Related Links - Waste Prevention Research and Education Resources

New York City

•  Appleseed Inc. -- Helps businesses, government, and nonprofit organizations promote economic growth and expand the boundaries of economic opportunity
•  Earth 911 -- Provides information on recycling, household hazardous waste, water and air quality, and useful links
•  NYC Thrift Shops and Flea Markets
•  NYC Wastele$$.com -- Provides extensive suggestions on how New Yorkers can prevent waste as individuals, in government, and in business.
•  Per Scholas Access Through Technology -- Computer recycling resource

Non-NYC

•  Association of Municipal Recycling Coordinators -- Network of Ontario, Canada, recycling programs, legislation analysis, and education resources
•  California Resource Recovery Association -- A non-profit that works to expand markets for recycled materials and promote sustainable materials policies, and is a clearinghouse for information, innovation, and industry/government initiatives
•  Center for a New American Dream --"Helps Americans consume responsibly to protect the environment, enhance quality of life and promote social justice"
•  Cornell University News Service
•  Direct Marketing Association -- Resources to end telemarketer calls, junk mail, and unsolicited commercial e-mail
•  Dump & Run -- Campus garbage swap organization
•  Ecology Action -- Waste reduction and pollution prevention in California
•  Environment -- The US Attorney General's Environmental Protection Bureau
•  Epicenter News -- Santa Cruz, California, environmental forum
•  Franklin Associates, Ltd. -- "Provides independent consulting services in solid waste management and life cycle assessment to clients in public agencies and private industries"
•  Fun Facts About Recycling
•  Global Anti-Incinerator Alliance (GAIA)
•  Glass Packaging Institute,
•  Green Waste -- Organization dedicated to achieving zero waste
•  HVCN Environment Information Center -- Links to resources on recycling and reuse, agriculture, conservation and ecology, advocacy organizations, nature centers, and natural resources
•  Institute for Local Self-Reliance (ILSR) -- "Nonprofit research and educational organization that provides technical assistance and information on environmentally sound economic development strategies"
•  Junk Mail Opt-Out
•  Midpoint International Inc. -- Specializes in recycling products and programs
•  National Recycling Coalition -- Organization of 4,500 members that promotes resource conservation, solid waste reduction, environmental protection, energy conservation, and social and economic development. Provides many useful recycling resources and links.
•  National Waste Prevention Coalition -- Junk mail reduction, reuse, packaging reduction, and more
•  North Carolina Dept. of Environment and Natural Resources -- Junk mail opt-out
•  Planet Ark -- Home of Reuters' Daily World Environment News
•  Raymond Communications Home -- Recycling policy news
•  Research Triangle Institute -- Independent, non-profit scientific research organization
•  Reuse Development Organization (ReDo) -- "Promotes reuse as an environmentally sound, socially beneficial and economical means for managing surplus and discarded materials"
•  Rutgers Cooperative Extension -- Resources for recycling, composting, and more in New Jersey
•  San Mateo County [CA] RecycleWorks -- Information on making less waste, recycling, and composting yard waste
•  Solid Waste Digest -- Market analysis of the waste industry
•  Sound Resource Management -- Economic analyses of waste reduction, recycling, resource conservation to promote zero waste
•  Treecycle -- Provides environmentally sensitive paper products
•  Unique Recyclables Facility List -- Pennsylvania DEP resource lists markets for unusual recycling materials such as drywall, cooking oil, Tyvek, and more
•  University of California/Davis -- Fun facts about recycling
•  Waste Prevention Clip Art Gallery -- Pictures to use on posters/flyers
•  Waste Prevention World Home Page -- Extensive research, educational, and technical support from the California Integrated Waste Management Board
•  Waste Reduction-Recycling Coordinators home page -- News articles, educational materials, and general resources for California recycling coordinators

New York City Agencies

•  Citizens Budget Commission -- Non-profit organization that works to influence change in NYC's and NY State's government finances and services
•  City Agency Contact Information
•  Community Assistance Unit -- NYC's CAU homepage
•  Industrial Technology Assistance Corp (ITAC) -- Not-for-profit economic development organization
•  Measuring Waste Prevention in NYC (PDF, 500 kb) -- Science Applications International's (SAIC's) report
•  New York City Council
•  NYC Department of Sanitation (DSNY)
•  NYC DSNY Recycling and Waste Prevention Reports -- Catalog of NYC Dept. of Sanitation reports
•  NYC Independent Budget Office (IBO)

EPA Sites

•  Characterization of Municipal Solid Waste in the United States -- Year 2000 facts and figures
•  EPA's Cutting the Waste Stream in Half (PDF, 1.6 Mb) -- Report on communities with record-setting residential or municipal solid waste reduction levels
•  EPA's Environmental Accounting Project -- "To encourage and motivate business to understand the full spectrum of their environmental costs, and integrate these costs into decision making"
•  Information Sources -- List of EPA databases and software
•  MSW State Data -- State-by-state analysis of municipal solid waste
•  Multi-family Recycling (PDF, 800 kb) -- A national study assessing the efficacy of such recycling programs
•  Prevention, Recycling & Solid Waste Bookmarks File -- Extensive links website: waste prevention resources and specific materials guidelines (e.g., for batteries, glass, computers, etc.)
•  Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) Program -- Publicly accessible EPA database detailing information on toxic chemical releases and waste management activities reported annually by plants in certain industry groups as well as federal facilities
•  Waste Reduction Resources -- "Technical assistance resources for the development and implementation of organizational solid waste reduction programs"
•  Waste Prevention -- EPA's waste prevention homepage

INFORM Resources

•  Community Waste Prevention Toolkit -- A resource to help US communities and organizations plan and implement effective local solid waste prevention programs
•  Extended Producer Responsibility -- Summarizes eight years of INFORM's published research on EPR
•  Germany, Garbage, and the Green Dot -- Executive summary of INFORM's ground-breaking report
•  Getting an "A" at Lunch -- Reducing waste in college campus dining halls
•  Waste in the Wireless World -- Summary and complete PDF version of this 2002 report on disposal of cell phones and other wireless devices

Journals and Periodicals

• Recycling Today -- "Portal for the professional recycling industry"
• Resource Recycling -- Recycling and composting journal
• Solid Waste Digest
• Waste Age -- "The solid waste industry's leading publication"