshop will feature how to upcycle aluminum cans and tabs

A workshop in Springfield will show class participants ways to turn aluminum cans into art, and how to reuse drink cans, weave tabs, cut cans apart and emboss the flat aluminum that many people already have at home.

Few in Vermont using food scrap bins

Vermont’s effort to move toward so-called universal recycling passed a major milestone last month, when transfer stations were required to begin accepting food scraps, grass clippings and other organic waste.

Springfield tries to grapple with too much trash