Recycling Center Open on Saturdays!

The Public Works Department Recycling Center (City Yard) at 72 Tremont Street will be open Saturdays starting April 5 from 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. for drop off of yard waste, recyclables (including plastic, glass, aluminum, paper and cardboard), books, textiles, CFL bulbs and propane tanks. The Recycling Center will continue to be open Monday

Weather Alert!

Originally posted on Mayor Infurna's Blog:
Please be advised of a potentially dangerous morning commute and school dropoff. Rain will give way early tomorrow morning to a very quick hard freeze and slight accumulation of snow (1-2 inches). As the rain ends tomorrow morning at approximately 4 a.m., there will be a quick blast…

50 Days in the Schools #15: Making the Middle School even greener

Originally posted on Mayor Infurna's Blog:
Green Team members Cormac Lynch, Devin McDaid, Sophia Melville, and Amelia Middelton Melrose Veterans Memorial Middle School is already a green school, but could it get greener? The Green Team thinks it can—and they are doing something about it. The Green Team is an environmental club at the…

New Textile and Book Donation Boxes at DPW

Melrose’s Recycle Center (City Yard) has two new boxes for donating books and clothes. The Recycling Center’s two Got Books boxes were replaced by a blue Recycle That box and a white Bay State Textiles box. This change occurred because Got Books went out of business. The Recycle That (www.recyclethat.com) blue box will collect books,

Styrofoam Recycling Event: March 15

Melrose DPW will hold a Styrofoam collection day on Saturday, March 15 at 72 Tremont Street from 8:00a.m.-12:00p.m. ReFoamIt will collect the Styrofoam and transport it to their facility in Leominster, MA where it will be placed in a machine and made into blocks to be recycled. Visit http://www.refoamit.com to see what types of Styrofoam