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- Sustainable Materials Recovery Grant Programs
A program of the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection, the Sustainable Materials Recovery Program (SMRP) offers grants in many categories to help improve recycling, composting, reuse and household waste diversion programs. Over the past decade, the City of Malden has taken advantage of a number of opportunities provided by this program including the following:
Funds from RDP have helped Malden in many different areas of advancement in the materials recovery and recycling space. It provides funding for the following:
In 2021, the City of Malden switched its trash and recycling collection program to wheeled carts. The Cart Grant funded Malden over $200,000 towards the purchase of our new carts.
A program implemented first in 2021 to help our residents better understand how to properly use our recycling program has now grown into an annual program where workers go throughout the City looking for opportunities to educate residents on how to properly recycle.