RecycleSmart, an initiative of the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection, offers residents information on best practices for reducing waste, reuse, recycling, and composting. Check out their year end newsletter ‘2020: Is It Over Yet?’ for an insightful look at what happened in the world of sustainable materials management in 2020 including topics such as:
- Is Recycling Broken? (Spoiler alert – the answer is no)
- Recycling’s Most Wanted List: Cardboard Boxes
- Let’s Talk About Plastic
- Step Up Your Recycling Game
Recently on Twitter
A @FirstStreetFdn report found that in Massachusetts, the #ClimateCrisis puts 162K homes, 12K miles of roads, and nearly 2,500 critical buildings like hospitals and power stations at risk of flooding.
It's time to invest in #resilience and #adaptation! https://www.bostonglobe.com/2021/10/17/metro/flooding-could-shut-down-logan-airport-hospitals-other-critical-infrastructure-mass-risk-is-only-growing-report-says/