For Your Farm or Business

At Barrington Coffee Roasters, roastmaster Paul Dodds scoops the hulls of coffee beans into the trash. The company just began working with CET (2007) to reduce their trash volume--these hulls are headed to the compost pile. Some of them are also providing warmth and cushioning to the flock in a CET's employee's chicken coop!

At CET, we believe that when businesses adopt green practices, they strengthen our local economy and quality of life.

CET helps private business and farms contribute to their communities by becoming more environmentally and economically sustainable. We offer many programs, tailored to the needs of small and medium-sized businesses and farms in Western Massachusetts.

Save Money & Reduce Waste

The Massachusetts Materials Exchange can help your business save money in disposal costs and purchasing costs by finding reuse opportunities for byproducts, surplus materials, used furniture and equipment you no longer need. Hundreds of businesses have benefited economically from the program while meeting environmental goals. Visit www.MaterialsExchange.org to check listings of available items or to place listings for wanted materials. Search our fully interactive database online. Materials Exchange staff are available to assist your business or organization with your particular needs. Contact CET for more information or if you would like schedule a presentation for your business group.

Purchase Recycled Copy Paper

Businesses can recycle cell phones and printer cartridges for free by dropping them off at CET offices in Pittsfield (112 Elm Street) and Northampton (26 Market Street). Contact Jamie for more information.

Find high quality, competitively priced copy paper with recycled content, which you can purchase directly from CET. Contact CET to make an order, or to learn more. CET is part of the Recycled Products Cooperative. If your Businesses is outside of Massachusetts, use this link: Recycled Products Cooperative.

CET employee Dave Miner collects office paper for recycling.

CET offers Recycling Services for businesses, including office paper recycling and document destruction services. We serve over 150 businesses in Berkshire County, from Great Barrington to Williamstown and North Adams. Learn more or sign up for recycling services.

If you have food waste to dispose of or are interested in hauling or processing food waste, our Food Waste Recycling Project can help. Find toolkits for schools and restaurant composting, as well as other resources.

CET's successful on-farm composting program has been highlighted by the EPA as a "Turning Garbage into Gold" success story.

Disposing of unwanted dial-down thermostats? Thermostats can contain mercury, so they need to be recycled appropriately.

If you need specialized assistance not available through our grant-funded programs, consider CET's fee-based consulting services.

Looking to save money, add value to the bottom line and help the environment? The Massachusetts Earth 911 Business Website and Recycling Locator can help! This new, online resource provides small- and medium-sized businesses with:

A ZIP Code specific locator to easily find local recycling service providers
An expansive list of source reduction, reuse and recycling suggestions
Guidelines on how to create a waste reduction plan, conduct a waste assessment and set up an office recycling program
Information on how and where to buy recycled content products