| Technical Assistance
Hotline General information and
answers to your company’s questions about reducing, reusing, and recycling
non-hazardous solid waste are available by phone (617-236-7715) or on-line. The Frequently
Asked Questions About Recycling includes information on how to set up a recycling
program and avoid trash disposal costs.. Use the Recycling Services Directory and Markets Guide for
Massachusetts to locate a recycling hauler and The Massachusetts Business Guide
to Reuse to find reuse options.
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Publications
WasteCap offers free publications to
Massachusetts businesses including the annual Recycling Services Directory and Markets
Guide for Massachusetts, The Small Business Recycling Services Directory:
Boston Area, Recycled Product Suppliers Directory, and WasteCap’s
quarterly newsletter, Business Recycle-Link. View WasteCap's publications page.
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Site Visit
Program
What are WasteCap Site Visits? WasteCap Site Visits are
facility-specific waste assessments of businesses and institutions. Site visits
rely on teams from WasteCap's professional volunteer network of waste-reduction
specialists who make specific recommendations about improving your organization’s
solid waste disposal program. WasteCap
volunteers come from a broad spectrum of industries and have experience finding and
addressing opportunities to conserve corporate and natural resources.
Why should my organization request a
Site Visit? A Site Visit will
help your organization identify opportunities to
save money by developing
source reduction and recycling strategies that cut waste
disposal costs.
How much does a
Site Visit cost?
WasteCap charges a
nominal fee of $250.00.
How do I request a
Site Visit or obtain more information? To
obtain more information contact WasteCap at (617) 236-7715 or by e-mail at wastecap@wastecap.org.
Should you decide to request a Site
Visit, you must complete a Site Visit questionnaire.
This will help us form a volunteer team and prepare materials for the visit.
Site Visit questionnaires can be obtained by contacting WasteCap at the phone number or
e-mail address provided above. The questionnaire can also be downloaded below:
Download the WasteCap Site Visit Questionnaire (20KB)
The Site Visit Questionnaire is available in Portable Document
Format (PDF). To view PDF files, you must have a copy of Adobe
Acrobat Reader. To download a free copy of the reader or for more
information about Adobe Acrobat go to:
http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readermain.html
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Recycling Cooperatives
A business recycling cooperative is a group of businesses, located in a single
geographic area, that recycle the same material through a shared hauler. Cooperatives can
provide small businesses convenient and affordable access to recycling services. As of
January of 2001, WasteCap has established 13 recycling cooperatives in
Massachusetts.
For information about how this program works, and how your organization can help create
a new cooperative, or join an existing one, view the WasteCap
Web page for Recycling Cooperatives
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Recycled Paper Purchasing
Cooperative (RPPC)
WasteCap is the New England affiliate of the
RPPC, a program dedicated to increasing the use of recycled copy paper nationwide. The RPPC uses its purchasing power to secure deep
discounts on high quality recycled copy paper for its members. View
the RPPC page for further details.
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The Massachusetts Buy
Recycled Business Alliance (MBRBA)
WasteCap co-manages the MBRBA, which encourages businesses to purchase products made
with recycled content by providing technical assistance, publications, workshops, and
presentations about recycled products.
General information and answers to your company’s questions about buying recycled
and environmentally preferable products (EPPs) are available by phone (617-236-7715) or on-line. The Frequently
Asked Questions About Buying Recycled includes information about recycled
products. Use the Recycled Product
Suppliers Directory to locate distributors, manufacturers, and retailers of
recycled products and EPPs.
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Surplus Inventory Donation Program
(SIDP)
The SIDP saves you the cost and liability
associated with disposal by matching buyers to your organizations unwanted assets. This
program can find outlets for your organization’s excess inventory, used equipment,
returned orders, office furnishings, and more. Contact WasteCap for further
details.
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Race-to-Recycle
The Race-to-Recycle is a annual recycling competition among
Massachusetts office buildings to determine which can recycle the greatest percentage of
its waste during a 3 month period. Winners are awarded trophies and are recognized at an
awards event. The Race is free and open to all Massachusetts office buildings. View the Race-to-Recycle page for further details.
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