Gretchen Carey, MassRecycle President was recently interviewed by WBUR about new opportunities to keep plastic beer toppers out of the waste stream.
MassRecycle Vice President Waneta Trabert, Sustainable Materials Management Director for the City of Newton, was interviewed on by Boston 25 News regarding Extended Producer Responsibility laws proposed in Massachusetts.
Huge collaborative effort to recycle plastic can carriers.
In MA, bags do not belong in the bin, but there is a system for recycling them. Gretchen and Waneta learn all about how plastic bags can find a second life as composite lumber during this interview with Stephanie Hicks from Trex.com Wondering if your local grocery store is really collecting for recycling? Tune in- there is a list available to the public!
Attendees had a blast on Thursday, March 18th, when MassRecycle hosted a free webinar on the history of MassRecycle! Three past presidents of MassRecycle offer their wisdom and amazing stories about how recycling got started in Massachusetts, and where we can go from here. There were many memories and tons of laughs shared. MassRecycle and attendees want to thank our speakers! Pat Scanlon, Principal, Scanlon Associates Ben Harvey, President, E.L. Harvey & Sons Claire Galkowski, Executive Director, South Shore Recycling Cooperative In case you missed it, we have posted the webinar!
This historic alliance commits to reducing food waste from manufacturing and the supply chain and repurposing any unavoidable waste into renewable energy.
Abbey Massaro, an Environmental Specialist for the Center for EcoTechnology and one of MassRecycle's newest Board Member, got a special thank you shout out from Home City Development!
Mike Cicale, newest MassRecycle Board Member coins new term, "Corona-Recycling."
MassRecycle President, Gretchen Carey, talks about Water Conservation for BNews' Green Corner.
MassRecycle's Board Member, Mike Orr, Cambridge's Recycling Director, talked to the Boston Globe's Amy Sutherland for a March 27th article on recycling.
