Community Repair & Swap Day Coming to New Bedford on November 7
Click here for a flyer about the event. NEW BEDFORD, Mass. (November 2, 2026) – Residents are invited to learn practical repair skills and give everyday items a second life
Press Releases
Don’t Trash That Pumpkin: Dartmouth Offers Easy Ways to Compost After Halloween
DARTMOUTH, Mass. – October 22, 2026 – This Halloween, Dartmouth residents have several easy, eco-friendly ways to keep pumpkins and cornstalks out of the trash, including curbside yard waste collection,
City of New Bedford Launches Curbside Food Scrap Collection Incentive Program
NEW BEDFORD – The City of New Bedford and the Greater New Bedford Regional Refuse Management District are partnering with Black Earth Compost to launch a new curbside food scrap
Celebrate Food Waste Prevention Week with the Greater New Bedford Regional Refuse Management District
New Bedford and Dartmouth Residents Can Enter to Win Glass Food Storage Containers Giveaway entry form: https://forms.gle/fEgD5S8uqyEK7zPDA NEW BEDFORD, Mass. (September 28, 2026) – The Greater New Bedford Regional Refuse
Learn the Art of Sashiko Mending
📅 Saturday, October 3 🕑 2:00-4:30 p.m. 📍 Wilks Library, 1911 Acushnet Ave., New Bedford Discover Sashiko, a traditional Japanese stitching technique used for generations to strengthen worn fabric, repair
Landfill Construction Project Advancing
New Disposal Cell Would Extend Landfill’s Life Several Years, Saving Local Taxpayers Millions in Future Costs NEW BEDFORD – Under a proposed construction project by the Greater New Bedford Regional