Get Involved
JOIN US for our monthly Steering Committee meetings. The standing date is the 2nd Wednesday of the month at 7:30 at First Parish Sudbury (Sudbury Center) or on Zoom . If you are interested in attending, contact us to let us know you’re coming. We’re a small, friendly group and are always happy to welcome new members.
SCHEDULE A HOME ENERGY ASSESSMENT
REPLACE YOUR LIGHT BULBS – don’t like the curly CFLs? Make the jump straight to LEDs
RECYCLE: Town of Sudbury Transfer Station Recycling Guide and Earth 911 Recycling guide. You can drop lightbulbs and batteries at Lowes or Home Depot if you don’t have a Town of Sudbury recycling sticker.
CONSIDER INSTALLING SOLAR
CONSIDER INSTALLING A DUCTLESS MINI-SPLIT HEAT PUMP SYSTEM
POWER YOUR HOME with Green Electricity! Visit the Sudbury Town Wide Aggregation page for more information on rates and how to change your account to 100% local green www.sudbury-cea.org. Calculate your new rate here
TAKE PART in the Sudbury Ponds & Waterways Committee (PWC) Eco-Lawn Program
FIND places to buy local produce Local Harvest
COOK with local produce, and practice meatless Mondays. Check out 12 Tomatoes or here are some recipes…and here are some more tips on meatless options.
SAVE YOUR STYROFOAM PACKAGING – Collections are currently suspended in Sudbury, but you can drop clean packing styrofoam at Conigliaro’s in Framingham. You need to bag the styrofoam and there’s a $10 charge per large garbage bag. Make sure you navigate to the gate address, 36 Fountain Street, Framingham, MA 01702 around the corner from their main address. Visit http://www.conigliaro.com/recycling/. We recommend calling (508) 872-9668 to confirm covid restrictions.
BORROW a Kilowatt monitor from Sustainable Sudbury or Goodnow Library to find out how much electricity your appliances are using. Email Us to request a monitor.
FREECYCLE, a grassroots and entirely nonprofit movement of people who are giving (and getting) stuff for free in their own towns and neighborhoods. It’s all about reuse and keeping good stuff out of landfills.
updated 12/29/20