Advocacy:
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www.nrc-recycle.org
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National Recycling Coalition is a national non-profit advocacy
group with members that span all aspects of waste reduction, reuse
and recycling in North America.''
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www.grrn.org
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Grass Roots Recycling Network is calling for Zero Waste in the
US and promoting the message that we must go beyond recycling.”
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Arts, Crafts and Hobbies:
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www.instructables.com
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Instructables is a web-based documentation platform where
passionate people share what they do and how they do it. Sections
on Arts and Crafts reuse of items and instructions to make-your-own
'anything'. Green section from what to do with those plastic bags to
building a solar panel.
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lifehacker.com
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Lifehacker, an award-winning, daily blog that features tips,
shortcuts, and downloads that help you get things done smarter and
more efficiently.
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tipnut.com
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Tipnut- household tips, craft patterns & projects, recipes, kitchen &
cooking tips, handy reference material. Tips like: 10 Homemade
Laundry Soap Detergent Recipes.
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greenupgrader.com
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Green Upgrader- options that can help you live a Greener life.
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www.goddessofgarbage.com
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Goddess of Garbage- an award-winning interior designer who has
received national recognition for using recycled materials and re-use
items to create home and office furniture and accessories. See her
ideas here.
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www.kid-at-art.com
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Kids at Art Imagination Factory, teaches children and their
caregivers creative ways to recycle by making art. The lessons and
activities include drawing, painting, sculpture, collage,
papier-mache, marbling, and crafts.
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Batteries:
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www.rbrc.org
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Rechargeable Battery Recycling Corporation (RBRC) is a
non-profit, public service organization dedicated to rechargeable
battery recycling. Call2Recycle program- enter your zip to find out
where to recycle your rechargeable batteries.
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Bottle Bill:
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www.bottlebill.org
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Container Recycling Institute's Bottle Bill Toolkit.
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Cell Phones:
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earth911.com
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Earth 911. Cell Phone Recycling Guide.
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www.recellular.com
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ReCellular. Cell Phone Recycling and Wireless Recycling
Donate Your Cell Phones or Start a Donation Program. Based in
Dexter, Michigan- and the world's largest recycler and reseller of
used cellular phones and accessories.
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www.collectivegood.com
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CollectiveGood creates financially productive partnerships with
charities and companies to ensure that the benefits of mobile phones
are maximized, and their environmental impact is minimized.
Pioneered the concept of providing marketing, operations and
logistics support to charities and the private sector to create
innovative used mobile phone collection and reuse campaigns.
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www.rbrc.org
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Rechargeable Battery Recycling Corporation (RBRC) is a
non-profit, public service organization dedicated to rechargeable
battery recycling. Call2Recycle program- enter your zip to find out
where to recycle your rechargeable batteries and used cell phones.
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recyclemycellphone.org
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EarthWorks Cell Phone Recycling Report Card. Recycle My Cell
Phone campaign is challenging the wireless industry to dramatically
improve the current state of cell phone recycling. PDF.
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Certifiers: see Ratings-Labels page...
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www.e-stewards.org
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e-Stewards Certification- assures that those with seal meet the
world’s most responsible environmental and social justice criteria for
electronics recyclering. These criteria include no toxic e-waste
dumped in landfills or incinerators, no exported to developing
countries, no sending to prison labor operations and no release of
private data.
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Clothing and Textiles:
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earth911.com
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Earth 911. Clothing and Textile Recycling Guide.
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Composting:
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www.epa.gov
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EPA's Composting Information.
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www.jgpress.com/biocycle.htm
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BioCycle magazine on composting and organics recycling. BioCycle
shows you how to turn organic residuals — woody materials, yard
trimmings, municipal solid waste, food residuals, biosolids, manure
and other feedstocks into value-added products.
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waste.environmental-expert.com
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Environmental Expert an online marketplace, but also a source for
industry-related information and resources, like publications, events,
articles, case studies & news.
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2 billion disposable razors end up in U.S. landfills each year.
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Databases:
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earth911.com
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Earth 911-recycling database lists over 100,000 recycling locations
across the country.
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Donations/Acquisitions:
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www.freecycle.org
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Freecycle Network is made up of 4,725 groups with 6,615,000
members across the globe. It's a grassroots and entirely nonprofit
movement of people who are giving (& getting) stuff for free in their
own towns. It's all about reuse and keeping good stuff out of landfills.
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www.throwplace.com
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Throwplace is a site where global users may list goods they wish to
give away to others. Registered Charities, Businesses or Individuals are
able to search the site and make requests for items of interest. Items
listed on Throwplace are not for sale—they are to be donated.
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Electronics:
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www.epa.gov
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EPA's eCycling Portal.
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earth911.com
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Earth 911. Electronics Recycling Guide. Find a re-cycler near ypu.
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www.e-stewards.org
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Local e-Stewards. List of companies that have signed the Electronic
Recycler's Pledge of True Stewardship- the most rigorous criteria for
sustainable and socially just electronics recycling.
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www.yourenew.com
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Your Renew. A easy platform to sell your electronics or recycle
rather than throw them away.
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Electronics Waste at Offices:
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www.e-stewards.org
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Local e-Stewards. List of companies that have signed the Electronic
Recycler's Pledge of True Stewardship- the most rigorous criteria for
sustainable and socially just electronics recycling. Check list for a
company close to you. ***
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www.cascade-assets.com
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Cascade Asset Management protects customer equipment with a
secure chain of custody and by using the latest technology to ensure
zero data compromise. Resells equipment when possible and returns
rebates back to the customer. Cascade operates green facilities, is an
advocate for environmental sustainability, and handles customer
equipment in the most environmentally responsible way. Processing
Centers: Wisconsin and Indiana. Technical Facilities: Delaware,
Florida, Texas, Colorado, California, and Washington.
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Exchanges: see products page for product swaps and recycled goods...
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www.recycle.net
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Recycler's World- trade scrap & waste materials. A membership
based worldwide information exchange for those companies and
individuals who Buy/Sell/Trade commodities, materials, goods and
services relevant to this industry. Users (non-members) may post up
to 5 Buy / Sell / Trade listings every 30 days.
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Glass:
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www.gpi.org
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Glass Packaging Institute (GPI) serves as the voice for the glass
container industry in Washington, D.C., and across the country. GPI
serves its member companies through legislative, public relations,
promotional and technical activities.
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Hazardous Materials:
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earth911.com
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Earth 911. Hazardous Materials Recycling Guide.
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Information:
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www.epa.gov/epawaste
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EPA's Resource Conservation Portal.
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earth911.com
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Earth 911 delivers actionable local information on recycling and
product stewardship.
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www.raymond.com
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Raymond Communications informs about recycling laws and
policies around the world.
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www.amazon.com
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Choose to Reuse: An Encyclopedia of Services, Businesses, Tools
& Charitable Programs That Foster Reuse (Paperback)
by Nikki & David Goldbeck. Ceres Press; March 1995. An
alphabetical directory of more than 2,000 products, services, and
organizations that facilitate the reusing of goods. Entries usually
include a brief overview of the item and its impact on the
environment.
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www.wastehelper.com
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Waste Helper- waste management directory and wastes resource
site. Hundreds of pages, with hundreds of waste links organized in a
way to help you review the information you're seeking fast.
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Junk Mail:
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donotmail.org
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Do Not Mail is collecting names on a petition (50,000 and counting)
to show our government and the direct mail industry that we want a
national registry to give us an easy and comprehensive way to opt
out of junk mail. We’re also supporting state initiatives that will
establish Do Not Mail registries for their citizens. Until we get a
national registry, you can use our opt-out tool to reduce your junk
mail. While this won’t stop all your junk mail, it’s a good start.''
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catalogchoice.org
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Catalog Choice is a free service that allows you to decide what gets
in your mailbox. Catalog Choice is a sponsored project of the
Ecology Center.
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www.stopjunk.com
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Stop the Junk Mail Kit researched and developed by a former junk
mail copywriter. Send your pre-addressed "Remove My Name"
postcards & contact other companies with your "Special All-Purpose
Form."
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www.dmachoice.org
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DMAchoice is an online tool developed by the Direct Marketing
Association to help you manage your mail. This site is part of a larger
program designed to respond to consumers' concerns over the
amount of mail they receive. For the purposes of this site, direct mail
is divided into four categories: Credit Offers, Catalogs, Magazine
Offers and Other Mail Offers. You can request to start or stop
receiving mail from individual companies within each category or
from an entire category at once.
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Landfills:
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waste.environmental-expert.com
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Environmental Expert an online marketplace, but also a source for
industry-related information and resources, like publications, events,
articles, case studies & news.
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www.sfb477.tu-bs.de
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"Lifetime prediction and phenomena in landfills" Prof. Dr.
Dinkler Institut für Statik, Denmark.
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publications.environment
-agency.gov.uk
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"Investigation of the Composition and Emissions of Trace
Components in Landfill Gas" UK Environment Agency. PDF.
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en.wikipedia.org
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Tucson Garbage Project info.
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Life Cycling:
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lcinitiative.unep.fr
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International Life Cycle Partnership for a sustainable world.
UNEP's Life Cycle Initiative aims to develop and disseminate
practical tools for evaluating the opportunities, risks, and trade-offs
associated with products and services over their entire life cycle to
achieve sustainable development.
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Lightbulbs:
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earth911.com
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Earth 911. Lightbulb Recycling Guide.
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www.sylvania.com/Recycle
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Sylvania provides an easy way to recycle all your lamps and ballasts
- for all brands of products. Consumers, communities and businesses
can order pre-labeled recycling kits to recycle small and large
quantities of CFLs and other light bulbs.
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News/Journals:
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www.resource-recycling.com
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Resource Recycling. North America's Recycling and Composting
Journal to the Trade.. FEE.
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www.sustainableindustries.com
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Sustainable Industries. Recycling News.
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waste.environmental-expert.
com
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Environmental Expert an online marketplace, but also a source for
industry-related information and resources, like publications, events,
articles, case studies & news. Waste and Recycling News page.
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www.sciencedaily.com
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ScienceDaily- top science news stories from the world's leading
universities and research organizations. Recycling and Waste news.
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Organizations:
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www.container-recycling.org
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Container Recycling Institute, a nonprofit organization, founded
in 1991, that studies and promotes policies and programs that
increase recovery and recycling of beverage containers and
packaging waste.
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earth911.org
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Earth 911 delivers actionable local information on recycling and
product stewardship.
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Paper:
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Pay as you Throw.
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www.epa.gov/epawaste
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EPA's info on pay-as-you-throw programs (also known as unit
pricing or variable-rate pricing), residents are charged for the
collection of municipal solid waste—ordinary household trash—
based on the amount they throw away.
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Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products (PPCPs)
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epa.gov/ppcp
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EPA's Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products (PPCPs) info.
Plus, How do I properly dispose of unwanted pharmaceuticals?
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www.nanotechproject.org
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"Where Does the Nano Go? End-of-Life Regulation of
Nanotechnologies" Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies, July
2007.
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Plastics:
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www.plasticsrecycling.org
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Association of Postconsumer Plastic Recyclers is the national
trade association representing companies who acquire, reprocess and
sell the output of more than 90 percent of the post-consumer plastic
processing capacity in North America. Its membership includes
independent recycling companies of all sizes, processing numerous
resins. APR strongly advocates the recycling of all post-consumer
plastic packaging.
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www.resource-recycling.com
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Plastics Recycling Update newsletter-data on export demand,
reports on corporate developments of plastics recycling processors
and end markets, news on legislative activities throughout North
America, and details of technology initiatives. Fee.
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www.napcor.com
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National Association for PET Container Resources (NAPCOR),
is the trade association for the PET plastic industry in the United
States and Canada. PET Recycling Info.
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www.vikoz.com
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Vikoz Enterprises Inc is a full service plastic recycler offering
nationwide services. Specializes in post commercial and post
industrial accounts. Recycles all plastic and non ferrous metals. Also
purchases any and all plastic scrap, regrind and virgin resin. Also
specializes in used plastic pallets, bins, totes and boxes.
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Reports:
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www.resource-recycling.com
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Resource Recycling. Economic recovery proposals directly affecting
recycling. Repairing recycling:Seven ways the stimulus package
affects your recycling business or program. 2009. PDF. ***
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Reuse:
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www.terracycle.net/brigades
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TerraCycle will pay you for juice boxes, cookie and energy bar
wrappers, potato chip bags, etc. You get free shipping boxes
delivered to your door.
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www.yourenew.com
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Your Renew. A easy platform to sell your electronics or recycle
rather than throw them away.
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Toilet Paper:
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tissue.greenpeace.ca
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GreenPeace. Toilet Paper, Paper Towel, Napkin and Tissue Buying
Guide. Important ! Marcal is a good choice as well.
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Trash:
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en.wikipedia.org
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Tucson Garbage Project info.
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Vehicles:
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earth911.com
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Earth 911. Automotive Recycling Guide.
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Videos:
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www.recyclingsuperguide.com
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Recycling Super Guide- videos worth watching for recycling
information.
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www.ted.com
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Great Pacific Garbage Patch. Capt. Charles Moore of the Algalita
Marine Research Foundation first discovered the Great Pacific
Garbage Patch -- an endless floating waste of plastic trash. Now he's
drawing attention to the growing, choking problem of plastic debris
in our seas. TED Video. Feb 2009. ***
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In the U.S. we throw out about 290 million tires every year.
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