Upcoming Events
EBC Meeting:
What Is Happening In the Recycling Markets?
February 24th
7:30-10:30 a.m.
EL Harvey, Westborough
Register here
MassRecycle
SeMRC Meeting Wednesday March 9th 9:00 a.m.-noon Middleborough Town Hall Recycle Right: Recycling contamination, education, and enforcement. Register here
MassRecycle 2016 R3 Conference
When: March 29, 2016
Where: Boston Marriott Quincy
1000 Marriott Drive
Quincy, MA 02169
Register Here
Green Scholars & Greening Your Schools Training Thurs, May 5. Manchester-Essex Middle-High School, 36 Lincoln Street, Manchester by the Sea.
Register Here by March 15th for $50 discount (use discount code "green")
Special $30 Student rate available
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In the News
Bourne Voters OK Recycling Plan. Bourne Enterprise. February 19. Read Article The Secret Life of Cape Cod Dumps, CapeCod.com, Jan. 29th. Read ArticleLocal Composter Represents Community At National Compost 2016 Conference, Falmouth Enterprise, Feb 5th Read ArticleE-Commerce: Convenience Built on a Mountain of Cardboard, NY Times, Feb. 16th , Read Article
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Contact Me:
Dave Quinn Municipal Assistance Coordinator, Barnstable County/MassDEP 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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2016 Household Hazardous Waste Collection Schedule Released
The full schedule for this year's HHW collections has been finalized. Click on the map for a full list of dates, times, and locations.
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Webinar: Join MassDEP and The Recycling Partnership
Recycling programs are succeeding in recovering impressive amounts of material, but along the way quality has taken a hit. While that would be a concern in the best of times, poor markets and tight fiscal realities make it really problematic, to the point of potentially affecting the health and bottom line of recycling programs.
MassDEP and national nonprofit The Recycling Partnership are joining forces with communities across the Commonwealth to diagnose the root causes of contamination, then build out and vet tools to eliminate the issues at their core. Here's where that effort starts.
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On Wednesday, February 24, 2 pm - 3:30 pm, join representatives from MassDEP, Casella, Waste Management, Springfield DPW, and The Recycling Partnership on a quality-focused webinar to dispel some basic - and not so basic - myths and start talking about solutions.
STEP 2: Complete this SURVEY before the webinar and share your views, efforts, ideas and concerns around quality. Together we can identify needs and build solutions.
STEP 3. Watch for more webinars, tools, funding, and results in the months to come.
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MassDEP SMRP Grant Webinars
This year MassDEP will be hosting two SMRP Grant webinars instead of workshops: - One webinar will focus on grant opportunities appropriate for municipalities with drop-off trash and/or recycling.
- The 2nd webinar will focus on grant opportunities for municipalities with curbside programs.
Please register for one of these workshops using the appropriate link in the table below. After registering you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.
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Wed. April 6th
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Focus on drop-off programs
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Thurs. April 14th
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Focus on curbside programs
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For more information, visit the Sustainable Materials Recovery Program (SMRP) website here.
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Textile Recovery: RDP Bonus Point and Webinars
MassDEP has announced a new opportunity in the 2016 Recycling Dividends Program. MassDEP is offering a bonus point for completing a set of activities that promote the diversion of textiles from the trash. Once your municipality has earned the six (6) points required to qualify for RDP, you are eligible to earn the bonus point by completing certain related activities between June 15, 2015 and June 15, 2016. Please see the activity list for the documentation you will need to submit with your RDP application this coming June.
To help you earn your Bonus Point, MassDEP is offering two different free webinars:
Webinar #1 - "Earning the Textile Recovery RDP Bonus Point": Thursday, Feb. 25, 2016 at 11:00 am - 12 noon. We'll walk you through the activities and answer your questions. Please register here . Webinar #2 - "Promoting Textile Recovery with MassDEP's Media Toolkit": Wednesday, March 2, 2016 at 1:00 - 2:00 pm. Participating in this webinar counts towards your BONUS POINT. This webinar will show you how to access and use professionally produced press releases, guest editorials and public service announcements to get media attention for your community's textile recovery programs. The webinar is a collaboration between MassDEP and the Secondary Materials & Recycled Textiles Association (SMART) and will be presented by Josie Hankey, a media relations specialist at the Fallston Group LLC . Please register here .
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