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MassDEP updates Recycling Market Development action plan; innovation grants to name finalists in December
Summary
The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection on a virtual call in October 2025 updated stakeholders on the agency's Recycling Market Development action plan and funding tools aimed at growing in-state markets for recycled materials.
The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection on a virtual call in October 2025 updated stakeholders on the agency's Recycling Market Development action plan and funding tools aimed at growing in-state markets for recycled materials.
Claudine Elian, commercial waste reduction branch chief at MassDEP, told the work group the action plan was first published in February 2024 and that staff are preparing an update by the end of the calendar year. Elian said the agency has expanded the Recycling and Reuse Business Development Grant (RBDG) eligibility to include reuse projects, maintained the recycling loan fund administered by BDC Capital, and launched a Waste Reduction Innovation Grant earlier this…
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