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DEVENS ECO-EFFICIENCY CENTER Helping area businesses and organizations reduce their environmental impacts and operating costs through education, collaboration and technical assistance. |
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33 Andrews Parkway, Devens, Massachusetts, USA 978.772.8831 x3304 |
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Want to decrease monthly energy bills? EcoStar offers services that can help!
Ž Employee Outreach and Education - Achieve savings by powering down the office Ž Benchmark Building's Energy Use - Establish a baseline to track and measure progress Ž Professional Facility Energy Audit - Assess boilers, furnaces, compressors, lighting, more
Service are free for Devens businesses and EcoStar members. Learn more about these services. |
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Devens Regional Household Hazardous Products Collection Center |
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Location: 9 Cook Street, Devens, MA
Hours: Open March through December from 9AM–12PM on the first Wednesday and following Saturday of the month.
Website: www.devenshhw.com
Contact info: info@devenshhw.com 978-501-3943
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The Devens Regional Household Hazardous Products Collections Center is open in Devens and is a regional service that makes it easier for residents of Ayer, Bolton, Devens, Groton, Harvard, Lancaster, Littleton, Lunenburg, Shirley, and Townsend to properly manage toxic waste such as unused floor cleaners, leftover pool chemicals, and button batteries, providing additional protection to drinking water supplies, and delivering operational and financial savings to the participating towns. |
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Devens Eco-Efficiency Center to Help Businesses Reduce Waste and save Resources and Money The Devens Eco-Efficiency Center has received a Solid Waste Management Grant of $25,100 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Rural Development Utilities Program to provide a range of programs and technical assistance designed to enable businesses to save money by reducing the amount of solid waste they send to the landfill.
Services to be made available free of charge to the commercial, industrial, and not-for-profit entities in Devens until September 2012, include:
Q Waste audits and waste reduction plans; Q Educational materials, workshops and engagement programs; Q Establishment or expansion of internal recycle programs; Q Organics separation program for facilities with food waste; Q Repurpose of reusable materials in the waste stream; and Q Community-wide pallet recycling program.
Learn more about this grant. The Devens Eco-Efficiency Center has helped firms reduce their waste management costs by as much as 50% by implementing programs that reduce waste, increase recycling, and divert materials with reuse potential. The Center’s Great Exchange program enables partnerships that repurpose nearly 100 tons of materials annually and provide participants with more than $70,000 in savings from avoided expenses.
The mission of the Devens Eco-Efficiency Center is to help establishments reduce operating costs and environmental impacts by delivering education, enabling collaboration and providing technical services. Dona Neely, Executive Director of the non-profit entity, explains “the goal of the services that the Center provides is to help make resources – economic, material and environmental – last longer.” The organization was created in 2007 to expand the sustainability assistance that was being provided through the EcoStar program.
To learn more about the above listed waste-reduction services and the Devens Eco-Efficiency Center, contact Dona Neely at donaneely@ecostardevens.com or 978-772-8831 x3304. |
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How Can the Devens Eco-Efficiency Center Help You? Want to make your business more environmentally friendly and reduce expenses? Do you have an idea for a sustainability topic for future workshop training sessions or roundtables? Do you have a routine waste stream that has reuse potential for another organization? Contact Dona Neely, Director of the Devens Eco-Efficiency Center, to talk about what the Devens Eco-Efficiency Center can do for your business.
Also check out our Services page. If you don't see a sustainability service that meets your needs, contact us. Our wide network of technical, governmental and educational organization contacts allows us to expand our services and help you partner with the right organizations. |
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COMPOSTING SERVICES* The Devens Eco-Efficiency Center now offers organizations a variety of education, technical assistance and support for implementing composting programs in Devens and surrounding area towns. Check out our new COMPOSTING webpage for more details and to take advantage of our FREE composting technical assistance.
*These composting services are being partially funded by a grant from the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection. |
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Turn your trash into treasure! The Great Exchange is a forum to divert unwanted items and materials from the landfill to reusable opportunities. See what is currently available in The Great Exchange! One facility's trash is another's treasure - save money from avoided disposal or purchasing costs.
In 2012 more than 61 tons of unwanted material was repurposed and 49 participants saved more than $24,200 in avoided purchasing and disposal costs! See a full list of materials and participants here.
MAKING HEADLINES! The Great Exchange and a number of its partners also made local headlines recently for their work to repurpose materials and donations for the homeless. Read the full story here.
Follow this link for more information on the exchange or contact us directly to evaluate options for your company’s waste streams, outdated inventories, idle equipment, unwanted furniture, etc. |
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More Free Services - Free Stuff
The Eco-Efficiency Center provides free logistical and employee engagement assistance to help facilities establish or strengthen a recycle program. Contact the Center to learn how your firm can comply with the State's Waste Ban that requires the diversion of recyclable materials and decrease waste management costs. |
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Thanks to all participants for making the Devens Eco-Efficiency Centers’ "Partner for Profits" event on January 30, 2013 a huge success! The event hosted 39 attendees from 22 area establishments and participants partnered to repurpose over 6,000 pounds of furniture, office supplies, packing materials, arts and crafts items, and more!
Learn more about the award winning Great Exchange program here!
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Annual Report On-line! In 2012 the Devens Eco-Efficiency Center established new waste reduction programs that captured 500,000 pounds of materials for recycling, repurposed 62 tons of unwanted materials through The Great Exchange, led and participated in several educational forums, received an award for Outstanding Organization from the Nashoba Valley Chamber of Commerce, and more! Please take a few minutes to read the 2012 Annual Report to learn more about the year's accomplishments and how the Eco-Efficiency Center could benefit your facility. |
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DEVENS EARTH DAY 2013—A Great Success!! An impressive 70 volunteers came out to celebrate Earth Day and help with community betterment projects. Activities included picking up 18 bags of trash, planting four gardens, clearing three hiking trails, removing several bags of invasive plants, and painting 10 turtle crossing signs! Participants came from BMS, Devens Enterprise Commission, Johnson Matthey Pharma Services, MassDevelopment, Parker Charter School, Saint-Gobain and Xionetics. Thank you to all who participated!
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Earth Day Every Day!
Get Your Sneaks and Take a Hike! Follow us and we’ll show you the sites in Devens: Thursday, May 16, Mirror Lake—Check out this hidden jewel in Devens. Hike the path around the lake and admire the steeply sloping eskers that provide a beautiful backdrop for the lake.
Other upcoming hikes (12:00-1:00PM meeting at 33 Andrews Pkwy.): Tuesday, May 21, Shepley’s Hill Please RSVP for all or any of these activities. We look forward to seeing you!! |
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Bristol-Myers Squibb Employees Planting flowers at the Sweetheart Memorial -Jackson Rd. |
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Johnson Matthey Employees cleaning up the stonedust trail off of Jackson and Patton Road |
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Saint Gobain employees picked up trash along Barnum & painted turtle crossing road signs! |
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Xionetics Employees picked up several huge bags of trash from Devens trails. |
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Environmental Health and Safety (EHS): OSHA UPDATE Save the date! - Friday, May 31, 2013 8:00AM to 10:00AM 33 Andrews Parkway, Devens, MA Conf. Rm 1
Dale Varney, OSHA Compliance Assistance Specialist, will be our guest speaker. Mr. Varney has a 24 year career with the Department of Labor and is a valuable resource of information. His presentation will include a review of current OSHA regulations, pending changes and agency priorities. He will also review accident trends and offer recommendations of how to keep employees safe in the work place. Additionally there will be time for interactive conversations to address attendee questions and concerns.
RSVP now by emailing donaneely@ecostardevens.com or calling Dona at 978-772-8831 x3304. Refreshments will be available. Check out our complete list of upcoming EHS Roundtables |
