WESTBOROUGH – The Trex Challenge film plastics collection, sponsored by the Environment Committee of the Westborough Rotary Club, recently finished its spring drive.
From February to June, more than 2,200 pounds of plastics were collected.
Most of the collections took place at the Kohl’s in Northborough.
“We would like to thank our volunteers from the Westborough High School and the Rotary clubs of Westborough and Northborough for consistently showing up and lending your hands to this program,” said Sharad Mehta, committee chairman. “We appreciate the support of the CFCU Bank, the Boroughs Y and the Westborough High and the Mill Pond schools for hosting the Trex bins for collection. We are also grateful for the unwavering support of the leadership of the Rotary Club (Elliott Rittenberg and Sandra Kearney) and the leadership of the Westborough School Systems (Amber Bock) since the inception of this program.”
Collections will resume in the fall on the following dates: Sept. 9 and 23; Oct. 7 and Nov. 4 and 18.
Accepted items include grocery, cereal, Zip-Loc, bread and dry-cleaning bags; bubble wrap and plastic shipping envelopes. Potato chip bags with metallic liner, brown mailers with bubble wrap inside, hard plastics and plastic with food residue will not be accepted.
Those unable to drop at Kohl’s in Northborough on the above dates may drop off at the Central One Federal Credit Union, 40 South St. (rear entrance); and the Boroughs YMCA, 4 Valente Drive, Westborough (rear of the lobby area). It is recommended that the collected plastics be saved in clean, regular 13.2-gallon trash bags.
For information, email [email protected].
