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CET continues to put many of its publications online. If you would like to order a copy of a publication that is not yet available online, please send an email message to Susan or call her at (413) 445-4556 ext. 16.

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General Consumer Information

Set up recycling at your next community event!

Environmental Tips for Tenants and Homeowners

Before You "Junk" Unwanted Mail...Reduce It!

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle for the Holidays

Buying Recycled Products

Buy Recycled Fact Sheet: Paper Products

Buy Recycled Fact Sheet: Non-paper Office Supplies

Buy Recycled Fact Sheet: Toner Cartridges

Massachusetts Buy Recycled Resource Directory
(This is a May 2000 publication of the Massachusetts Buy Recycled Business Alliance)

Composting

Home

How to Make Healthy Compost

Farm and Commercial Scale

Increasing Food Waste Recycling in the Greater Boston Area (2001)

Strategies to Increase Food Waste Recycling in the Greater Boston Area (1999)

Building a Market-based System of Farm Composting of Commercial Food Waste in Western Massachusetts (2000)

Composting commercial food waste and waxed corrugated cardboard on farms - Operational Checklist

Sample Northampton School Composting RFB

Sample Northampton Restaurant Group Composting RFP

Composting in Restaurants and Schools- A Municipal Toolkit

Green Building

Presentation: MA Energy Code and Green Building

Presentation: Catch the Wave to Green Building

Handout: Adopting a Green Building Standard

Handout: HVAC Requirements for the MA Residential Energy Code

Hazardous and Difficult Materials

Qs and As About the Safe Disposal of Batteries

Proper Care and Disposal of Scrap Tires

Qs and As About In-home Use of Hazardous Products

Recycle Your Used Motor Oil

Mercury in our Environment

Alternatives to Using Household Hazardous Substances (Less Toxic Cleaning)

Reduce your use of Household Hazardous Products

Making sense of product labels

Healthy lawns and landscapes

Renewable Energy Resources

Berkshire Green Building Open House 2007

Resources for Teachers

Mercury Curriculum for 4th- 8th grades

Reuse

Start a swap shop in your community!

Resources for ReUse - Berkshire County

Sustainable Communities

Municipal Handouts

Green Municipal Buildings

How to promote clean energy

Example activities for energy committees

MA Case Studies

Nov. 8, 2007 Greening Your Community Workshop

Amherst Energy task Force

Greening your community

Greening your community agenda

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