Description
Recycling Advisory Committee (RAC) Meeting Agenda
September 10, 2025, 8:00am – 9:30am
Minute Taker: Emily Lee
Hybrid Meeting
Join virtually: E-mail Mike Orr for login: morr@cambridgema.gov
Join in-person: 147 Hampshire Street
1. Housekeeping, 8:00am (10 min)
- Vote on June 2025 Minutes
- Lee Elliott has resigned from the RAC
- Conversation & Vote on Carlie Peters being co-chair along with Diane Roseman (and Debby Galef as secretary
- RAC term ends in December
2. City Updates (35 min)
- Annual waste mailer about how to properly sort waste should arrive in mailboxes this week
- Move-out waste update
- Waste Characterization: Would anyone be interested in volunteering to sort trash? City will provide all PPE. Monday and Thursday; 7:45am-11:45am
- September 29 & October 2
- October 6 & 9
- October 27 & 30
- Update on City’s trash generation rate
- Outreach events and volunteers update. Opportunities this Fall:
- Danehy Park Day – September 20, 11-3pm
- MIT’s Cambridge Science Festival – September 21, 12-4pm
- Arts in the Park: September 27
- Oktoberfest--October 12
3. Zero Waste Master Plan 2.0 (35 min)
- What are next steps for implementation?
- What interests each RAC member the most?
4. Closing, 9:20am (10 min)
- Public Comment
- Action Plan/Decisions
- Announcements
October meeting will feature Cambridge Conservation Commissioner Jen Letourneau
Committee members are appointed by the City Manager. All meetings are open to the public. Members of the public may speak during the public comment section for up to two minutes. If you wish to speak, please contact Mike Orr at 617 349-4815 or morr@cambridgema.gov by 1pm the day before the meeting. You may also email or mail written comments for inclusion in public comments in lieu of speaking during the meeting. The Committee Chair must grant permission to non-members who request to speak at the meeting.
Meeting Minutes are located online here: CambridgeMA.Gov/Services/Recycling
Upcoming Meetings in 2025
• October 8
• November 12
• December 10