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Regional Environmental Council of Central Massachusetts
P.O. Box 255
Worcester, MA 01613
Tel: 508-799-9139
Fax: 508-799-9147
Email: recouncil[at]recworcester.org

Location: 9 Castle St #1
Worcester, MA 01610
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Environmental Health and Justice Program
 
Environmental problems disproportionately impact certain neighborhoods, communities, and regions. REC’s environmental justice program focuses energy in the Main South and Piedmont neighborhoods where many people of low income communities are overburdened with environmental injustice.
Older and deteriorated housing, limited open space, high traffic volumes, the close proximity of homes to business, and employment in industries such as auto-body shops, beauty salons, and cleaning combine to increase health risks of residents.

These are the same people who are most often excluded from environmental decision making and access to information that could support taking on environmental problems,  due to the barriers of language and poverty, and the racism and classism in our society. 

 
The environmental justice program works in collaboration with  local people  to improve the quality of life in reclaiming basic rights to clean air, parks and green space, community gardens, safe drinking water, and healthy homes and neighborhoods in the inner city.
 
The Environmental Health and Justice Program is multifaceted and responds to many different forms of environmental injustice. Click on the links below for more details.
 
  Click here for information about Worcester's trash and recycling policies, hazardous waste days, cleanup events, and the Main South Trash Action Group.
 
Toxics in the Home   Click here for information on REC's Toxic Reduction Program - Safe Products In Neighborhoods (SPIN) / Toxicos en Su Hogar (TESH), the Alliance for a Healthy Tomorrow (AHT), the Toxic Use Reduction Institute (TURI), Environmental Sampling, and Clean Dirt
 
 
Last Updated 4/10/08