Businesses & Non-Profits

 

How can your organization help our campaign?

• Recycle More Paper
• Join Us: Business resolution  |  Non-profit resolution
• As an employee you can take the Paper Recycling Challenge
• Use our advertisements in your company media!  Use them in your company newsletters or as promotional posters.  Place our mailing inserts in your paychecks!
• Become a business parter of the Mass Recycles Paper campaign.

How can you get your organization to recycle?

MassRecycle  has lots of resources to jump start and/or improve your recycling efforts:

• How can I get my business/work to recycle?
• Are there award programs for successful business recycling programs?
• Can I bring my businesses’ recyclables to my community’s Recycling Center? 
• Can I use my community’s curbside recycling program for my business?

Where can I find a recycling vendor for my business?

1-800-RECYCLE
To find a recycler, choose a category, select specific materials, and enter location

Paper Retriever
To find drop off containers for paper near you, click here.

Earth 911
To find a recycling business (waste hauler, recycler, etc), enter your zip code. 

Outreach Materials

MassRecycle’s Paper Campaign has developed a set of ads suitable for use as posters, newspaper ads, mailing inserts, and other formats that you may wish to develop.  The ads are currently in PDF format with a modifiable space on the lower green bar that can be used to add name and contact information for a municipality or other entity that may wish to use these materials.  Please see the style and usage guide for further requirements on using these materials. 
  
Templates 
Templates for the posters are currently provided as Word and PDFs that can be downloaded and modified to add your own contact information in the lower green bar, next to the Mass Recycles Paper logo.  You must have Adobe Acrobat (not Reader) to edit these PDFs. You need to go under “tools – advanced editing – touch up text tool” to be able to edit the text box on the green bar.  If you do not have Adobe Acrobat, then the word documents with the text boxes in them will work best.

In the near future we plan to provide the ads in one or more publishing programs that can be downloaded and modified for use in other formats such as newspaper advertising, direct mail, larger format posters or smaller format mailing inserts.  If working with a professional printer you will be able to direct them to this web page to download the files and modify the layout as needed.  

Download Templates

Other Resources

Green Office Conference.  Each summer, MassRecycle hosts a conference for businesses and non-profits to learn about greening up their businesses with cost-effective methods.  MassRecycle also holds facilities tours, netowrking events, and learning programs throughout the year. Details can be found on the MassRecycle website.

The Massachusetts WasteWise Program
A free program for businesses; by joining WasteWise businesses can:
- Participate in local and regional forums on waste reduction and recycling
- Network with other WasteWise member businesses and organizations
- Use the Massachusetts WasteWise logo to promote its environmental efforts
- Receive technical assistance from MassDEP/EPA waste reduction and recycling experts

Your Business & the Waste Bans: What You Need to Know
“Waste bans” are state restrictions on the disposal, transfer for disposal and contracting for disposal of certain hazardous and recyclable items at solid waste facilities in Massachusetts.  For regulation language, click here.  If you see violators of the Waste Bans, call the Commercial Waste Reduction Hotline at 617-348-4002.

Do you still have questions? 
Feel free to use our Ask The Staff online to get your questions answered!