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By EMILEE KLEIN

AMHERST — Peanut butter jars, takeout containers and soft plastic wrap often end up in the recycling bin, contaminating viable plastic, cardboard and paper for recycling and resulting in more garbage in landfills.

By EMILEE KLEIN

SOUTH HADLEY — The Select Board is contemplating raising fees for trash and recycling over the next two fiscal years, a decision that if approved would come on the heels of a $100 increase this fiscal year to fund implementation costs for a new automated, cart-based trash system.

By EMILEE KLEIN

SOUTH HADLEY — The Select Board recently made another key decision in the town’s effort to move to a new trash system next July 1, approving 65-gallon trash carts with orange tops and 95-gallon recycling carts with black tops.Earlier this year, the...

By EMILEE KLEIN

SOUTH HADLEY — Residents have until Nov. 15 to opt out of the town’s new trash and recycling program — which includes access to the recycling center and transfer station for yard waste — set to begin on July 1, 2025. That’s when the town officially...

By EMILEE KLEIN

SOUTH HADLEY — Residents who visit the transfer station and compost area will pay more — in some cases more than double — for recycling old electronics, mattresses, ridged plastics and other items.The increases are being implemented to help offset...

By EMILEE KLEIN

SOUTH HADLEY — Property owners can expect to pay more starting July 1 for trash removal and wastewater service following the Select Board’s recent decision to increase rates for both services.At its April 16 meeting, the board adopted a new automated...

By EMILEE KLEIN

SOUTH HADLEY — Residents will have a chance to weigh in on separate proposals that call for increasing wastewater rates and adopting a new trash system during two public hearings on Saturday at the Senior Center.Beginning at 9 a.m., the wastewater...

By MIMI KAPLAN

After your hauler picks up your trash and recycling, or you deposit it at a transfer station, what happens to it? This question has taken on more importance as landfill space in the northeast dwindles, and China restricts recycling imports.TrashTrash...