Tag: Boston

  • Mondays, July 6, 13, 20, 27, August 3 & 10 – Lunch with The Food Project

    The Food Project ( a past recipient of Garden Club of the Back Bay grants) invites you to join them for lunch on summer Mondays between 12:30 – 1:30.  Each Community Lunch features the culinary creation of a local chef and highlights produce harvested fresh from the farms.  Please come and enjoy a farm-fresh meal right on the land where it is grown.  And, while you dine, Food Project interns will talk about their work.  The lunches take place in two locations:  Baker Bridge Farm on Route 126 in Lincoln: July 6, July 13, and August 3, and on the West Cottage Street Farm in Boston on July 20, July 27 and August 10.  $15 reserves your seat (seating is limited).  RSVP today: 781-259-8621 x30, or email events@thefoodproject.org.

  • Saturday, June 6 and Saturday, June 27 – Boston Hazardous Waste Drop Off Days

    The City of Boston holds Household Hazardous Waste Drop-Off Days twice a year. As they are scheduled, the details are posted on the following website: www.cityofboston.gov/publicworks/recycling/hazardouswaste.asp.

    Drop Off Schedule & Locations

    Currently, the City of Boston’s Household Hazardous Waste Drop-Off Days are scheduled for:

    June 6, 2009
    9am-2pm
    University of Massachusetts, Boston
    Morrisey Blvd

    June 27, 2009

    9am-2pm
    West Roxbury Public Works Yard
    315 Gardner St

    Guidelines

    Put household poisons, insecticides, paint, tires, auto fluids, car batteries, wood preservatives, herbicides and pool supplies, propane tanks, motor oil , and products labeled corrosive, flammable or toxic in cardboard boxes for safe transport and bring them to the above locations.

    For Boston residents only. No commercial waste will be accepted. Proof of residency required. The City reserves the right to reject materials. For more information call 617-635-4959.

    TVs & Computer Monitors
    TVs & computer monitors are NOT accepted at Household Hazardous Waste Drop-Off Days. Please call 617-635-7574 for home pickup of TVs and computer monitors.

    Web Link http://www.cityofboston.gov/publicworks/recycling/hazardouswaste.asp