Episodes: 56
Frequency: Irregular
Rating: 5.0/5.0
Estimated listeners: < 100
Listener location: USA
Instagram: 307 followers
Publicly listed emails
admin@massrecycle.org
president@massrecycle.org
info@anyassociation.org
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Gretchen Carey - President of MassRecycle and New England Recycling and Organics Coordinator for Republic Services.
Waneta Trabert - Vice President of MassRecycle and Director of the Sustainable Materials Management Division for the City of Newton.
Sarah Healey - Campus Zero-waste Programs, Textile Reuse, And The Intersection Of Sustainability And Social Justice.
Maria Gorret Nampiima - Sustainability, Social Justice, Textile Reuse, And Redistributing Laundered Student Bedding.
Neil Rhein - Litter Prevention, Community Cleanups, Youth Education, Environmental Stewardship, And Statewide Litter Legislation.
Brian Taylor - Recycling Industry Trends, Plastics Recycling, Extended Producer Responsibility, Misinformation, And Sustainable Materials Management.
Anthony Novelli - Modern Landfill Design And Operations, Waste Containment, Groundwater Protection, Methane Control, And Regional Waste Management.
Episode 61: EPR Explained: Policy, Product Stewardship, and Producer Responsibility
October 08, 2026
Extended Producer Responsibility, or EPR, is a valuable legal tool to shift the costs of a product’s waste management away from taxpayers and onto the manufacturers. In this episode, Gretchen interviews Waneta, MassRecycle’s resident EPR expert, on her experiences with EPR and product stewardship throughout her career. They discuss the evolution of EPR policies in Europe and in the U.S., and the challenges in holding producers fiscally and operationally responsible for their produ...
Episode 60: When the Funding Dries Up
August 03, 2026
When a key state grant vanished, one Cape Cod town’s marine debris recycling program nearly sank. Mike Cicale, foreman of the Wellfleet transfer station and former MassRecycle Board member, joins Gretchen and Waneta to share how the town responded, navigating messy reimbursement rules, vendor mix‑ups, transportation snags, and the steep learning curve of grant management to keep the project afloat. With help from neighboring towns, Wellfleet turned informal regional partnerships into real p...
Episode 59: When Sustainability Meets Social Justice
July 08, 2026
The Boston University “Goodwill, Not Landfill” team faced a recurring challenge after student move‑out: thousands of pounds of good-quality bedding left behind that Goodwill couldn’t accept due to sanitary concerns. In response, Maria Gorret Nampiima, a graduate student in the BU School of Theology’s Faith and Ecological Justice program, with support from BU Zero Waste Manager Sarah Healey and a cross-campus team of invested faculty and staff, launched a volunteer-powered effort to launder, ...
Waste World · Medium booking difficulty · < 100 listeners
The Selling Circular Podcast · Medium booking difficulty · 100 - 1,000 listeners
MassRecycle Podcast is hosted by Gretchen Carey and Waneta Trabert. Its publicly listed emails are admin@massrecycle.org, president@massrecycle.org, and info@anyassociation.org. For guest bookings, the host or producer is usually the best person to reach. Podseeker helps you find direct host and producer contacts and pitch from your own inbox.
The publicly listed emails for MassRecycle Podcast: admin@massrecycle.org, president@massrecycle.org, and info@anyassociation.org.
Podseeker estimates MassRecycle Podcast reaches fewer than 100 listeners per episode. Only the publisher has exact numbers.
MassRecycle Podcast typically books working professionals with real expertise. Typical guest background: Massachusetts or New England sustainability practitioners, nonprofit and environmental organization leaders, municipal officials, recycling and waste-management executives, policy advocates, industry experts, and professionals leading successful zero-waste or reuse initiatives. Common among recent guests: Leading regional or municipal sustainability programs; Founding or directing environmental nonprofits and community initiatives; Developing successful recycling, reuse, organics-diversion, or zero-waste projects. Recent guests include Sarah Healey, Maria Gorret Nampiima, and Neil Rhein.
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