Boston Zero Waste Tips During Coronavirus

Press release from the City of Boston:

February 16, 2021

Let's continue to work together to keep our city clean, reduce emissions, and work towards a Zero Waste Boston.

COVID-19 has changed our habits of disposing, reducing, and reusing materials. In order to take the proper precautions to keep yourself, your family, customers, and our community safe, our day-to-day materials and how we dispose of them has drastically changed over the past year.

Many people use single-use masks and gloves, more packages are being delivered to homes, and take-out has increased as we continue to support our local and small businesses.

Approximately six percent of Boston’s greenhouse gas emissions come from the City’s discarded materials. The Zero Waste Boston initiative moves Boston towards zero-waste and helps lower carbon emissions with expanded composting options and increased access to recycling opportunities across the city.

Here are some tips on how Bostonians can remain safe and healthy, while also keeping our communities and environment clean.

This press release was produced by the City of Boston. The views expressed here are the author’s own.