by MEC | Sep 4, 2023 | Initiatives, Recycling
MEC’s Textile Recycling Drive on Saturday, August 19th was a success, thanks to all who donated! Between 9am and 1pm on Saturday, August 19th, while cars and trucks continuously streamed through the parking lot at Mashpee Middle-High School to drop off their household hazardous waste products with the Barnstable County staff, close to 60 residents stopped by the MEC-sponsored Bay State Textile trailer and dropped off 2,250 lbs of unwanted textiles.
Our thanks to Mashpee DPW for supporting our efforts — and to everyone who participated by keeping their hazardous waste products out of our waters, and their textiles out of our trash!
by MEC | Jul 9, 2023 | Initiatives, Recycling
The Mashpee Environmental Coalition (MEC) has joined forces with the Mashpee Department of Public Works in an effort to promote textile recycling. Several MEC board members met recently with Catherine Laurent of the Mashpee DPW to discuss how best to get information to residents regarding the now-mandatory recycling of all types of clothing and textiles. An information sheet as well as a new sandwich board sign at the Transfer Station both outline items that, as of November 1, 2022, must now be recycled and not discarded. A Textile Drive, sponsored by MEC, has also been scheduled for Saturday, August 19, 2023, between 9:00am and 1:00pm at the Mashpee Middle/High School in conjunction with the Barnstable County Upper Cape Household Hazardous Waste Collection event.
by MEC | Apr 25, 2023 | Education, Enviromental Data
The Mashpee Environmental Coalition partnered with Mashpee Clean Waters, Mashpee Ponds Coalition, and Save Mashpee-Wakeby Pond Alliance to present an online Clean Water Forum on March 30, 2023. At this forum, Paul Colombo, chair of the Mashpee Conservation Commission and Dan Kent, Assistant Conservation Agent, participated in a live Q&A event on the town’s proposed wetlands buffer zone changes. The recording may be viewed at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKe7BJ3Ze90
by MEC | Mar 10, 2023 | Initiatives, Scholarship
PRESS RELEASE: March 2023
The Mashpee Environmental Coalition (MEC) is pleased to announce that a scholarship will again be awarded this year to one or more qualified Mashpee High School seniors. The MEC Scholarship is designed to encourage students who are dedicated to the environment, and who plan to continue their education at a higher education institution. Since the scholarship began in May 2020, thus far five scholarships have been awarded to deserving students.
by MEC | Sep 10, 2020 | Enviromental Data, Initiatives
The Mashpee Environmental Coalition board voted this month to review and expand its website, so more recent town initiatives and assets are highlighted — including Mashpee’s Pollinator Gardens, the Herring and Shellfish Programs, Mashpee Community Garden, Mashpee National Wildlife Refuge, Mashpee Community Park and Veterans Garden, and the Mashpee Environmental Coalition scholarship. With an aim at finding new ways to collaborate, information about local, like-minded organizations will also be expanded to include groups such as Mashpee Clean Waters, Save Popponesset Bay, Citizens for the Protection of Waquoit Bay, and Friends of the Mashpee National Wildlife Refuge.
