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Posted on: June 17, 2022

[ARCHIVED] Composting at Hingham Municipal Light Plant with Cleaner Greener Hingham

Composting with Cleaner Greener Hingham

Exciting news - Hingham Municipal Lighting Plant has a new "Earth Machine" composter and employees will be composting fruit and vegetable food waste on site. Peter Swanson and Janice McPhillips went to Hingham Municipal Lighting Plant to teach employees about composting and to start HMLP's bin. This is what a Cleaner Greener Hingham looks like. Thank you HMLP for doing your part! Want to start composting at your home or business? Email cleanergreener@hingham-ma.gov to get started.

Image L to R: HMLP General Manager Tom Morahan, Janice McPhillips member of the Cleaner Greener Hingham committee, HMLP Sustainability Director Brianna Bennett, and Peter Swanson

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