General Recycling Links

Recycling Links

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General Links:

The Greater Philadelphia Commercial Recycling Council has provided its members with a forum for discussing recycling and related environmental issues in the Delaware Valley.

PA DEP's webpages on Construction and Demolition Waste

The Earth 911 Database is a nationwide database of recycling and HHW facilities and programs that puts geographically specific information at your fingertips. The site includes information on recycling centers, household hazardous waste, and buy recycled.

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NERC's Material Exchanges in the Northeast

NERC's "Best Management Practices Guidebook for Special Event-Generated Waste in Rural Communities".

Environmental Industry Interactive Site

Global Recycling Network - "Internet's Recycling Business Center"

PA DEP -The PA Department of Environmental Protection

The America Recycles Day website

Pennsylvania Resources Council website

EcoIQ.com provides media and educational products and services, and focuses on the strategies, tactics and tools needed by leaders, educators, and advocates working for sustainability.

EcoIQ operates EcoSpeakers.com, which works to expand the audience for the valuable ideas and good work of event planners who focus on the transition to a more sustainable future.

Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool (EPEAT)
EPEAT is a procurement tool to help institutional purchasers in the public and private sectors evaluate, compare and select desktop computers, notebooks and monitors based on their environmental attributes.

OurEarth.org - The OurEarth.org website began as a simple idea to make it easier for people to find environmental information.

The Recycling Industry Resources page of RecyclingJobs.com

Source Reduction:

The Center for Informed Decision Making.

The "Use Less Stuff Report", a newsletter that helps people reduce waste

The Use It Again PA website allows you to search for businesses that rent, repair, or sell used products across Pennsylvania.

Rag-and-bone a United Kingdom website on Recycling Household Items - Rag-and-bone a way of recycling large or bulky items that have no longer need and are too good to simply throw. It's provides an economical and effortless way to recycle unwanted, but still usable or repairable, household items.

Litter Prevention:

Keep America Beautiful provides information on waste management and litter.

Publications / E-zines:

EPA is pleased to announce a new publication, Environmental Protection Begins with You - A Guide to Environmental Community Service.

Close the Loop newsletters keep you up to date on products made from recycled materials. The newsletters are archived for everyone to see and you can sign up to have them emailed to you when new issues came out.

Grist Magazine, a nonprofit online publication with environmental news, views, humor, and more...

green@work Today is a portal for tracking environmental news for those who would like to stay informed but lack the time to peruse the ever-growing number of resources. Articles are gathered about positive progression that deals with the environment and sustainability.

Biocycle - This professional journal focuses on organics collection, a wide variety of composting operations, and related recycling subjects.

Recycler's World - A trading site for information related to recyclable commodities, by-products, used & surplus items.

Resource Recycling - Though much of this magazine looks at recycling of containers, fibers, and special recyclables, they also examine composting related subjects.

Open Burning:

PROP's Open Burning section of the website provides information about the health effects of open burning, the environemental issues surrounding open burning and the problems we face trying to solve the multiple issues open burning causes.

DEP's Open Burning Homepage - Provides information on recycling, a model open burning ordinance, and links to several technical articles.

EPA's Open Burning Homepage - Links to Health Problems, Environmental effects, multiple publications, and many other links.

Dioxin Production from Burning Trash

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