Articles by Susan Weeks

  • How One Person’s Rags Become Someone Else’s Pillow Stuffing

    Posted in EcoWise Column on March 31, 2016 | No Comments

    Pelhamites can bring their unwanted textiles to a new recycling bin in the parking lot of the Community Church of the Pelhams on the corner of Washington and Highbrook Avenues next to the train tracks. Anything made of fiber can go into the pile. Even old leather shoes and handbags, soccer balls, toys, and baseball helmets are welcome.

  • Recycling

    Posted in EcoWise Column on January 13, 2016 | No Comments

    The Pelham school district is determined to reduce the volume of waste coming out of its lunchrooms and classrooms, and it is working with EcoPel, the Environmental Coalition of the Pelhams, to achieve that goal.