Information
Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection – solid waste and recycling
Catalog Choice – get yourself off the mailing lists of unwanted catalog
US EPA Sustainable Materials Management
Earth 911 – Community-specific information on environmental issues, including local recycling resources
Environmental Impact Calculators – provides tools to quantify the environmental impacts of lifestyle choices. Different calculators measure different areas. You can also figure out whether it makes more sense to buy or lease a vehicle! (thanks to Malcolm and Bryant at Compton Community Center for the link)
SCS Global Services Global Leader in 3rd party Certification, Validation and Verification
Inspiration
e-Awakening – an Abington-based communications company working toward environmental solutions through video
Al Gore’s Nobel Prize acceptance speech (21 min. video)
Secret Life of Paper – Inform.org (6 min. video)
My Plastic-Free Life – Blogger Beth Terry describes the challenges of living without plastic, and challenges others to join her
Information
Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection – solid waste and recycling
Catalog Choice – get yourself off the mailing lists of unwanted catalog
US EPA Sustainable Materials Management
Earth 911 – Community-specific information on environmental issues, including local recycling resources
Environmental Impact Calculators – provides tools to quantify the environmental impacts of lifestyle choices. Different calculators measure different areas. You can also figure out whether it makes more sense to buy or lease a vehicle! (thanks to Malcolm and Bryant at Compton Community Center for the link)
SCS Global Services Global Leader in 3rd party Certification, Validation and Verification
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
Center for Ecological Technology (CET)
Donations
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.
Craigslist – list unwanted items for sale or for free. Free stuff goes fast! Go to “FOR SALE”, and click on “free”.
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’.
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.
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.
Textiles – we have a whole page of possibilities
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.