{"id":80,"date":"2014-11-16T18:50:34","date_gmt":"2014-11-16T18:50:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.canalplaceone.com\/bulletinboard\/?p=80"},"modified":"2014-11-16T18:50:34","modified_gmt":"2014-11-16T18:50:34","slug":"recycling-textiles-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.canalplaceone.com\/bulletinboard\/uncategorized\/recycling-textiles-and-more\/","title":{"rendered":"Recycling textiles and more."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There is now a textile drop-off trailer at 500 Pawtucket Street, right next to Orchard Hill Ice Cream. Clean, dry clothing and linens in bags may be dropped off at any time. From there they get sorted and go to thrift shops, charities, or to be shredded for recycling. \u00a0For a video on the subject, click <strong><a title=\"Lowell textile recycling video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=gwIkaDJr5ro&amp;feature=youtu.be\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Other items can be dropped in the trailer at the DPW at 1365 Middlesex Street; more info<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lowellma.gov\/dpw\/recycle\/Pages\/Residential-Recycling-Drop-Off-Container.aspx\" target=\"_blank\"> here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>General recycling info and information about disposing of other items such as electronics or hazardous items can be found <strong><a title=\"General recycling\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lowellma.gov\/dpw\/recycle\/Pages\/default.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;d like to register for updates directly from various government departments, such as recycling, that can be done\u00a0<strong><a title=\"City Subscriptions\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lowellma.gov\/citymanager\/neighborhood\/Pages\/General\/City-Notifications.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re serious about recycling, you might consider this bag at Amazon: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Whitmor-6863-3484-BLK-BB-Aluminum-Handle-Recycle\/dp\/B004YDGHDS\/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1416163144&amp;sr=8-2&amp;keywords=recycling+sorting+bag\" target=\"_blank\">Whitmor Triple Sorter<\/a>. \u00a0Lowell doesn&#8217;t require recycling be sorted but we&#8217;ve found this bag to be incredibly light and sturdy for both storage and transportation with no signs of wear after almost three years of use. \u00a0We keep ours tucked in a corner at the bottom of our unit&#8217;s stairwell.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There is now a textile drop-off trailer at 500 Pawtucket Street, right next to Orchard Hill Ice Cream. Clean, dry clothing and linens in bags may be dropped off at any time. From there they get sorted and go to thrift shops, charities, or to be shredded for recycling. \u00a0For a video on the subject, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.canalplaceone.com\/bulletinboard\/uncategorized\/recycling-textiles-and-more\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Recycling textiles and more.<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"yes","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-80","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.canalplaceone.com\/bulletinboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.canalplaceone.com\/bulletinboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.canalplaceone.com\/bulletinboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.canalplaceone.com\/bulletinboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.canalplaceone.com\/bulletinboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=80"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.canalplaceone.com\/bulletinboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":82,"href":"https:\/\/www.canalplaceone.com\/bulletinboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80\/revisions\/82"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.canalplaceone.com\/bulletinboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=80"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.canalplaceone.com\/bulletinboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=80"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.canalplaceone.com\/bulletinboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=80"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}