 Upcoming Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) Collections  : Yarmouth Location: Yarmouth Senior Center 528 Forest Road, West Yarmouth Date: July 25, 9am - noon Towns: Truro, Wellfleet and Provincetown Location: Truro Recycling Center 1 Truro Dump Road, off Route 6 Date: Aug 1, 9am - noon Towns: Brewster, Chatham and Harwich Location: Harwich Transfer Station, 209 Queen Anne Road Date: Aug 8, 9am - noon Towns: Bourne, Falmouth, Mashpee, Sandwich, Joint Base Cape Cod Location: Mashpee High School, 500 Old Barnstable Road, off Rte 151 Date: Aug 15, 9am - 1pm Towns: Barnstable Location: Barnstable Transfer Station 45 Flint Street, Marstons Mills Date: Aug 22, 9am - noon Towns: Yarmouth Location: Yarmouth Senior Center 528 Forest Road, West Yarmouth Date: Aug 29, 9am - noon Towns: Brewster, Chatham and Harwich Location: Harwich Transfer Station, 209 Queen Anne Road Date: Sept 12, 9am - noon Towns: Dennis Location: Tony Kent Arena 8 South Gage's Way Date: Sept 12, 9am - 1pm
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Upcoming Events
Carpet Recycling Webinar Date: July 28, 2015 Time: 1:30 to 2:45 pm Click here to Register BioCycle Conference Date: October 19 to 22 Place: Double Tree by Hilton Conference Center in Danvers Click Here to see Agenda Click Here to Register
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Contact Me:
Dave Quinn Regional Waste Reduction Coordinator, Barnstable County dquinn@barnstablecounty.org (508) 375-6974
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Funded in part through a grant from Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protections
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Technical Assistance Grants Available
Solid Waste Managers,
MassDEP has issued its annual application for technical assistance on solid waste and recycling related projects. If you have a project that you would like assistance with over the next year, I hope you will consider applying. Applications could include projects such as these:
- Improvements to public space recycling
- Setting up a food waste collection program
- Transfer Station Improvements
- Finding markets for recyclables
- Pay-As-You-Throw planning
- School Recycling/Composting Programs
- Hauler regulations
- Other solid waste/recycling related projects (call me if you have an idea).
Submit your application for In-Kind Technical Assistance (TA) to MassDEP through ReTRAC Connect (www.connect.re-trac.com ). Use your municipality's existing ReTRAC account. This will allow you to reserve a specific amount of my time for the upcoming year. The In-Kind TA application is due on August 25th, 2015.
Please contact me at dquinn@barnstablecounty.org if you have projects ideas that you would like to discuss.
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EPA's Updated Sustainable Materials Management Report
The full report, which is released every two years, contains data on:
- MSW generation, recovery, and disposal from 1960 to 2013;
- Per capita generation and discard rates;
- Source reduction (waste prevention);
- Materials and products that are in the waste stream;
- Aggregate data on the infrastructure for MSW management, including estimates of the number of curbside recycling programs, composting programs, and landfills in the US; and
- Trends in MSW management from 1960 to 2013
- Construction and demolition debris generation
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Waste Ban Enforcement, May 2015
MassDEP issued 24 Waste Ban Enforcement notices during the month of May this year. MassDEP issued notices of noncompliance (NONs) to 24 entities, including retail stores, companies and waste haulers, due to the disposal - or the transfer of for the purpose of disposal - certain materials banned under state regulations.
The items banned from disposal include wood and construction debris, cardboard, yard wastes and other recyclable materials. MassDEP gave these violators 30 days to provide the agency with a written description of each corrective action taken to correct the violations cited in their NONs. The status reports must include information on these efforts to achieve and/or maintain compliance with the waste ban regulations.
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The Dollars and Cents of Recycling
"When local recycling took off in the nineties, it was called a win-win, helping both the environment, and the municipal bottom line. Now, though - the economics aren't working out as hoped, and some towns are questioning the benefits."
 This NPR radio discussion examines the market forces behind recycling and how they're playing out in New Hampshire. Although the discussion centers on NH and VT, the same market forces are at play here on Cape Cod.
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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.
Sandwich DPW Chief Gives PAYT Glowing Endorsement, Mashpee Enterprise, July 10, 2015, Read Article...
Brockton warehouse fire being investigated as Arson, WCVB, July 12, 2015, Read Article...
Dunkin' Donuts Is Phasing Out Styrofoam Cups, Huffington Post, July 1 2015, Read Article...
Residents Sue Seattle, Saying New Trash Rules Violate Privacy, New York Times, July 17, 2015, Read Article...
Waste Not, Hunger Not, Boston Globe, June 13, 2015, Read Article...
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