Upcoming Events
Barnstable United Elementary School's
Destination Imagination: Day at the Dump
Barnstable Transfer Station, Sunday February 24th, 11-2.
What is it? Take a look at this short YouTube video.
2013 MassRecycle Recycling & Organics Conference & Trade Show
March 19th, 2013
Holiday Inn Conference Center, Boxborough, MA
Check MassRecycle's website for all the details and to register
MassDEP SMRP Grant Workshop
In early May, MassDEP will offer a workshop on their next round of SMRP grants. The meeting with be held at the Barnstable County Complex on Rt. 6A. The exact date and time of the workshop is still being worked out. Stay tuned.
|
|
Upcoming Household Hazardous Waste Collection Days :
The 2013 HHW collection schedule is being finalized and will included in the March newsletter.
For more information on proper disposal of hazardous materials, please call 508-375-6698 or Click here for the Cooperative Extension website
|
Recycling Market Data (from the NRRA):
The Northeast Resource Recovery Association is a great resource for regional data on the market rates for recyclable materials. Click here for their most recent newsletter with February market prices.
|
Textiles Recycling Resources:
Did you know that 95% of all textiles can be recycled. Click here to learn what can be recycled and where you can do it.
|
|
Recycling Listserv
There is a new listserv for people involved in managing recycling and waste reduction programs in Massachusetts.
To join the new listserv click here or send an email requesting you be added to the listserv to Ann Dorfman or Tessa David
|
If a business needs help setting up a recycling program- you now have a number to give them. Call (888) 254-5525 or email info@RecyclingWorksMA.com The Recycling Works program is run by the Center for Eco Technology, under a contract with MassDEP. Click here to learn how to install the RecyclingWorks widget on your local website. |
Funded in part through a grant from Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protections
|
|
|
Lower Cape Recycling Forum Held
On February 13th, members of several Recycling Committees on the Lower Cape gathered to meet one another, discuss their efforts, and share ideas to help increase recycling in their towns. The forum was sponsored by Community Development Partnership in Eastham through a grant from the USDA.  I hope this will be the first of many opportunities for town committees to collaborate on recycling issues. Keep an ear open of for a radio discussion about the forum on WOMR's This Place Matters, which airs Wednesdays at 12:30pm on 92.1FM or 91.3FM. |
Data from this municipal surveys provides useful public information about state-wide trends and the effectiveness of municipal recycling programs. For example, data from last year's survey was used to create this map showing how much trash per household each town produces:
If you are a municipal solid waste manager, please take a few minutes to fill out the online survey with your CY2012 trash and recycling numbers. Click Here to login to Re-TRAC Connect and complete the survey.
Please note that completing the survey is a pre-requisite to submitting a Sustainable Materials Recovery Program Municipal grant application, which will be available by mid-April, 2013.
If you lost your ReTRAC username or password, email Tina Klein at DEP. Or, if you have any other questions, please email me.
|
|
Keep America Beautiful & Coke Foundation Grants
The program, designed to support recycling across the country by helping local organizations receive collection bins, is funded through a $300,000 grant from the Coca-Cola Foundation, the philanthropic arm of the beverage giant. Since 2010 it has distributed more than 29,000 recycling bins to 300 organizations reaching 4.3 million people.
As part of the program, the bins are used by local organizations to provide public space recycling infrastructure. Eligible recipients for the public space grant include government agencies, civic organizations, schools and nonprofit groups. All colleges and universities will be eligible for the college-specific grant.
Grant applications will be available online through March 4. All interested parties can visit bingrant.org to apply.
|
|
In The News:
Here are a few solid waste and recycling related stories from around the Cape and beyond. Click on the underlined links below to read the full articles.
Organic Waste Diversion, Washington Post, Feb. 3rd: An update from the Washington Post on national efforts to divert food scraps from our waste stream, with references to Massachusetts' programs.
State Awards $400,000 for Anaerobic Digestion Facility at Dartmouth Landfill - The proposed digester facility would be located at the Crapo Hill landfill in Dartmouth and the biogas produced by this pilot plant will be used to generate electricity through the gas-to-energy facility already located on-site
|
Best,
Dave Quinn
Regional Waste Reduction Coordinator,
Barnstable County
dquinn@barnstablecounty.org
(508) 375-6974
|
|
|
