Waste Ban Progress Report📈 Dear Smart Recyclers, Time flies, and we’re not just saying that because it’s somehow 2025! It’s been a little over two years since we reported that the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP) was adding two materials with huge reuse and recycling potential to its waste bans: mattresses and textiles. Our…| Recycle Smart
All the Waste We Do Not See Welcome back, Smart Recyclers! As many of our loyal readers will recall, our last newsletter, It Isn’t Waste Until It’s Wasted, had us thinking a lot about our stuff. To recap, we focused on what happens to our stuff “downstream,” after we put it in the trash. We explained Massachusetts’ limited…| Recycle Smart
Waste bans boost recycling and support the recycling industry, which contributes thousands of jobs and millions of dollars to the Massachusetts economy. By cutting down on disposal, the waste bans also help us capture valuable resources, save energy, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and lessen our reliance on landfills and incinerators.| Mass.gov