ZERO WASTE AMHERST

ZWA EDUCATION AND OUTREACH RESOURCES

• ZWA brochure (trifold in English and Spanish)

• Waste Hauler/Curbside Compost Pick Up Fact Sheet

• Zero Waste Schools Goals

• ZWA on Facebook (Like us!)

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LOCAL ZW OPPORTUNITIES

•  Take the Zero Waste Challenge  (half pager)

• Buy Nothing Amherst, Facebook community resource page

• Northampton Reuse and ReCenter Swap Shop

• Repair Public, fixery through community

• City Compost, year-round composting services

• Video Tour of Martin's Farm Composting Operation

• Video Tour of Barstow's Farm Anaerobic Digester

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​TOWN OF AMHERST ZW RESOURCES

• Board of Health Regulations for Refuse Collection and Mandatory Recycling

• Transfer Station Services

• Sustaining Amherst

• Northampton and Amherst Restaurant and School Composting Project, 2003

• Energy and Climate Action Committee Climate Action, Adaptation and Resilience Plan, June 2021

• Solid Waste Master Plan, 2015

  • 2015 Proposed Solid Waste Master Plan, accepted by Select Board on January 9, 2017, with recommendations taken under advisement.

  • Select Board Adopts 'Zero-Waste' Master Plan, January 11, 2017

  • Town Manager's Memo and Proposed Motion to Select Board, accepted January 9, 2017

  • Columnist John Root: Explains Amherst Solid Waste Master Plan, February 28, 2017

  • Final Report by Mimi Kaplan, May 24, 2019, A summary of the education, outreach, and enforcement activities that I coordinated, a discussion of successes, challenges, and lessons learned, as well as recommendations for the town based on my experiences and understanding of the larger recycling picture.

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MA AND US ZW RESOURCES

• Recyclingworks, recycling and composting resources and assistance

• Recycle Smart MA, more about recycling and what can actually be recycled

• Reduce, Reuse Recycle Guide, Springfield MRF Advisory Board, 2021

• The Green Team, MA DEP waste reduction resource for students in K-12 schools

• Meet the MA Zero Waste Legislative Caucus, 2021

• Examples of Resources for Transforming Waste Streams in Communities, EPA 

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OTHER ZW RESOURCES

• Constructing a Regional Organic Waste Management Program for the Central Pioneer Valley, Pioneer Valley Planning Commission, 2010

• Model ZW laws

• Municipal Curbside Compost Collection - What Works and Why, MIT, 2014

• Zero Waste Project, Conservation Law Foundation

  • Slideshow: The Waste Crisis​

• Reusable take out containers, NYC example

• Green restaurant certification

• Terracycle Zero Waste Box

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ZW FOR KIDS

• Kids Versus Plastic, National Geographic

• The Problem with Plastic, Scholastic News

• Kids Against Plastic

• Recycling and Composting for Kids, San Francisco

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