The EPA archived resource pages on unit-price trash systems lives here: https://archive.epa.gov/wastes/conserve/tools/payt/web/pdf/payasyou.pdf . Though EPA no longer updates this information, it may be a useful resource. The document includes a spreadsheet for evaluating the potential economic and environmental impacts of unit-price systems.
Adding a new Project to the Green Acton website
Here are instructions for how editors and administrators can add a new Project to the Green Acton website.
Reducing Carbon Footprint by replacing streetlights.
Earlier in 2014, the Municipal Properties office released this report on streetlight replacements.
Background: How to Measure a Town’s Carbon Footprint (Marlborough model)
In 2007, Jennifer Boudrie released a 65 page report entitled “Energy and Environmental Inventory For Marlborough, Massachusetts“. She shows how to use EPA formulas and data from utilities and the municipality to create a detailed carbon emissions inventory. The carefully documented details in the report give an excellent starting point for creating and updating an inventory… Continue reading →
Background: Private Hauler regulations
Here’s the brief prepared by Doug Halley (Health Director) and Jim Snyder-Grant (Green Acton) for the Board of Health:
The Great Acton Energy Challenge
The Acton Energy Challenge was a campaign run by Green Acton, the Town of Acton, AB PIP STEM, and Sagewell, Inc. in 2012. Sagewell continues to offer this service at https://www.sagewell.com/ Here’s an archive of the campaign.