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Springfield Eco-Industrial Baseline Study, City of Springfield Department of Planning, Springfield, MA, May, 2001

The City of Springfield identified commercial and industrial sectors that may provide feedstock for recycling-based businesses or other businesses that could be attracted to the City. A Geographic Information Systems (GIS)-compatible database was created to map this information, including local materials recovery facilities, transportation and other infrastructure elements. The report identifies remanufacturing, deconstruction, byproduct exchange and small business opportunities based on an examination of materials flows, and investigates new eco-industrial business opportunities for a vacant brownfield site in the City.

Feasibility Study of Hospital Bed as Product for Inner City Remanufacturing Enterprise, Asian Community Development Corporation (ACDC), Boston, MA, June, 2001

This report is a technical analysis and marketing study of the remanufacturing of hospital beds in Boston as part of a larger medical equipment remanufacturing enterprise.

Materials Flow Through the Community: Creating New Resource Opportunities, Center for Ecological Technology, Pittsfield, MA, August, 2000

This report documents efforts in the Adams/North Adams region to identify the flow of materials generated by businesses as inputs and outputs through the local economy. The project identifies several opportunities for businesses to work cooperatively and save money by reducing disposal and purchasing costs, as well as how public-private partnerships can spur such activities.

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Centralized Forest Product Wood Recycling for the North Quabbin, Millers River Community Development Corporation, June, 2001

This is an economic feasibility study that quantifies the types and amounts of waste wood available in the North Quabbin area, including low-grade logs, lumber, and sawmill residues, and identifies possible high value products that can be created from these materials. The study reveals that a present, there may not be an opportunity for a profitable business from such materials.

Remanufacturing Enterprise for the Inner City, Boston University, Boston, MA, September, 2000

This study looks at the opportunities for a medical equipment remanufacturing business in Boston’s Chinatown, including types of equipment available, legal and regulatory constraints, and end markets, and includes a business plan element. The study recommends hospital beds as a potential product for remanufacture.

Sustainable New Bedford Phase I, Marsha Gorden, TRTG, Cambridge, MA, November 2002

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A Feasibility Analysis for the Expansion of Corex, Inc.,
Phase II City of Springfield; Kit Perkins, New Ecology, Inc., August, 2002

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