Chelsea Center Programs & Services

The Chelsea Center offered a range of technical and business programs and services to support manufacturers that utilize or are interested in utilizing recovered feedstocks in Massachusetts; municipalities interested in developing or increasing a recycled product manufacturing base; and service providers and others interested in learning more about the recycling industry. The Chelsea Center also published a Directory of Services for the Recycling Industry that highlights over 40 providers of technical and business services in Massachusetts. ADD LINK TO DIRECTORY

The Chelsea Center offered a variety of services, primarily to manufacturers that use, or are interested in using, recovered materials. This work may be done directly with an individual company or on a sector-wide basis. Based on the Strategic Plan for Recycling Market Development, priority materials for fiscal year 2000 include, but were not limited to:

• Glass - mixed glass containers; other (non-container) glass
• Paper - mixed paper; high grades
• Wood - pallets and shipping containers; tree residues; construction and demolition wood
• Organics - food waste
• Textiles - used clothing
• Tires - new scrap tires, old scrap tires
• Used Carpet - all grades
• Plastics - low density polyethylene/LDPE (non-film); polypropylene/PP; film; mixed plastic bottles and containers

The Chelsea Center offered programs and services such as Grants, Internships, Marketing Assistance, Information Gathering and Dissemination, and Referrals.

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Chelsea Center for Recycling and Economic Development