The Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP) has eight Municipal Assistance Coordinators (MACs) who provide technical assistance on waste reduction and recycling to geographically-based groups of towns and cities. To find the MAC who serves your community, check the map and district listings below.
- This page, MassDEP Municipal Assistance Coordinators, is offered by
- Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection
Table of Contents
Map of MAC Districts
Central District
Irene Congdon
Host: Montachusett Regional Planning Council
Phone: 413-348-9353
Email: icongdon@mrpc.org
Communities Served (75): Ashburnham, Ashby, Athol, Auburn, Ayer, Barre, Bellingham, Berlin, Blackstone, Bolton, Boylston, Brookfield, Charlton, Clinton, Devens, Douglas, Dudley, Dunstable, East Brookfield, Fitchburg, Gardner, Grafton, Groton, Hardwick, Harvard, Holden, Hopedale, Hubbardston, Hudson, Lancaster, Leicester, Leominster, Littleton, Lunenburg, Marlborough, Maynard, Mendon, Milford, Millbury, Millville, New Braintree, North Brookfield, Northborough, Northbridge, Oakham, Oxford, Paxton, Pepperell, Petersham, Phillipston, Princeton, Royalston, Rutland, Shirley, Shrewsbury, Southborough, Southbridge, Spencer, Sterling, Stow, Sturbridge, Sutton, Templeton, Townsend, Upton, Uxbridge, Ware, Warren, Webster, West Boylston, West Brookfield, Westborough, Westminster, Winchendon, Worcester
Northeast District 1
Ron Cochran
MassDEP Boston
Phone: 617-519-0091
Email: ron.h.cochran@mass.gov
Communities Served (4): Boston, Brookline, Cambridge, Somerville
Northeast District 2
Brian Walsh
Host: City of Melrose
Phone: 508-566-7227
Email: bwalsh@cityofmelrose.org
Communities Served (39): Amesbury, Beverly, Boxford, Chelsea, Danvers, Essex, Everett, Georgetown, Gloucester, Groveland, Hamilton, Haverhill, Ipswich, Lynn, Lynnfield, Malden, Manchester, Marblehead, Melrose, Merrimac, Middleton, Nahant, Newbury, Newburyport, North Reading, Peabody, Reading, Revere, Rockport, Rowley, Salem, Salisbury, Saugus, Swampscott, Topsfield, Wakefield, Wenham, West Newbury, Winthrop
Northeast District 3
Julia Greene
Host: Town of Bedford
Phone: 781-918-4271
Email: jgreene@bedfordma.gov
Communities Served (36): Acton, Andover, Arlington, Bedford, Belmont, Billerica, Boxborough, Burlington, Carlisle, Chelmsford, Concord, Dracut, Framingham, Lawrence, Lexington, Lincoln, Lowell, Medford, Methuen, Natick, Needham, Newton, North Andover, Stoneham, Sudbury, Tewksbury, Tyngsborough, Waltham, Watertown, Wayland, Wellesley, Westford, Weston, Wilmington, Winchester, Woburn
Southeast District 1
Kari Parcell
Cape Cod Cooperative Extension, Barnstable
Phone: 508-375-6974
Email: kari.parcell@barnstablecounty.org
Communities Served (23): Aquinnah, Barnstable, Bourne, Brewster, Chatham, Chilmark, Dennis, Eastham, Edgartown, Falmouth, Gosnold, Harwich, Mashpee, Nantucket, Oak Bluffs, Orleans, Provincetown, Sandwich, Tisbury, Truro, Wellfleet, West Tisbury, Yarmouth
Southeast District 2
Missy Hollenback
Host: City of Taunton
Phone: 508-748-5658
Email: mhollenback@taunton-ma.gov
Communities Served (44): Acushnet, Ashland, Attleboro, Avon, Berkley, Canton, Dartmouth, Dedham, Dighton, Dover, Easton, Fairhaven, Fall River, Foxborough, Franklin, Freetown, Holliston, Hopkinton, Lakeville, Mansfield, Medfield, Medway, Millis, Milton, New Bedford, Norfolk, North Attleborough, Norton, Norwood, Plainville, Randolph, Raynham, Rehoboth, Seekonk, Sharon, Sherborn, Somerset, Stoughton, Swansea, Taunton, Walpole, Westport, Westwood, Wrentham
Southeast District 3
Todd Koep
Host: Town of Halifax
Phone: 781-293-1775
Email: todd.koep@halifax-ma.org
Communities Served (31): Abington, Braintree, Bridgewater, Brockton, Carver, Cohasset, Duxbury, East Bridgewater, Halifax, Hanover, Hanson, Hingham, Holbrook, Hull, Kingston, Marion, Marshfield, Mattapoisett, Middleborough, Norwell, Pembroke, Plymouth, Plympton, Quincy, Rochester, Rockland, Scituate, Wareham, West Bridgewater, Weymouth, Whitman
Western District
Susan Waite
Host: Pioneer Valley Planning Commission
Phone: 413-800-6235
Email: swaite@pvpc.org
Communities Served (100): Adams, Agawam, Alford, Amherst, Ashfield, Becket, Belchertown, Bernardston, Blandford, Brimfield, Buckland, Charlemont, Cheshire, Chester, Chesterfield, Chicopee, Clarksburg, Colrain, Conway, Cummington, Dalton, Deerfield, East Longmeadow, Easthampton, Egremont, Erving, Florida, Gill, Goshen, Granby, Granville, Great Barrington, Greenfield, Hadley, Hampden, Hancock, Hatfield, Hawley, Heath, Hinsdale, Holland, Holyoke, Huntington, Lanesborough, Lee, Lenox, Leverett, Leyden, Longmeadow, Ludlow, Middlefield, Monroe, Monson, Montague, Monterey, Montgomery, Mount Washington, New Ashford, New Marlborough, New Salem, North Adams, Northampton, Northfield, Orange, Otis, Palmer, Pelham, Peru, Pittsfield, Plainfield, Richmond, Rowe, Russell, Sandisfield, Savoy, Sheffield, Shelburne, Shutesbury, South Hadley, Southampton, Southwick, Springfield, Stockbridge, Sunderland, Tolland, Tyringham, Wales, Warwick, Washington, Wendell, West Springfield, West Stockbridge, Westfield, Westhampton, Whately, Wilbraham, Williamsburg, Williamstown, Windsor, Worthington