START A RECYCLING PROGRAM
WasteWise
WasteWise helps its partners meet goals to reduce and recycle municipal solid waste
MassRecycle
MassRecycle is a statewide coalition of individuals, governments, businesses, institutions and non-profits organizations dedicated to promoting and realizing the vital environmental, social and economic benefits created by reducing, reusing, and recycling waste materials, and by increasing the utilization of recycled products
Start a recycling program at work:
www.massrecycle.org/recycleatwork.html
Mass DEP
Waste & recycling information (WasteWise Program)
www.mass.gov/dep/recycle/reduce/wastewise.htm
Earth 911
How to start Office Recycling Program
http://earth911.com/recycling/start-recycling-program/
REDUCE
Junkmail
Stop Junk Mail
List of resources to stop unwanted mail
Business Junk Mail Reduction Project
Dealing with unwanted mail wastes time and money for businesses! This website contains detailed information and tips that will help you reduce this unwanted mail
www.metrokc.gov/dnrp/swd/nwpc/bizjunkmail.htm
Tonic Mail Stopper
Not only stop junk- catalogs, credit card offers, grocery store circulars - but when you join they plat 5 trees!
Sustainable Marketing – Currently researching resources
Bathroom Hand Dryers
Excel Dryer
GreenSpec approved, the Excel Dryer dries hands in 10 seconds and uses 80% less energy than conventional hand dryers while at the same time promoting 95% cost saving over paper towels
Newton Distributing
Local distributor for Excel Hand Dryer
Dyson Airblade
a hands-free hand dryer that dries hands in 12 seconds and uses 80% less energy than conventional hand dryers
www.dysonairblade.com/homepage.asp
Electronic Records – Currently researching resources
REUSE
Post Consumer Paper / Office Supplies
W.B. Mason Green Office Supply
Listing of green office products
http://whobut.wbmason.com/default.aspx
Staples
Eco Easy Products
www.staple.com/sbd/cre/marketing/ecoeasy/index.html
Recycled Office Products:
Full line of recycled office products-local-Peabody, MA
http://www.recycledofficeproducts.com/
Recycled Products Cooperative:
Full line of recycled office products. Co-op America Approved.
http://www.recycledproducts.org/
Treecycle (all office supplies)
Buy Recycled Products-Mass Gov
Massachusetts Government Operation Service Division
Green Bags
ID&A-New Concepts
The better green bag-economical, customizable and recyclable
http://ideanewconcepts.com/index.html
Mass Material Trader
A FREE online materials reuse network, assists businesses/organizations in *Massachusetts by helping them find, sell, trade, or give away useful used or surplus materials that would otherwise be disposed of.
http://www.massmaterialtrader.com
RECYCLE & COMPOST
Mass Recycle
An overview for recycling at the office and at home
Save That Stuff-We'll Take It!
The mottos says it all! Save That Stuff is a leading waste management company that helps over a thousand New England businesses and institutions safely and efficiently get rid of paper recyclables and a wide variety of other recoverable scrap materials otherwise destined for the dumpster. They do it while saving customers precious time & money. Co-mingled, paper, cardboard, old computers, compost, etc...
Organic food compost Planet Police
508-587-9697
Donate or Recycle Computers
www.epa.gov/epaoswer/hazwaste/recycle/ecycling/donate.htm
www.epa.gov/e-cycling/donate.htm
