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    • About RecyclingWorks
    • Contact Us
    • Get Help
    • Case Studies
    • Key Resources
    • Community Partners
  • Recycle
    • Waste Bans and Compliance
    • Get Started
    • RecyclingWorks Site Visit
    • Hauler Contracting Guidance
    • Materials Guidance
    • Business Sector Guidance
    • Single Stream Recycling
  • Food
    • Comply with the Organics Waste Ban
    • Estimate Your Food Waste
    • Source Reduction Guidance
      • Best Management Practices
    • Food Donation Guidance
      • Best Management Practices
    • Source Separation Guidance
    • Compost Site Technical Assistance
  • Materials
    • Bottles & Cans
    • Cardboard
    • Construction Materials
    • Electronics
    • Fluorescent Lamps
    • Food Material
    • Mattresses
    • Pallets
    • Paper
    • Plastics
    • Single Stream Recycling
    • Textiles
  • Reuse and Reclamation
    • Buying Recycled Products
    • Building Materials
    • Reusable Takeout Containers
      • Best Management Practices
  • Blog
    • Events
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October 30, 2024 • Uncategorized

RecyclingWorks is Now on Instagram!

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May 15, 2024 • Uncategorized

Reducing Waste One Dumpling at a Time: Mei Mei’s Sustainability Initiatives 

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February 19, 2024 • Uncategorized

2024 MassDEP Reduce, Reuse, Repair Micro-Grant Applications Now Open!

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February 7, 2024 • Uncategorized

2024 MassDEP Recycling & Reuse Business Development Grant Accepting Applications

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November 14, 2023 • Anaerobic Digestion, Composting, Food Donation, Food Rescue, Gleaning, Source Reduction, Uncategorized, Wasted Food

Introducing the EPA’s New Wasted Food Scale

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September 26, 2023 • Uncategorized

RecyclingWorks 2023 Year End Report

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April 5, 2023 • Uncategorized

Healthcare Facility in Southborough Donates Thousands of PPE Supplies

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February 23, 2023 • Uncategorized

A Snapshot of Sanofi’s Zero Waste Journey

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December 23, 2022 • Uncategorized

Presenting Johnny’s Luncheonette and Structure Tone Case Studies

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November 29, 2022 • Uncategorized

RecyclingWorks in MA Fall 2022 Forum Recap

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November 1, 2022 • Uncategorized

Office Models Waste Station Best Practices

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September 29, 2022 • Uncategorized

RecyclingWorks 2022 Year End Report

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February 23, 2021 • Construction & Demolition Waste, Uncategorized

Building Up Deconstruction

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August 11, 2020 • Uncategorized

MassDEP Announces Recycling Business Development Grant Application for 2020

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October 21, 2019 • Plastic, Recycling, Source Reduction, Supermarkets & Grocery Stores, Uncategorized, Wasted Food

RecyclingWorks Spotlight: River Valley Co-op

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July 31, 2019 • Uncategorized

EPA awards UMass Dartmouth 2018 WasteWise Partner of the Year

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July 30, 2019 • Uncategorized

Boston-Based Businesses Rescuing Unsold Food Inventory

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July 22, 2019 • Uncategorized

Waste Diversion at the Northampton Chamber of Commerce Centennial Gala

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July 8, 2019 • Uncategorized

Roxbury-Based Mosque and Community Center Tackles Food Waste During Ramadan

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July 3, 2019 • Uncategorized

Harvard Law School Hosts Zero Waste Commencement

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July 3, 2019 • Uncategorized

How Businesses and Institutions are Complying with the Commercial Food Waste Ban

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June 27, 2019 • Uncategorized

Steps to Tackle Food Waste in the Office

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June 26, 2019 • Uncategorized

Boston Restaurants Address Waste Across the Hierarchy

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June 17, 2019 • Recycling, Uncategorized

MassDEP Accepting Recycling Business Development Grant Applications

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May 29, 2019 • Uncategorized

Highlights from the 2019 Spring WasteWise Forum at Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital

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May 24, 2019 • Uncategorized

Commercial Organics Ban Leads to Hauler Growth in Massachusetts

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February 15, 2019 • Uncategorized

MassDEP Accepting Applications for Waste & Recycling Inspector Position

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September 7, 2018 • Plastic, Recycling, Uncategorized

MassDEP Recycle Smart Initiative Provides Standardized Recycling Guidance for Massachusetts

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June 20, 2018 • Uncategorized

Food Rescue and Donation Continue to Increase Across Massachusetts

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February 12, 2018 • Anaerobic Digestion, Composting, Food Donation, Uncategorized, Wasted Food

Commercial Food Recovery on the Rise in Massachusetts

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January 3, 2018 • Uncategorized

2017 EPA Food Recovery Challenge Winners in Massachusetts

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December 28, 2017 • Uncategorized

Food Sustainability Symposium Features Local University, Grocery Store, Restaurant, and Brewery

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November 7, 2016 • Anaerobic Digestion, Uncategorized

Update on Depackaging Infrastructure

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March 31, 2016 • Anaerobic Digestion, Composting, Uncategorized, Wasted Food

MA Organics Ban Featured in ECOS Video

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July 9, 2015 • Uncategorized

Zero Waste Campus Toolkit Available

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July 1, 2015 • Uncategorized

MA DEP Organics Subcommittee Meeting Notes and Handouts Available Online

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June 26, 2015 • Uncategorized

Case Study of Supermarket Composting Program Now Posted

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June 17, 2015 • Colleges and Universities, Food Donation, Gleaning, Reuse, Uncategorized, Wasted Food

Food For Free Non-Profit Rescues and Re-Distributes Unused Food

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June 8, 2015 • Uncategorized

Boston Globe: Companies and Institutions Donate Food to Feed the Hungry

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October 3, 2014 • Uncategorized

Massachusetts Kicks Off Statewide Commercial Food Waste Ban

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January 29, 2014 • Uncategorized, Wasted Food

Stop and Shop to Recover Energy from Unwanted Food Products

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October 22, 2013 • Reuse, Uncategorized

Event: 2013 Reuse Summit

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September 17, 2013 • Uncategorized

Blog Post: RecyclingWorks FY13 Year End Report

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July 11, 2013 • Uncategorized

Article: Massachusetts plan would mandate food waste get turned to fuel, fertilizer or animal feed

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June 21, 2013 • Uncategorized

Updates to MassDEP Organics Action Plan, Processing Facilities

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June 21, 2013 • Uncategorized

Article: Babson College launching pilot food waste diversion program

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June 11, 2013 • Uncategorized

News Release: USDA and EPA Launch U.S. Food Waste Challenge

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June 7, 2013 • Uncategorized

Article: Mass Gears Up for Industrial Food-Scrap ban

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June 4, 2013 • Uncategorized

Case Study: Harvard University

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June 4, 2013 • Uncategorized

RecyclingWorks June Newsletter

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May 29, 2013 • Uncategorized

Article: Making Green Connections

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May 20, 2013 • Uncategorized

New Office Case Study

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May 20, 2013 • Uncategorized

New Restaurant Case Study

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April 29, 2013 • Uncategorized

Article: Colleges Eyeball Wasted French Fries

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April 26, 2013 • Uncategorized

New Hospital Case Study

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April 24, 2013 • Uncategorized

CET Celebrates Earth Day with Solar Unveiling

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April 17, 2013 • Uncategorized

RecyclingWorks April Newsletter

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April 9, 2013 • Uncategorized

Article: Mass. Gears Up for Industrial Food Scrap Ban

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April 9, 2013 • Uncategorized

Article: Stop & Shop Cuts Carbon Footprint in Massachusetts

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April 9, 2013 • Uncategorized

Article: Two large supermarket chains adding rigid plastic container recycling

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April 5, 2013 • Uncategorized

Job Opportunities and the Center for EcoTechnology

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April 2, 2013 • Uncategorized

EPA Honors Four Massachusetts Colleges for Food Waste Recycling Efforts

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March 29, 2013 • Uncategorized

Article: How2Recycle Label system finishes soft launch

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March 27, 2013 • Uncategorized

Video: Beth Israel Hospital Composting

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March 25, 2013 • Uncategorized

New Tools to Help Grocers Recycle More Plastic Containers

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March 18, 2013 • Uncategorized

Article: State proposes banning commercial food waste from landfills

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March 18, 2013 • Uncategorized

Article: Trimming Costs with Composting

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March 11, 2013 • Uncategorized

Sign up for the RecyclingWorks Newsletter

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March 5, 2013 • Uncategorized

Article: Digestion as Environmental Aid

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March 4, 2013 • Uncategorized

Case Study: Davis Farmland Container Recycling

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March 4, 2013 • Uncategorized

Article: Food waste recycling ready to go mainstream

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March 1, 2013 • Uncategorized

Case Study: Cooley Dickinson Hospital

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February 11, 2013 • Uncategorized

RecyclingWorks in the News

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January 28, 2013 • Uncategorized

RecyclingWorks Program Helps 185 Massachusetts Businesses Increase Recycling Activities

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Upcoming events

22 Oct
2026 RecyclingWorks Compost Site Operators Practical Skills Workshop
Oct 22, 2026
Groton
28 Oct
Compost, Conserve, Connect: Reducing Food Waste
Oct 28, 2026

RecyclingWorks MA is funded by the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP) and delivered under contract by CET.

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