2016 R3 Lorenzo Macaluso

RecyclingWorks in Massachusetts

Funded by MassDEP

Lorenzo Macaluso-Director of Green Business Services


• Helps businesses and institutions

• Maximize waste diversion

• Save money

• Waste Ban Compliance

• Customer/Employee satisfaction

http://www.recyclingworksma.com


• Services include:

• Online Resources

• Email and Phone Hotline

• Technical Assistance

• Events and Workshops

• C&U Program Administration


EPA Food Recovery Hierarchy


Food Donation Best Management Practices

• Purpose:

• Address increase in food donation inquiries

to RecyclingWorks

• Provide good guidance to donors

• Development:

• Developed by conducting stakeholder

sessions that included local health agents,

food rescue organizations, food bankshttp://www.recyclingworksma.com

Donating Food: Primary Areas of Focus

• Food Safety

• Food Labeling

• Food Storage

• Food Transportation

• Relationship and Partnership Building


Image courtesy of Food For Free

BMPS for Food Donation

http://www.recyclingworksma.com/donate

http://www.recyclingworksma.com/donate

Legal Fact Sheet:

• Date Labeling

• Tax Incentives

• Liability Protections

Food Donation Laws and Liability Protection

Compost Site Technical Assistance:

• Up to 2 site visits

• Operational checklist reviewed by MassDEP and

MDAR to assess each facility

• Written report for compost site operators


Technical Assistance for Generators:

• Services include:

• Evaluation of current systems

• Cost Analysis of available options

• Design of customized diversion program

• Employee training and signage

• 1,557 contracted for organics hauling



1,007New Tons

4,560New Tons

2,149New Tons

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COMPOSTING RECYCLING REUSE

Total Diversion Impact to Date This Year

Food Waste Diversion Options


The Mass Food Waste Ban:

Lessons Learned & Strategies Moving Forward


• Hospitality Awareness

• Peers as Leverage

• Outreach and Collaboration

The Mass Food Waste Ban:

Lessons Learned & Strategies Moving Forward

• Continued requests across sectors for

implementation assistance

• Assistance to expand and be more

comprehensive

• Plugging in smaller generators to expanding

infrastructure

• Hospitality Awareness


Town of Lenox

• Aggregation:

Voluntary

organics

diversion

• Town

Environmental

Committee/

Chamber

http://www.recyclingworksma.com/commercial-organics-waste-ban

Town of Lenox

• Worked with

RecyclingWorks to

set up a food waste

separation program

• Sending food waste

for composting


Town of Lenox: Case Study


http://www.recyclingworksma.com/events/reduce-recover-save-food-people/

Harvard Workshop

C&U Spring Forum

• Location: Worcester State University

• Date: Tuesday, May17th from 1-3pm

• Topic: Textile Recovery During Student

Move-Out

Lorenzo Macaluso, [email protected]

413-586-7350x248www.cetonline.org

www.recyclingworksma.com888-254-5525

mailto:[email protected]

http://www.cetonline.org/

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