Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection adds language translations to waste ban factsheets
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BOSTON, May 15, 2024 — In efforts to improve waste ban outreach and engagement with the state of Massachusetts’ diverse population, the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection has added translations of up to 10 languages for two of its waste ban factsheets.
The fact sheets, titled “What are the Massachusetts Waste Bans?” and “Property Managers & the Waste Bins,” now have translations in the following languages:
- Arabic
- Cape Verdean Creole
- Chinese (simplified)
- French
- Haitian Creole
- Khmer
- Portuguese (Brazilian)
- Russian
- Spanish
- Vietnamese
MassDEP has also provided translations in 11 languages of its Smart Recycling Guide for its Recycle Smart MA program, an education initiative developed in 2018 to educate state residents on what can and cannot be recycled.
This work is part of the ongoing implementation of the Healey-Driscoll administration’s Environmental Justice Strategy, a series of initiatives and programs for advancing environmental justice and equity across the Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs and its agencies, according to the EEA’s official strategy outline. One of the key components of the Environmental Justice Strategy is developing language access plans consistent with and under the Executive Office for Administration & Finance Bulletin #16 and Executive Order 615.
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