INFORMATION     INSPIRATION      ORGANIZATIONS    DONATIONS

INFORMATION

• Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection - solid waste and recycling

•  Catalog Choice - get yourself off the mailing lists of unwanted catalogs

•  Yellow Pages Opt Out -  control the number of Yellow Pages telephone directories they receive or to stop directory delivery entirely. 

• Climate Change - meet renowned climatologist and author James Hansen, learn about his book that explains science and solutions, Storms of my Grandchildren

• Commonwealth Communities - A state resource for finding information on the 351 cities and towns in Massachusetts.  Each Community page includes links to official city/town and public school websites, and other Community sites that provide substantial information.

• EPA New England, Region 1

• US EPA Municipal Solid Waste in the US - 2009 Facts and Figures

• Earth 911 - Community-specific information on environmental issues, including local recycling resources

• The Homeowners Guide Information about dealing with disasters and home care

• Massachusetts bottle and can redemption centers

• Mass. supermarkets with certified recycling status (SPRC)

• Go Green Web Directory - information about environmentally friendly businesses, products and services, local events and activities on the South Shore. Site includes tips and info pages to find ways to offset your carbon footprint and more.

• MassRecycle's Paper Campaign

• Responsible Purchasing Network by the Center for a New American Dream

• Yellow Pages opt out program - adjust the number of directories you receive or remove yourself from directory distribution lists

INSPIRATION

• Mass Recycles Paper Campaign - information and tools to improve paper recovery

• e-Awakening - an Abington-based communications company working toward environmental solutions through video

• Alliance for Climate Protection - RePower America

• Duncan Elmwood Porcupine environmental coloring and activity book

• America Recycles Day  Recycling resources and inspiration "It All Comes Back to You"

• Al Gore's Nobel Prize acceptance speech

• Secret Life of Paper - Inform.org

• Electronic Wasteland - 60 Minutes

• The Seven Sins of Greenwashing - Terra Choice Environmental Marketing

• Bag Lady - how to make totes from those ubiquitous plastic shopping bags, by a Cohasset native

• Recycling Saves Money! -  from the perspective of a professional investor,  the page includes links about environmental savings as well

ORGANIZATIONS

• MassRecycle  - the Massachusetts Recycling Coalition

• Sustainable South Shore - an affiliation of active South Shore member groups working to create a model sustainable community to preserve our ecosystem

• Abington SAGE (Saving Abington with Green Energy)

•  Center for Ecological Technology (CET) 

• Northeast Recycling Council, Inc (NERC)  

• WasteWi$e - a voluntary program of the US EPA that allows organizations to structure their own cost-saving recycling programs.;  List of Massachusetts members

• Catalog Choice - reduce unwanted third class mail

• Yellowpagesoptout.com -control the number of yellow pages telephone directories you receive or stop directory delivery entirely.

DONATIONS

• Freecycle - an online "swap shop".  Recycle your usable unwanted items through a local email network.  If you want to find a new home for something -- whether it's a chair, a fax machine, piano, or an old door -- you simply send an e-mail offering it to members of your Freecycle group. If you're looking to acquire something yourself. Simply respond to a member's offer, and you just might get it.

• Massachusetts Materials Trader - the business version of Freecycle

• Building Materials Resource Center - a nonprofit building materials re-use project in Boston that accepts donations of good quality used and surplus cabinets, fixtures, doors, windows, lumber, sheetrock, etc. and sells them to the public at low prices. Low / moderate-income customers and nonprofits are eligible for a discount. 

• World Computer Exchange - Donations of working monitors, CPUs, peripherals, software, cash and volunteer time accepted in Boston and Hull. Equipment is shipped to developing nations.

• Crazy Crayons recycling program: for every pound of old stubby crayons sent to LAF Lines Ltd. for recycling, you will receive one CRAZY CRAYON™. For example, you send 50 pounds of unwanted crayons and you will get 50 CRAZY CRAYONS™ in return, as an effort to “close the loop”.

• Donate Your Old Cell Phone - Cell phones and other electronics contain toxic metals, and many still have value.  If your town doesn't have a cell phone collection program, consider donating your old one to MassRecycle. 

• Recycline, Inc. has introduced the Preserve toothbrush. The handles are made from 100% recycled plastics, and each one comes with a postage-paid envelope so you can return it to the company, or to many natural food stores nationwide.  

• Paper Retriever - public bins that accept paper for recycling.  Use the Locator to find a bin near you.