Recycling Advisory Committee Meeting

Description

Recycling Advisory Committee (RAC) Meeting Agenda

Minute Taker: Emily Lee

Remote Meeting

To join virtually email Mike Orr for the meeting link:  morr@cambridgema.gov

1. Housekeeping, 8:00am (10 min)

• Vote on March 2026 Minutes

2. City Updates (15 min)

• First Mobile Recycle Center: April 22 at Tobin School, 4-7:30pm.
  • 2nd event: May 20 at former Kennedy Longfellow School (near 104 Fulkerson St)
• Outreach events upcoming
  • Earth Day at Main Library: Finished Compost giveaway
  • Fix It Clinic on May 9
• Casella tour debrief

3. Letter to Commissioner (10 min.): Review and vote on letter to Commissioner John Nardone from RAC regarding ZWMP 2.0 implementation.

4. Breakout rooms to discuss interests and think about goals for the RAC (45 min)

• Goal: Do people feel like they want to form sub-committees to meet outside of RAC meetings? Is there a topic that jumps to the top of peoples’ interests?
• From last months’ PPT: Map that the RAC created: https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/viewer?ll=42.37819667686885%2C-71.18875086655196&z=12&mid=1OrWa1xjXqBq8fN5KCYtSidJI0aQSXfs
  • 97,000 views since publishing in September 2023.
• Breakout into 3 “virtual” rooms. Potential rooms: Reduce & Reuse, Food Waste Diversion, Community Outreach, Encouraging diversion of other items (textiles, e-waste), Restaurant reduce/reuse.

5. Closing, 9:20am (10 min)

• Public Comment
• Action Plan/Decisions
• Announcements
  • May 13 meeting will be Hybrid with preference for in-person. 8:00-8:45am, we will have a coffee meet and greet with Commissioners John Nardone & Jennifer Mathews.

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

• May 13
• June 10
• September 9
• October 14
• November 18 (note the delay due to Veterans Day holiday)
• December 9