Interested in Reusables? A Message from MassDEP:
Please join the next MassDEP Reduce & Reuse Working Group meeting. Reconnect, share new resources, and look ahead to what’s in store for 2025!
Jan. 22, 2025
1:00 – 2:30 p.m. on Zoom.
Registration required
The meeting will feature recent developments for reusable foodservice ware in Massachusetts, including Best Practices for Reusable Takeout Containers and Re:Dish’s debut in the Greater Boston area (hint: they are a third-party warewashing facility!). MassDEP staff will also share upcoming grant opportunities and updates since our last meeting.
Meeting Agenda:
- Update: BMPs for Reusable Takeout Containers at Food Establishments in MA – Claudine Ellyin, MassDEP
- Re:Dish has opened in MA! – Caroline Vanderlip, Founder/CEO
- Walpole Schools’ Re:Dish experience – Maria Hall, Director of School Nutrition
- Reduce, Reuse, Repair Micro-Grants – Leah Kelleher, MassDEP
- Next area of focus: bulky items
There will be time for open discussion at the end. The Reduce & Reuse Working Group is a forum for discussion of source reduction and reuse regulations, policies, and programs in Massachusetts.
Please feel free to share this meeting invitation with your networks. All are welcome!