MassRecycle, Inc

MassRecycle is a pragmatic, statewide non-profit coalition of individuals, municipalities, the waste industry, and other organizations dedicated to improving recycling, organics diversion, and sustainable materials management in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. We work on behalf of our members to provide opportunities for connection, educate on strategies to maximize waste diversion, and advocate for better material management policies in Massachusetts.

Our goal is to create a sustainable-materials Massachusetts. To achieve this goal, we work working through our Three Pillars: Connection, Education, and Advocacy. We provide opportunities for connection to foster collaboration, educate the public and waste professionals on strategies to maximize waste diversion, and advocate for better material management policies in Massachusetts.

The MassRecycle Annual Conference & Trade Show brings together all facets of the solid waste industry to discuss real world solutions to real world issues in waste management. Attendees and expert speakers share solutions, and learn from successes and failures. This unique event may be the only time that members of the public sector, private industry, non-profits, trade associations, and government entities will be in the same space working toward the same solutions.

The Fall Social and Awards Ceremony brings the waste community together to honor exceptional accomplishments and lifetime achievements. In addition to spotlighting successful programs, this evening of camaraderie serves to reenergize and support the professionals and volunteers that constantly work against a tide of solid waste.

Massachusetts Product Stewardship Council (MassPSC) is a branch of MassRecycle that focuses on improving products’ environmental impact in the design, production, and recycling stages of product life-cycle. Currently, MassPSC’s principal goal is to educate and advocate for extended producer responsibility (EPR) legislation. EPR is an approach to waste reduction that incentivizes manufacturers to design products that have environmentally friendly disposal procedures at end of life.

Facility Tours bring the public behind the closed doors of waste processing and give transparency to processes that we all rely upon but few ever see. This program provides unique opportunities for anyone to see where solid waste goes when it goes “away“ and how it is processed.

The MassRecycle Podcast is an open-access resource covers topics from the basics of recycling, to the impacts of mining, plastics recycling, creative strategies for reuse, and more. The MassRecycle Podcast is ranked 13th on Google search for “recycling podcast”. The podcast can be found on Spotify, Apple Podcast, and iHeartRadio

The Recycling & Sustainable Materials Management Handbook is a vital guide for waste professionals and volunteers, combining the resources to create and improve programming, all in one place. It offers guidance for education, enforcement, MassDEP Waste Ban items, outreach, community programming, hard-to-recycle materials, organics, a glossary of waste terms, online resources, and government resources.

MassRecycle hosts a Community Job Board advertising a wide variety of jobs for people who are passionate about the environment. This includes jobs from the private, government, municipal, or non-profit sectors.

The MassRecycle e-Newsletter broadcasts the latest news from the solid waste world including upcoming meetings, events, facility tours, and changes that affect materials management. The newsletter is set out twice a month to 2,400 recipients.

MassRecycle maintains an educational Social Media campaign to reduce contamination, encourage recycling, offers ideas to reduce waste, and educate the public about where their waste goes.