Sustainability
One of the things I'm most proud of as the founder of An Eco • Organized Approach®, is that by working with us, you're making a profoundly positive impact on the environment and your local community.
- MARY ELLEN LUNDY, founder of An Eco • Organized Approach®
Hiring An Eco • Organized Approach® is Something You Can Feel Amazing About
Unlike other home organizers, we don't just come bearing trash bags. Our unique approach to home organization takes our planet into account. We first categorize and inventory your unwanted items to see what we're working with. We have a plan for nearly every type of unwanted item that exists (see below) to ensure we're not adding fill to landfills. What can be reused gets donated. What can be recycled gets recycled. All with the intent of infusing life back into your local community.
Textiles get broken down and recycled through local textile recycling programs. Types of unwanted items here may include stuffed animals, broken belts, tattered shoes, mismatched socks, old pillows, stained linens, along with any other fabric items. This process keeps items out of landfills and actually raises money for schools in your community. Textiles that are in great shape get donated to local women's and homeless shelters, sober living houses, nursing homes, coat drives, and humane societies.
Toiletries are donated to local teens and youth ministries who redistribute items to homeless individuals in Boston.
Unopened, unexpired food products are given to local food banks and we also partner with an organization called Blessing Box Global whose mission is to help individuals suffering from food and hygiene insecurity. Sustained through community donations, and available to anyone in need, blessing boxes are passive local systems (picture snack or drink machines without money being required) through which people can get access to basic needs.
We recycle glasses through the Lion's Club. There is a box outside of the post office in Stoughton, MA.
Keys get recycled through the local art teacher. They are used in a variety of projects for children in kindergarten through fifth grade.
These items are recyclable at Staples or Best Buy.
These items are recyclable at Staples or Best Buy.
We partner with the Dress for Success program, a nonprofit dedicated to empowering women to achieve economic independence by providing a network of support, professional attire and the development tools to help women thrive in work and in life.
We provide clients with bags for medical prescriptions that can then be mailed securely and directly from your home to a permanent waste medication collection site in your town or city.
Non-essential books are given to local free libraries in your area and scholastic book fairs.
These are donated to local women's shelters and sober living houses.
These are donated to local elementary and preschools, local boy scout and girl scout troops, as well as nursing homes (especially yarn).
