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In August, 2018 the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP) announced a groundbreaking, statewide recycling education initiative to reduce contamination in recycling by asking residents to “do their part and recycle smart.”
The cornerstone of this initiative is a new website called RecycleSmartMA.org that features the “Smart Recycling Guide.” The website includes the “Recyclopedia” search tool*, where residents can search for hundreds of items (from paper bags to pizza boxes) to find out how to properly manage them.
*Although this tool quite useful, it is not 100% compatible with the Western Mass Recycling Program and what is currently acceptable at the Springfield MRF. Please feel free to confirm on the Springfield MRF website or with DPW at 567-3400