February & March 2009: Massachusetts Solid Waste Master Plan Workgroup Meetings

Web page

December 2008 & January 2009: Massachusetts Solid Waste Master Plan Stakeholder Meetings

Web page

Assessment of Materials Management Options for the Solid Waste Master Plan Review

Commissioned by MassDEP and completed by the Tellus Institute in December 2008.

MassDEP Cover Letter
MS Word 61 KB | PDF 53 KB | Plain Text 2 KB

Report
MS Word 1.4 MB | PDF 655 KB

Appendices
MS Word 5.3 MB | PDF 1.8 MB

Stakeholder Comments, Updated October 2009  (Note: Some comments refer to other submitted documents containing copyrighted material. If you are interested in viewing these documents, please contact John Fischer of MassDEP at john.fischer@state.ma.us)
MS Word 943 KB | PDF 228 KB

Massachusetts Solid Waste Master Plan: 2006 Revision, June 2006

Master Plan
MS Word 771 KB | PDF 318 KB

Appendices
MS Word 2.5 MB | PDF 801 KB

MassDEP Response to Public Comments
MS Word 97 KB | PDF 72 KB

Beyond 2000 Solid Waste Master Plan Progress Reports

Solid waste generation data, disposal capacity projections, and implementation updates.

2007 Solid Waste Data Update
MS Word 2.2 MB | PDF 210 KB

2006 Solid Waste Data Update
MS Word 2.9 MB | PDF 194 KB

2006 Fact Sheet
Web page | MS Word 121 KB | PDF 34 KB

2005 Solid Waste Data Update
MS Word 409 KB | PDF 235 KB

2002 Progress Report
MS Word 401 KB | PDF 425 KB

2002 Executive Summary
MS Word 80 KB | PDF 162 KB

2001 Progress Report
MS Word 370 KB | PDF 1 MB

2001 Executive Summary
MS Word 80 KB | PDF 166 KB 

2000 Progress Report
MS Word 570 KB

2000 Executive Summary
MS Word 391 KB

Final Beyond 2000 Solid Waste Master Plan: A Policy Framework, December 2000

Establishes the Commonwealth's waste reduction and management goals and policies for the next decade

Executive summary 
MS Word 46 KB

Cover letter
Web page

Full document
MS Word 650 KB

Appendices
MS Word 755 KB

Frequently asked questions
MS Word 61 KB  

Draft Beyond 2000 Solid Waste Master Plan, December 2000

Summary of comments
MS Word 211 KB

Document summary
MS Word 385 KB

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Massachusetts Residential Recycling Rates by Municipality

History of Residential Recycling Rates, December 2009
Based on data reported by individual municipalities
MS Word 315 KB | PDF 225 KB

How MassDEP Calculates Residential Recycling Rates, October 2009
Web page

Municipal Solid Waste & Recycling Program Summary
MS Excel 70 KB | PDF 43 KB

2008 Municipal Tonnage & Recycling Rate Summary
MS Excel 152 KB | PDF 92 KB

2007 Municipal Tonnage & Recycling Rate Summary
MS Excel 226 KB | PDF 89 KB

2006 Municipal Tonnage & Recycling Rate Summary
MS Excel 124 KB | PDF 80 KB

2005 Municipal Tonnage & Recycling Rate Summary
MS Excel 90 KB | PDF 65 KB

2004 Municipal Tonnage & Recycling Rate Summary
MS Excel 91 KB | PDF 74 KB

2003 Municipal Tonnage & Recycling Rate Summary
MS Excel 96 KB | PDF 72 KB

Assessment of Materials Management Options for the Solid Waste Master Plan Review

Solid Waste Master Plan section of this web page

Case Studies: Construction & Demolition Waste Reduction

Web page

Massachusetts Business Recycling Programs, 2004

Formal Inventory Report
MS Word 745 KB | PDF 478 KB

Business Recycling Programs List
MS Word 698 KB | PDF 387 KB

Waste Ban Reporting Data Trends & Focus Group Meeting Materials, September 2003

MS Word 60 KB | PDF 238 KB

Waste Reduction Program Assessment & Analysis for Massachusetts, February 2003

Full document
MS Word 1 MB | PDF 425 KB

Cover letter
MS Word 30 KB | PDF 133 KB

Commercial Waste Disposal Assessment Report, November 2002

Full report
MS Word 3 MB | PDF 170 KB|

Report summary
Ms Word 333 KB | PDF 41 KB

Appendices
MS Word 500 KB | PDF 233 KB

Massachusetts Product Stewardship Activities Update, October 2002

MS Word 39 KB

Food Waste Density Mapping Study, September 2002

MS Word 349 KB

Fiscal Year 2002 MassDEP/Executive Office of Environmental Affairs (EOEA) Waste Reduction Program Update

MS Word 136 KB | PDF 260 KB

Resource Recycling article: Can State Incentive Programs Boost Materials Recovery?

PDF 35 KB

Results of 2000 Statewide Recycling Participation Survey

MS Word 347 KB

Residential Organic Waste Management Study, October 1999

MS Word 595 KB 

Motivating People to Reduce Waste

Case studies, surveys, research tools and more
Web page

Massachusetts CRT Recycling Program Report

Word 191 KB | PDF 232 KB

Massachusetts Recycling Economy: Economic benefits of recycling

MS Word 554 KB | PDF 147 KB

Recycling Site Visit Reports at State and Community Colleges

Cost savings recommendations and tracking tools
Web page

Resource Management Contracting

Pilot project and examples of increased recycling and lower disposal costs
Web page

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