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2008
April 2008 - "Going YouTube"
March 2008 - "Over there"
February 2008 - "Bagging the plastic bag"
January 2008 - "A compost buffet, part 2"

2007
December 2007 - "A compost buffet, part 1"
November 2007 - "RIC's first (and possibly last) holiday gift guide"
October 2007 - "Single-stream recycling, part 2"
September 2007 - "Single-stream recycling, part 1"
August 2007 - "Taking recycling to the ballpark"
July 2007 - "Get going with alternative fuels"
June 2007 - "The recycling side of pest control"
May 2007 - "When collection programs go organic"
April 2007 - "Google revisited"
March 2007 - "Making compost containing plastics, part 2"
February 2007 - "Making compost containing plastics, part 1"
January 2007 - "New Year waste reduction resolutions"

2006
December 2006 - "Navigating the legislative labyrinth"
November 2006 - "Let's make a deal"
October 2006 - ""How to get an 'A' in composting, part 2"
September 2006 - "How to get an 'A' in composting, part 1"
August 2006 - "On the beach"
July 2006 - "Looking through the recycling glass, part1"
June 2006 - "Looking through the recycling glass, part1"
May 2006 - "Descending into the blogosphere"
April 2006 - "Outfoxing Internet Explorer"
March 2006 - "Plastics recycling, chapter 2: Whose bag is it?"
February  2006 - "Plastics recycling: Whose bag is it?"
January 2006 - "Keeping an eye on Wikipedia"

2005
December 2005 - "Appliance recycling: A tale of two countries"
November 2005 - "Recovered paper and beyond"
October 2005 - "Haunted by waste"
September 2005 - "Making shingles into streets"
August 2005 - "Recycling legends and myths"
July 2005 - "Funding help for recycling hardware"
June 2005 - "Is it better to go meta"
May 2005 - "Organics recycling associations"
April 2005 - "Climbing atop the soapbox again"
March 2005 - "Creating the perfect MRF"
February 2005 - "Practicing what they preach: State facility recycling programs"
January 2005 - "Is your Web site worth revisiting"

2004
December 2004 - "Learning together on the Web"
November 2004 - "Mail call on the net"
October 2004 - "Not getting stuck with recycling"
September 2004 - "Reading the waste stream"
August 2004 - "Tooling on the Web"
July 2004 - "Who you gonna' call?"
June 2004 - "Recycling in Minnesota"
May 2004 - "Multifamily recycling, part 2"
April 2004 - "Multifamily recycling, part 1"
March 2004 - "Putting in a call for recycling"
February 2004 - "The Web as tutor"
January 2004 - "Ferreting out the goods from state recycling organizations"

2003
December 2003 - "Waste prevention gems"
November 2003 - "Information hot spots"
October 2003 - "How not to feed a landfill"
September 2003 - "Bringing down the house through deconstruction"
August 2003 - "Waste and weather"
July 2003 - "Materials exchanges"
June 2003 - "Farming with plastic"
May 2003 - "Leftover paint"
April 2003 - "Social marketing"
March 2003 - "Curbside recycling collection resources"
February 2003 - "Casting a wider search net"
January 2003 - "Regional recycling"

2002
December 2002 - "The new and improved EPA"
November 2002 - "Online References"
October 2002 - "Readers' Choice"
September 2002 - "Recycling goes back to school"
August 2002 - "Working together"
July 2002 - "Working safely"
June 2002 - "Giving a boost to reuse"
May 2002 - "Getting a degree in zero waste"
April 2002 - "E-scrap management: The next cycle (Part Two of Two Parts)"
March 2002 - "E-scrap management:  The next cycle (Part One of Two Parts)"
February 2002 - "Getting a firm footing on carpet recycling"
January 2002 - "Results, results everywhere and not a drop of information"

2001
December 2001 - "Reducing holiday waste"
November 2001 - "Waste-free Schools"
October 2001 - "Readers' Choice"
September 2001 - "When the Recyclables Hit the Road"
August 2001 - "Odds and Ends"

 

April 2008 - "Going YouTubing"

YouTube
www.youtube.com

March 2008 - "Over there"

Business.gov - Import/Export
www.business.gov/guides/import-export

Central Intelligence Agency - 2008 World Factbook
www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/index.html

Economic Development Directory
www.ecodevdirectory.com

Export.gov
www.export.gov

Federation of International Trade Associations
www.fita.org

International Trade Administration
http://trade.gov/index.asp

International Trade Administration - Trade Data
www.ita.doc.gov/td/industry/otea/ref-room.html

SCORE
www.score.org/index.html

Small Business Administration - International Trade
www.sba.gov/aboutsba/sbaprograms/internationaltrade/index.html

SBDCNet - International Trade
http://sbdcnet.org/SBIC/itrade.php

U.C. Davis - Foreign Trade Data Guides
www.lib.ucdavis.edu/dept/govinfo/guides/trade-us.php

U.S. Census Bureau - Foreign Trade
www.census.gov

U.S. Department of State - Background Notes
www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn

February 2008 - "Bagging the plastic bag"

California Integrated Waste Management Board - Plastic Bag Recycling Program
www.ciwmb.ca.gov/Pressroom/2007/July/37.htm

Californians Against Waste - Plastic Bags: Local Solutions
www.cawrecycles.org/issues/plastic_campaign/plastic_bags/local

China Bans Free Plastic Bags
www.ens-newswire.com/ens/jan2008/2008-01-10-03.asp

City of San Francisco - Plastic Bag Ban
www.sfenvironment.org/our_programs/interests.html?ssi=3&ti=6&ii=142

Corporate Social Responsibility Newswire
www.csrwire.com

Environmental News Service
www.ens-newswire.com

Ikea Plastic Bag Initiative
www.cswire.com/PressRelease.php?id=7566

New York City Council - Plastic Bag Recycling Bill
http://council.nyc.gov/html/releases/002_010908_prestatedbags.shtml

Plasticbagrecycling.org
http://plasticbagrecycling.org

Reusablebags.com
www.reusablebags.com

Zero Waste California - Recycle Plastic Grocery Bags
www.zerowaste.ca.gov/PlasticBags/default.htm

January 2008 - "A compost buffet, part 2"

Klickitat County: Compost & Organics
www.klickitatcounty.org/default.asp

City of Lawrence - Worm Composting
www.lawrencerecycles.org/wormcompost.shtml

Santa Cruz County - Worm Bins for Schools
www.compostsantacruzcounty.org/School_Composting/worm_bins.html

California Integrated Waste Management Board - Worm Guide
www.ciwmb.ca.gov/Publications/default.asp?pubid=912

Organic Agricultural Centre of Canada
www.oacc.info/Extension/soils_other.asp

University of New South Wales
www.recycledorganics.com/processing/vermiculture/vermiculture.htm

December 2007 - "A compost buffet, part 1"

Alberta Environment Mid-Scale Composting Manual
http://environment.gov.ab.ca/info/listing.asp?subcategoryid=167

Colorado University Recycling Institutional Food Waste Composting
http://recycling.colorado.edu/state_and_national/index.html

Connecticut DEP School Composting Manual
www.ct.gov/dep/cwp/view.asp?a=2718&q=325344&depNav_GID=1645

Longwood Gardens Compost Bin Guide
www.longwoodgardens.org/EducationalResources.html

Massachusetts DEP Supermarket Composting Handbook
www.mass.gov/dep/recycle/supermkt.htm

Regional Recycling Group Backyard Composting Guide
www.cityofsacramento.org/utilities/SolidWaste/waste%5Fpages

WasteCap of Massachusetts Handbook for Supermarket Program Managers
www.wastecap.org/wastecap/Programs/sroi/sroimain.htm

Whatcom County Manure Compost Marketing Guide
http://whatcom.wsu.edu/ag/compost/mrconfarm.htm

November 2007 - "RIC's first (and possibly last) holiday gift guide"

BizRate
www.bizrate.com

Bruder Toys
www.brudertoys.com

Funrise Toys
www.funrise.com

Hasbro Toys
www.hasbro.com

The Learning Curve
www.learningcurve.com/wps/portal

The Lego Company
www.lego.com

Little Tikes
www.littletikes.com

MySimon
www.mysimon.com

PriceGrabber
www.pricegrabber.com

Ravensburger USA
www.ravensburger.com

Rokenbok Toy Company
www.rokenbok.com/index2.html

Unique Toybox Plans
http://toyboxplan.com

Wader Quality Toys
www.wadertoys.de/index_en.php

WOW Toys
www.wowtoys.com

October 2007 - "Single-stream recycling, part 2"

Allplasticbottles.org
www.allplasticbottles.org

Minnesota Pollution Control Agency Single Stream Recycling Study
www.pca.state.mn.us/oea/lc/commingled.cfm

RecycleBank
www.recyclebank.com

Single Stream Best Practices Manual
www.consrv.ca.gov/DOR/Ssrbp.htm

Stewardship Ontario - York Collection Study
www.stewardshipontario.ca/eefund/projects/benchmark.htm

September 2007 - "Single-stream recycling, part 1"

City of Madison Automated Collection System
www.cimadison.wi.us/streets/automatedsystem.cfm

Eureka Recycling Curbside Collection Study
www.eurekarecycling.org/inf_studies.cfm

Ramsey County Public Health - City of Roseville Final Pilot Recycling Report
www.co.ramsey.mn.us/ph/pc/

Sonoma County Waste Management Agency - Single Stream Report
www.recyclenow.org/o_reports.html

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency - MSW Collection Efficiency
www.epa.gov/epaoswer/non-hw/muncpl/coll-eff/

August 2007 - "Taking recylcing to the ballpark"

CIWMB
www.ciwmb.ca.gov/Venues/LocalJuris/default.htm

Florida State University Recycling
www.fsu.edu/~services/sl/GGGG.html

Good Sports Always Recycle
www.eastman.com/gsar/

Houston Texans Recycling
www.houstontexans.com/community/Texanslaunchrecyclinginitiative.asp

Michigan State University - Football Footprint
http://environmental.jrn.msu.edu/football/index.html

NAPCOR Single Serve Recyclign Toolkit
www.napcor.com/toolkit.htm

National Association of Counties - Stadium Recycling Program Award
www.marc.org/newsreleases/marc050206.htm

Palmetto Pride - USC Stadium Recycling
www.palmettopride.org/pressrelease.asp?NID=65

Resource Venture: Seattle Mariners - Safeco Field
www.resourceventure.org/what-others-are-doing/success-stories/seattle-mariners

Rose Bowl Recycling
www.consrv.ca.gov/index/news/2005%20News%20Releases/NR2005-30_Rose_Bowl_Recycling.html

Standford University - Stadium Recycling
http://recycling.stanford.edu/acadbuild/stadium.html

University of Michigan - Stadium Recycling
www.plantops.umich.edu/grounds/recycle/stadium_new.html

University of Washington Recycling
www.washington.edu/admin/recycling/

USEPA, Recycling on the Go - Stadiums
www.epa.gov/epaoswer/osw/conserve/onthego/venues/stadium.htm

WasteCap Wisconsin - Miller Park C&D Case Study
www.wastecapwi.org/casestudies/millerparkcase.htm

Waste-Industries Chuck-It Recycling
www.gopack.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=9200&ATCLID=527829

Wisconsin BeSMART - Sporting Venues
www.besmart.org/publicspacerecycling/sporting-venues/page1-sporting.html

July 2007 - "Get going with alternative fuels"

Alternative Fuels Data Center
www.eere.energy.gov/afdc

Berkely Ecology Center Biodiesel Fleet
www.ecologycenter.org/recycling/biodiesel.html

City of Gresham Biodiesel Fleet
www.ci.gresham.or.us/news/news_display.asp?id=515

City of San Diego LNG Packers
www.sandiego.gov/environmental-services/collection/newops.shtml

Eureka Recycling Fleet
www.eurekarecycling.org/abo_ourfleet.cfm

INFORM: Greening Garbage Trucks
http://informinc.org/reports_trans.php

National Biodiesel Board
www.biodiesel.org

National Renewable Energy Laboratory: Advanced Vehicles and Fuels Research
www.nrel.gov/vehiclesandfuels

Natural Gas Vehicles for America
www.ngvc.org

Sanipac - Fleet News
www.sanipac.com/news/in-the-news/biodiesel-moves-sanipacs-fleet

Sustainable Green Fleets
www.sugre.info

June 2007 - "The recycling side of pest control"

Ag Container Recycling Council
www.acrecycle.org

Clemson University - Pesticide Container Management and Recycling
http://entweb.clemson.edu/pesticid/saftyed/rnsequip.htm

Environment Canada - National Pesticide Container Management Programme
www.ec.gc.ca/epr/inventory/en/DetailView.cfm?intInitiative=67

NJ Department of Agriculture - Pesticide Container Collection Program Guide
www.nj.gov/agriculture/divisions/md/prog/processingsteps.html

Penn State University - Plastic Pesticide Container Recycling
www.pested.psu.edu/pdaprog/ppcr

The Pesticide Stewardship Alliance
www.tpsalliance.org

University of Nebraska - Pesticide Container Recycling Program
www.pested.unl.edu/pesticide/pages/index.jsp

U.S. EPA - Iowa Minibulk Recycling Project
www.epa.gov/oppbppd1/pesp/regional_grants/2000/r7-2000-final.htm

Virginia Tech University - Pesticidepics.org
http://pesticidepics.ext.vt.edu/main.php/v/album08

May 2007 - "When collection programs go organic"

Chittenden Solid Waste District - Residential Organics Collection Pilot
www.cswd.net/composting/project_summary.shtml

City of Albany Food Scraps Collection
www.albanyca.org/dept/erSolidWasteRecyc.html

City of Barrie Organics Collection
www.city.barrie.on.ca/Content.cfm?C=5331&SC=1&SCM=1MI=1467&L1M=4

City of Boulder Pilot Program
www.bouldercolorado.gov/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1331&Itemid=450

City of Hutchinson - Curbside Organics Program
www.ci.hutchinson.mn.us/composting.htm#_Curbside_Organic_Program

City of Ottowa - Compost Plus Program
http://ottawa.ca/city_services/recycling_garbage/compost/compost_plus/guide/index_en.html

City of Spruce Cove Organicart program
www.sprucegrove.org/Residents/Waste_Management/Organic_Waste_and_Composting.htm

City of Wayzata - Organics Pilot Project
http://wayzata.govoffice.com/index.asp?Type=B_BASIC&SEC-{7E4B97A1-9C08-4318-8447-038DC8AA6C8A}

County of Antigonish Organics Collection
http://ottawa.ca/city_services/recycling_garbage /compost/compost_plus/guide/index_en.html

Livermore Food Scraps Program
www.ci.livermore.ca.us/SWR/foodscraps.html

Region of Peel - Organics Recycling
www.region.peel.on.ca/pw/waste/organics1/

San Francisco Fantastic Three Program
www.sfenvironment.com/aboutus/recycling/fantastic3.htm

San Francsco Fantastic Three Case Study
www.ciwmb.ca.gov/lglibrary/innovations/Curbside/CaseStudy.htm

Toronto Green Bin Program
www.toronto.ca/greenbin/index.htm

Town of Markham Mission Green
www.markham.ca/markham/channels/wastemgmt/missiongreen/overview.htm

April 2007 - "Google revisited"

Google
www.google.com

Search Engine Watch
http://searchenginewatch.com

March 2007 - "Making compost containing plastics, part 2"

2006 Italian Packaging Technology Awards Papers
www.iopp.org/pages/index.cfm?pageid=1152

BioBagUSA
www.biobagusa.com

Biodegradable Products Institute
http://bpiworld.org/BPI-Public/Approved.html

Californians Against Waste
www.cawrecycles.org/issues

City of Whitehorse Composting
www.city.whitehorse.yk.ca

CIWMB - Compostable Products
www.ciwmb.ca.gov/FoodWaste/Compost/Biodegrade.htm

Earthshell Corp.
www.earthshell.com

Hennepin County - Brooklyn Park Transfer Station - SSO Guidelines
www.co.hennepin.mn.us/portal/site/HCInternet

Institute for Local Self Reliance
www.ilsr.org/columns/2006/102006.html

Institute of Packaging Professionals
www.iopp.org

Planet Bluegrass
www.bluegrass.com/green_info.html

Portland Commercial Food Composting
www.portlandonline.com/osd/index.cfm?c=41785&

Regional Municipality of Durham
www.region.durham.on.ca/news.asp?nr=dnews/2006/july1106.htm

San Francisco Food to Flowers!
www.sfenvironment.com/articles_pr/2006/article/061906.htm

SF Environment: Compostable Bags
www.sfenvironment.com/aboutus/recycling/compastable_bags.htm

Solid Waste Management Coordinating Board
www.swmcb.org/resources/studies_policy_reports/organics

StopWaste.org - Environmentally Preferable Purchasing
www.stopwaste.org/home/index.asp?page=372

StopWaste.org E-Newsletter - Compostable Cups
www.stopwaste.org/home/index.asp?page=675

February 2007 - "Making compost containing plastics, part 1"

ASTM Standardization News
www.astm.org/SNEWS/APRIL_2001/mojo_apr01.html

Biodegradable Plastics Society
www.bpsweb.net/english/e_products.htm

Bureau de Normalisatio du Quebec
www.bnq.qc.ca/en/index.html

DIN CERTCO
www.dincertco.de/en/index.html

Environment and Plastics Industry Council
www.plastics.ca/epic/

The Biodegradable Products Institute
www.bpiworld.org/BPI-Public

January 2007 - "New Year waste reduction resolutions"

American Library Association - Book Donation Programs
www.ala.org/ala/alalibrary/libraryfactsheet/alalibraryfactsheet12.htm

Crayon Recycling Program
www.crazycrayons.com

DuPont Tyvek Envelope Recycling
http://envelopes.tyvek.com/en/science/versitile/vers_recycle.shtml

Eco-Cycle: Guide to Hard-to-Recycling Materials
www.ecocycle.org/htrg/index.cfm

Green Disk
www.greendisk.com

Lions Club International Eyeglass Recycling
www.lionsclubs.org/EN/content/vision_eyeglass_recycling.shtml

New Eyes for the Needy
www.neweyesfortheneedy.org/index.html

Nike Reuse-A-Shoe
www.nike.com/nikebiz/nikebiz.jhtml?page=27&cat=reuseashoe

December 2006 - "Navigating the legislative labyrinth"

GovTracks
www.govtrack.us

Thomas
http://thomas.loc.gov

Cornell Law School State Law and Legislation Tracking
www.law.corness.edu/states/listing.html

National Conference of State Legislatures
www.ncsl.org/public/leglinks.cfm

Bottle Bill Resource Guide
www.bottlebill.org

Californians Against Waste
www.cawrecycles.org

Colorado Association for Recycling
www.cafr.org

MassRecycle
www.massrecycle.org/legislation.html

New Mexico Recycling Coalition
www.nmrecycle.org/Bills.htm

Professional Recyclers of Pennsylvania
www.proprecycles.org

Raymond Communications - State Recycling Law Update
www.raymond.com

FirstGov
www.firstgov.gov

Google - U.S. Government search
www.google.com/ig/usgov/

Law Library Resource Exchange - State and Federal Legislative Research links
www.llrx.com/resources7.htm

Northeast Recycling Council - Recycling Rules!
www.nerc.org/documents/recyclingrules.html

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency - State Waste Agency links
www.epa.gov/osw/stateweb.htm

November 2006 - "Let's make a deal"

Barter Bee
www.barterbee.com

Bookins Book Exchange
www.bookins.com

Craigslist
www.craigslist.org

eBay
www.ebay.com

La La CD Exchange
www.lala.com

Peerflix
www.peerflix.com

SwapThing
www.swapthing.com

SwapTree Beta
www.swaptree.com

Zunafish
www.zunafish.com

October 2006 - "How to get an 'A' in composting, part 2"

CIWMB - The Worm Guide
www.ciwmb.ca.gov/schools/Curriculum/Worms/

New Hampshire Geographic Alliance - Vermicomposting Curriculum
www.nhga.net/vermi_curriculum.htm

NYC Compost Project - Vermicomposting Quick-start Guide
www.nyccompost.org/how/wormbin.html

PROP - Vermicomposting Lesson Plans
www.proprecycles.org/Vermiculture.html

September 2006 - "How to get an 'A' in composting, part 1"

California School Waste Composition Data
www.ciwmb.ca.gov/schools/wastereduce/composition.htm

Center for Ecological Technology - Composting in Restaurants and Schools
http://cetonline.org/publications/publications.htm

Composting Council of Canada - Composting Goes to School
www.compost.org/commedinit.html

Connecticut School Composting Manual
www.dep.state.ct.us/wst/compost/schmanual.htm

Cornell Waste Management - Youth Resources
http://cwmi.css.cornell.edu/Youth.html

Iowa Department of Natural Resources - A guide to Composting in Schools
www.iowadnr.com/waste/pubs/index.html

New Hampshire School Recycling Club - School Composting
http://nrra.net/club/schcompost.html

August 2006 - "On the beach"

Broward County, Florida Recycled Glass Beach Renourishment Project
www.broward.org/waste/awards.htm

Equinox Industries - ALFA Containers
www.eqnx.biz/alfa/alfa.html

Fort Lauderdale Beach Recycling Project
http://ci.ftlaud.fl.us/recycle/beach.htm

Pinellas County 2004-2005 Innovative Grant Proposal for Beach Recycling Pilot Project
www.dep.state.fl.us/waste/quick_topics/publications/shw/recycling/innovativegrants/igyear6/fullprop/pinellasproposalfinal.pdf

TAP Massachusetts Beach Recycling Project
http://tap.plastics.org/articles/mar2002/salisbury.html

Waterfront News July 2006
http://waterfront-news.com

July 2006 - "Looking through the recycling glass, part 2"

Aurora Glass
www.auroraglass.org

CEED's Recycled Glass Project
www.ceedweb.org/glass/index.html

EnviroGLAS
www.enviroglasproducts.com

IceStone
www.icestone.biz

King County EPP - Recycled Glass
www.metrokc.gov/procure/green/glass.htm

King County LinkUP - Glass
www.metrokc.gov/dnrp/swd/linkup/partners/glass.asp

Recycling Florida's Innovative Grant Program
www.dep.state.fl.us/waste/categories/recycling/pages/grants_allyears.htm

REMADE Scotland - Glass
www.remade.org/uk/materials.aspx?pid-157

Stewardship Ontario - Glass
www.stewardshipontario.ca/funding/glassmarket.htm

TriVitro
www.trivitro.com

WRAP - Glass Information Service
www.wrap.org.uk/materials/glass

June 2006 - "Looking through the recycling glass, part 1"

Chelsea Center for Recycling and Economic Development - Publications
www.chelseacenter.org/publications1.asp

Clean Washington Center
www.cwc.org/glass.htm

Glass Packaging Institute
www.gpi.org/recycling/

Glass Recycling Partnership
www.nrc-recycle.org/partnerships/glass/

Greening Montana
www.ncdot.org/doh/preconstruct/highway/geotech/trb/presentations/

Minnesota Environmentally Preferable Purchasing
www.moea.state.mn.us/lc/purchasing/index.cfm

Montana Department of Environmental Quality
http://deq.mt.gov/Recycle/

USEPA - Greenscapes - Reuse/Recycling of Glass Cullet for Non-container Uses
www.epa.gov/epaoswer/non-hw/green/pubs.htm

USEPA - Jobs Through Recycling - Glass
www.epa.gov/epaoswer/non-hw/recycle/jtr/comm/glass.htm

May  2006 - "Descending into the blogospher"

Blog Timeline
http://newyorkmetro.com/news/media/15971

Bloglines
http://bloglines.com

Blogwise
www.blogwise.com

Bottle Bill
http://bottlebill.blogspot.com

Californians Against Waste
www.cawrecycles.org/blog

Compost Guide
http://compostguide.com/info

Feedster
www.feedster.com

Google Blog Search
http://blogsearch.google.com

HIstory of Blogs
www.juiceenewsdaily.com/0505/news/history_blogs.html

Introduction to RSS
www.webreference.com/authoring/languages/xml/rss/intro

Solid Waste & Recycling
http://blogsw.solidwastemag.com

Technorati
www.technorati.com

Weblogs: A History and Perspective
www.rebeccablood.net/essays/weblog_history.html

April 2006 - "Outfoxing Internet Explorer"

Web Browser Statistics
www.w3schools.com/browsers/browsers_stats.asp

Firefox Product Page
www.mozilla.com/firefox

Konqueror
www.konqueror.org

Microsoft Internet Explorer
www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/default.mspx

Mozilla Corporation
www.mozilla.com

Mozilla.org
www.mozilla.org

Netscape
http://browser.netscape.com/ns8/

Opera
www.opera.com

March 2006 - "Plastics recycling, chapter 2: Whose bag is it?"

Australian Capital Territory - Plastic Bag Reduction Campaign
www.nowaste.act.gov.au/hottopicsandwhatson/plasticbags

British Plastics Federation - Plastic Bag Tax
www.bpf.co.uk/bpfissues/plastic_bag_tax.cfm

Film and Bag Federation
www.plasticbag.com/environmental/issues.html

Ireland - Department of the Environment - Plastic Bags
www.environ.ie/DOEI/DOEIPol.nsf/wvNavView/Plastic+Bags?OpenDocument&Lang=

Myplasticbags.ca
www.myplasticbags.ca

Planet Ark - Plastic Bags - Just Say No
www.planetark.org/campaignspage.cfm/newsid/7/story.htm

San Francisco - Plastic Bag Agreement
www.sfenvironment.com/articles_pr/2005/pr/110205.htm

SF Environment Commission Resolutions
www.sfenvironment.com/aboutus/policy/resolutions.htm

February 2006 - "Plastics recycling: Whose bag is it?"

Bluewater Recycling Association
www.bra.org/recycleplasticbags.html

Earth911
www.earth911.org/master.asp

Film and Bag Federation
www.plasticbag.com/environmental/issues.html

MN Chamber of Commerce - Its in the Bag
www.mnchamber.com/about/ww_itsinthebag.cfm

PlasticBagRecycling.org
www.plasticbagrecycling.org

ReusableBags.com
www.reusablebags.com

RIRRC Plastic Bag Collection Program
www.rirrc.org/main.cfm

January 2006 - "Keeping an eye on Wikipedia"

AFPE - Paper Recycling Statistics
http://stats.paperrecycles.org

Nature - Comparison of Internet Encyclopedias
www.nature.com/nature/journal/v438/n7070/full/438900a.html

Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page

December 2005 - "Appliance recycling: A tale of two countries"

Appliance Recycling & Accelerated Replacement - Energy Star presentation
www.energystar.gov/ia/partners/downloads/Plenary_C_David_Calabrese.pdf

Appliance Recycling Information Center
www.aham.org/aric/aric.cfm

Inform - Electric Appliance Recycling in Japan
www.informinc.org/summaries_waste.php

Missouri White Goods Study
www.dnr.state.mo.us/alpd/swmp/L%20-%20White%20Goods%20Study.pdf

Recycling Home Appliances in Japan - ICTEAP presentation
www.icteap.org/events/e-waste.htm#presentations

November 2005 - "Recovered paper and beyond"

Conservatree
www.conservatree.com

Green Seal Product Recommendations
www.greenseal.org/recommendations.htm#product

NC State - Pulp & Paper Science Program for K-12
www.cfr.ncsu.edu/wps/k12activities/index.htm

Recycled Products Cooperative
www.recycledproducts.org

Rethink Paper
www.rethinkpaper.org/index.html

TAPPI Paper University
www.tappi.org/paperu/all_about_paper/earth_answers/earthAnswers.htm

USDA Forest Service TreeSearch
www.treesearch.fs.fed.us

USEPA - Procurement Guidelines - Paper
www.epa.gov/cpg/products.htm#paper

October 2005 - "Haunted by waste"

Clean Nova Scotia - Waste Reduction Week - Halloween Treat Bag Campaign
www.clean.ns.ca/default.asp?mn=1.20.75

Composting Council of Canada - Great Pumpkin Growing Contest
www.compost.org/ccc_pumpkin_intro.html

Environmental Defense - Have a Green Halloween
www.environmentaldefense.org/article.cfm?contentid=2364

Greening Schools - Resources - Waste Reduction - Holidays
www.greeningschools.org/resource/view_cat_teacher.cfm?id=122

Keep Cincinnati Beautiful - Halloween Costume Collections
www.keepcincinnatibeautiful.org/Press_Room/09.06.02.html

MSNBC - This Halloween, Think Green
www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6329531/

Ohio EPA - Halloween Waste Reduction Tips
www.epa.state.oh.us/pic/nr/2003/october/p2tips.html

Recycle Guys - Having a Greener Halloween
www.p2pays.org/RecycleGuys/images/seasonal/halloween.htm

Twin Cities Free Market
www.twincitiesfreemarket.org

September 2005 - "Making shingles into streets"

CIWMB - Asphalt Roofing Shingle Recycling
www.ciwmb.ca.gov/ConDemo/Shingles/

FL DEP - Charlotte County - Roofs to Roads Final Report
www.dep.state.fl.us/waste/categories/recycling/pages/grants_allyears.htm

Green Goat - Asphalt Shingle Recycling Study
www.greengoat.org

Green Guardian - Shingle Recycling
www.greenguardian.com/shinglerecycling/

MOEA - Roofing Shingles into Roads
www.moea.state.mn.us/lc/purchasing/shingles.cfm

Recycled Materials Resource Center
www.rmrc.unh.edu/Research/Projects/Project22/Project22.asp

Roofs to Roads
www.roofstoroads.com

Shinglerecycling.org
www.shinglerecycling.org

SWMCB - Manufactured Shingle Scrap Recycling Report
www.swmcb.org/publications/index.html

August 2005 - "Recycling legends and myths"

EDF - Anti-Recycling Myths
www.environmentaldefense.org/article.cfm?ContentID=558&Page=1

How Urban Legends Work
http://science.howstuffworks.com/urban-legend.htm

London (UK) - General Recylcing Information
www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/Corporation/living_environment/sustainability/waste_recycling/general+recycling+information.htm

NRC - Defending Recycling
www.nrc-recycle.org/member/defend/factsheet.htm

PERC - Eight Great Myths of Recycling
www.perc.org/publications/policyseries/recycling.php

Plastics Myths
www.plasticsmythbuster.org/default.asp

PROP - Defending Recycling
www.proprecycles.org/Defending%20Recycling.html

Ronald McDonald House Charities - Pop Tab Collection
www.rmhc.org/donate/donate_individual/poptab_collection/index.html

Snopes.com
www.snopes.com

Urban Legends and Folklore
http://urbanlegends.about.com

July 2005 - "Funding help for recycling hardware"

General Information on Financial Assistance Programs
Association of Compost Produces
www.nerc.org/documents/busastguide02.html

State Financial Assistance Programs
www.smallbiz-enviroweb.org/funding/fundstat.html

Federal NonProfit Financial Assistance Programs
www.smallbiz-enviroweb.org/funding/fundfed.html

Recycle Iowa - Financial Assitance
www.recycleiowa.org/financial.html

Recycling Business Assitance Centers
North Carolina Recylcing Business Assistance Center
www.p2pays.org/rbac/main/finance.htm

California - Recycling Business Assistance R Team
www.ciwmb.ca.gov/RTeam/

Florida Recycling and Reuse Business Assistance Center
www.dep.state.fl.us/waste/categories/recycling/pages/rbac_program.htm

Financial Assistance Programs for Recycling Capital Purchases
Arkansas DEQ - Market Development Branch
www.adeq.state.ar.us/solwaste/branch_market_dev/default.asp

California Recycling Market Development Zones
www.ciwmb.ca.gov/RMDZ/

California Statewide Community Development Authority - Solid Waste Facilities and Equipment
https://cscda.cacommunities.org/apps/solidWaste/

Colorado Housing and Finance Authority - Business Assistance
www.colohfa.org/bf_renew.shtml

Florida Recycling Loan Program
www.dep.state.fl.us/waste/categories/recycling/pages/rbac_loan.htm

Georgia Environmental Facilities Authority - Financing
www.gefa.org/recycling.html

Illinois DCEO - Division of Recycling
www.illinoisbiz.biz/com/recycling/index.html

Massachusetts Recycling Loan Fund
www.mass-business.com/site/site-massbiz/content/recycling-loan-fund/

Missouri Market Development Program - Financial Incentives
www.dnr.state.mo.us/eiera/MMDP%20Financial%20Incentives.htm

Minnesota Office of Environmental Assistance - Grants and Loans
www.moea.state.mn.us/grants/index.cfm

New Hampshire the Beautiful - Recycling Equipment Grants
www.nhthebeautiful.org/grantprog.html

New York DEC - State Assistance Programs
www.dec.state.ny.us/website/dshm/redrecy/sap.htm

Ohio DNR - Recycling Market Development Grants
http://ohiodnr.com/recycling/grants/rmdg/

Oregon DEQ - Pollution Control Facilities Tax Credit Program
www.deq.state.or.us/msd/taxcredits/txcp.htm

Pennsylvania Waste Management and Recycling Grants
www.dep.state.pa.us/dep/deputate/airwaste/wm/recycle/document/Grants.htm

Solid Waste Institute of Northeast OK - Program Funding
www.swino.org/programfunding.html

St. Louis County Recycling Loan Program
www.slcec.com/BFD/BFD_Spec_Prog.htm@a4

Tennessee Solid Waste Assistance Grants
www.state.tn.us/environment/swm/grants/

USEPA - Jobs Through Recycling - State Recycling Tax Incentives
www.epa.gov/jtr/bizasst/rec-tax.htm

Virginia DEQ - Small Business Assistance Program - Financial Resources
www.deq.virginia.gov/osba/finance.html

June 2005 - "Is it better to go meta?"

Clusty Beta
http://clusty.com

Dogpile
www.dogpile.com

Ithaki for Kids
http://kids.ithaki.net

Ixquick
www.ixquick.com

Search.com
www.search.com

UC Berkeley - Meta Search Engines
www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/MetaSearch.html

University Libraries - SUNY Albany
http://library.albany.edu.internet/meta.html

May 2005 - "Organics recycling associations"

Association of Compost Produces
www.healthysoil.org/pages/1/1

Carolinas Composting Council
www.carolinacompostingcouncil.org

Composting Association of Vermont
www.compostingvermont.org

Composting Council of Oregon
www.compostingcouncilofor.org

European Compost Network
www.compostnetwork.info

Georgia Composting Association
www.gacompost.org

Michigan Composting Council
www.michiganrecycles.org/MCC_mission.shtml

Mid-Atlantic Composting Council
www.midatlanticcompost.org

NYSAR3 Organics Recycling
www.nysar3.org/serv02.htm

Pennsylvania Composting Association
http://pacompost.org

The Composting Association
www.compost.org/uk/dsp_home.cfm

The Composting Council of Canada
www.compost.org

U.S. Composting Council
www.compostingcouncil.org/index.cfm

Washington Organic Recycling Council
www.compostwashington.org

April 2005 - "Climbing atop the soapbox again"

Open Directory Project
http://dmoz.org

Southern Waste Information Exchange
www.swix.ws

The Invisible Web Directory
www.invisible-web.net

Waste-Calc
www.dep.state.fl.us/wastecalc/index.html

March 2005 - "Creating the perfect MRF"

EPIC Publications
www.cpia.ca/epic/technical%20reports.htm

Minnesota MRF Assessment and Optimization
www.moea.state.mn.us/lc/mrf-optimize.cfm

MSS PaperSort
www.magsep.com/papersort_products.htm

Ohio Pilot MRF Project
www.dnr.ohio.gov/recycling/research/mrfproject/default.htm

Trends in MRF Modernization
www.nyfederation.org/PDF2003/13_trends%20in%20materials%20recovery%20facility%20modernization.pdf

Waste Diversion Ontario - Reports
www.wdo.ca/reports/Default.aspx

February 2005 - "Practicing what they preach: State facility recycling programs"

California Integrated Waste Management for State Agencies
www.ciwmb.ca.gov/StateAgency/

Maryland All State Agencies Recycle
www.mde.state.md.us/Programs/LandPrograms/Recycling/State Agencies/index.asp

Minnesota Resource Recovery Program
www.rro.state.mn.us/index.html

Ohio Waste Reduction, Recycling and Recycled-content Product Procurement Programs
www.dnr.state.oh.us/recycling/sarcs/default.htm

Tennessee State Employee Recycling Program
www.state.tn.us/environment/dca/recycle/serp.php

January 2005 - "Is your Web site worth revisiting?"

Cornell University Library - Evaluating Web Sites
www.library.cornell.edu/olinuris/ref/research/webeval.html

Stanford Guidelines for Web Credibility
www.webcredibility.org/guidelines/

Usability.gov
www.usability.gov

Useit.com - Jakob Nielsen's Site on Usability and Web Design
www.useit.com

What Makes a Good Web Site?
www.spyrock.com/bobcomings/good-sites.html

World Wide Web Virtual Library - Evaluation of Information Sources
www.vuw.ac.nz/staff/alastair_smith/evaln/evaln.htm

December 2004 - "Learning together on the Web"

SWANA - The Solid Waste Association of North America
www.swana.org

November 2004 - "Mail call on the net"

Catalist
www.lsoft.com/lists/listref.html

EPPNet
http://epp.nerc.org/epp/TopicList.cfm

GreenYes
http://greenyes.grrn.org/greenyes.html

JTRNet
www.epa.gov/jtr/jtrnet/index.htm

National Waste Prevention Coalition Forum
Message Archive
www.nwpcarchive.org

Pollution Prevention Regional Information Center
Listserve Etiquette
www.p2ric.org/DiscussionGroups/etiquet.cfm

Tile.net
http://tile.net

USCC Discussion List
http://mailman.cloudnet.com/mailman/listinfo/compost

Yahoo! Groups
http://groups.yahoo.com

October 2004 - "Not getting stuck with recycling"

Association of Municipal Recycling Coordinators
www.amrc.guelph.org

Brevard County - Household Sharps
www.brevardcounty.us/swr/sharpes.cfm

California Integrated Waste Management Board - Medical Waste at Home
www.ciwmb.ca.fov/wpie/healthcare/ppcp.htm

Corporations Supporting Recycling
www.csr.org

Safe Needle Disposal
www.safeneedledisposal.org/index.html

Santa Clara County - Household Hazardous Waste
www.hhw.org

South Carolina Division of Waste Management - Get the Point Program
www.scdhec.gov/lwm/html/infect_waste.html

September 2004 - "Reading the waste stream"

CIWMB Business Waste Characterization
www.ciwmb.ca.gov/WasteChar/BizData.htm

Florida WasteCalc
www.dep.state.fl.us/wastecalc/index.html

JTRNet Message Archive
www.epa.gov/jtr/jtrnet/index.htm

Minnesota MSW Composition Study
www.moea.state.mn.us/policy/wastesort.cfm

NYC - MSW Characterization Report
www.nyc.gov/html/dox/pdf/wprr/wprr06.pdf

Orange County (NC) C&D Composition
www.co.orange.nc.us/recycling/cdcomposition.asp

Oregon Waste Characterization Report
www.deq.state.or.us/wmc/solwaste/wcrep/wccr2002.htm

Pennsylvania MSW Composition Study
www.dep.state.pa.us/dep/deputate/airwaste/wm/RECYCLE/Waste_Comp/Study.htm

Toronto Multi-Family Waste Composition Study
www.city.toronto.on.ca/wes/techservices/involved/swm/net/pdf/multi-familty_waste_audit_1203.pdf

University of Central Florida - Waste Composition Study Methodology
http://www.dep.state.fl.us/waste/quick_topics/publications/shw/recycling/InnovativeGrants/IGyear5/Final%20Report.pdf

U.S. EPA - MSW in the U.S., 2001 Update
www.epa.gov/epaoswer/non-hw/muncpl/msw99.htm

 

August 2004 - "Tooling on the Web"

Carpet Reclamation Calculator
http://antron.dupont.com/content/toolbox/ant05_05.shtml

Compost Mix Calculator
www.klickitatcounty.org/SolidWaste/default.asp?fCategoryIDSelected=948111261

NERC Environmental Benefits Calculator
http://nerc.org/documents/aboutcalc1003.html

New Hampshire Solid Waste Diversion Calculator
www.des.state.nh.us/SWTAS/Calculator

OFEE Paper Calculator
www.ofee.gove/recycled/cal-index.htm

Reduce Your Waste
http://reduceyourwaste.org

July 2004- "Who you gonna call?"

Arizona - Recycling Program Coordinators
www.eeexchange.org/recyclearizona/localinfo.html

Arkansas - Regional Solid Waste Management Board
www.adeq.state.ar.us/solwaste/regional_boards_sql.asp

California - Local Waste Management Links
www.ciwmb.ca.gov/LGCentral/Links.asp

Connecticut - Local Municipal Recycling Coordinators
www.dep.state.ct.us/wst/recycle/localcoor.htm

Florida
www.dep.state.fl.us/waste/categories/recycling/pages/contact_counties.htm

Illinois - Recycling Coordinators
http://illinoisbiz.biz/com/recycling /localcontacts/lc_index.html

Indiana - Solid Waste Management Districts
www.in.gov/idem/oppta/recycling/swmd/index.html

Kentrucky - County Solid Waste Coordinators
www.waste.ky.gov/programs/rcla/County+Sold+Waste+Coordinators.htm

Maine - Municipal Recycling Programs
www.state.me.us/spo/recycle/municipaldata

Maryland - County Recycling Services
www.mde.state.md.us/Programs/LandPrograms/Recycling/Local/countyservices.asp

Massachusetts - Program Coordinator Contacts and Municipal Database
www.mass.gov/dep/recycle/cities.htm#rsd

Michigan - County Recycling Contacts
www.michigan.gov/deq/0,1607,7-135-3585_5130-16842-,00.html

Minnesota - County Contact Information
www.moea.state.mn.us/lc/county.cfm

Nebraska - Recycling Resource Directory
www.deq.state.ne.us

Nevada - Statewide Recycling Contacts
http://ndep.nv.gov/recycl/contact.htm

New Jersey - Recycling Coordinator Locator
www.state.nj.us/dep/dshw/recycle/recycoor.htm

New York State - Local Recycling Coordinators
www.dec.state.ny.us/website/dshm/redrecy/coords.htm

North Carolina - Local Waste Reduction Program Contacts
www.p2pays.org/localgov/PAYT/ncwaste.asp

North Dakota - Recycling Coordinator Contacts
www.ehs.health.state.nd.us/ndhd/environ /wm/P2/recycle.htm

Ohio - Recycling Contacts
http://ohiodnr.com/recycling/contacts/default.asp

Oklahoma - Community Recycling Contacts
www.deq.state.or.us/wmc/solwaste/contact.html

Pennsylvania - County Recycling Coordinators List
www.dep.state.pa.us/dep/deputate/airwaste/wm/recycle/document/countymaplinked.html

South Carolina - County Recycling Programs
www.scdhec.net/recycle/html/counties.html

Texas - City and County Recycling Contacts
www.tnrcc.state.tx.us/exec/oppr/commrecy/recy_contact.html

Vermont - Solid Waste District
www.anr.state.vt.us/dec/wastediv/solids/swmdlist.htm

Virginia - Recycling Contacts
www.deq.state.va.us/recycle/rcontact.html

Washington - Recycling and Solid Waste Contacts
www.ecy.wa.gov/programs/swfa/contact/othercontacts.html

West Virginia - Solid Waste Management Authority Contacts
www.state.wv.us/swmb/swalist.htm

Wisconsin - Recycling and Solid Waste Contacts
www.dnr.state.wi.us/org/aw/wm/contacts/localcon.htm

Wyoming - Community Program Contacts
www.trib.com/WYOMING/RECYCLE/org.html#commun

June 2004 - "Recycling in Minnesota"

City of Minneapolis
www.ci.mpls.mn.us/solid-waste

Eureka Recycling
www.eurekarecycling.com/Index.cfm

Minnesota Office of Environmental Assistance
www.moea.state.mn.us/index.html

Minnesota State Government Resource Recovery Program
www.rro.state.mn.us/index.html

Minnesota Waste Wise
www.mnchamber.com/about/wise_waste.cfm

Solid Waste Management Coordinating Board
www.swmcb.org

May 2004 - "Multifamily recycling, part 2:
Launching a successful program"

City of LA - Multifamily Recycling
www.ci.la.ca.us/SAN/publications/publications.cfm

MADEP - Motivating People to Reduce Waste
www.mass.gov/dep/recycle/motivate.htm

Sacramento County - Multifamily Recycling Guide
www.sacgreenteam.com/documents/multifamilyguide.pdf

Skumatz Economic Research Associates
www.serainc.com

USEPA - Complex Recycling Issues
www.epa.gov/epaoswer/non-hw/muncpl/recpubs.htm

April 2004 - "Multifamily recycling, part 1:
The status of MFD recycling in North America"

CIWMB - Recycling in Multifamily Dwellings
www.ciwmb.ca.gov/lglibrary/innovations/MultiFamily/

CIWMB - Solid Waste Characterization Database
www.ciwmb.ca.gov/WasteChar/DbMain.htm

RCO - Assessment of Multi-Unit Recycling in Ontario
www.rco.on.ca/publication/apartment.html

SPU - Solid Waste Reports and Data
www.cityofseattle.net/util/solidwaste/reports.htm

EPA Recycling Publications
www.epa.gov/epaoswer/non-hw/muncpl/recpubs.htm

March 2004 - "Putting in a call for recycling"

AMTA Phone Recycling
www.amta.org.au/aoi.asp?ID=Recycling

Callular News
www.cellular-news.com

Charitable Recycling Program
www.charitablerecycling.com

CollectiveGood
www.collectivegood.com

Fonebak
www.fonebak.com/main.html

Industry Council for Electronic Equipment Recycling - Legislation
www.icer.org.uk/legislation.htm

INFORM Reports
www.informinc.org/reports_waste.php

RecycleWirelessPhones.com
www.recyclewirelessphones.com

Verizon Phone Recycling
www.verizonwireless.com/hopeline

February 2004 - "The Web as tutor"

Bare Bones 101
www.sc.edu/beaufort/library/bones.html

Ohio State Net Tutor
http://gateway.lib.ohio-state.edu/tutor/

Search Engine Watch
www.searchenginewatch.com

SUNY Albany - Internet Tutorials
http://library.albany.edu/internet/

UC Berkeley - Finding Information on the Internet
http://lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/FindInfo.html

Virtual Chase
www.virtualchase.com

Web Search Strategies
http://home.sprintmail.com/~debflanagan/main.html

January 2004 - "Ferreting out the goods from state recycling organizations"

Arizona Recycling Coalition
www.azrc.org

Arkansas Recycling Coalition
www.recycleark.org

California Resource Recovery Association
www.crra.com

Northern California Recycling Association
www.ncrarecycles.org

Carolina Recycling Association (North and South Carolina)
www.cra-recycle.org

Colorado Association for Recycling
www.cafr.org

Recycle Florida Today
www.recyclefloridatoday.org

Georgia Recycling Coalition
www.georgiarecycles.org

Association of Idaho Recyclers
www.idahorecyclers.org

Iowa Recycling Association
www.iowarecycles.org

Indiana Recycling Coalition
www.indianarecycling.org

Kansas Recyclers Association
www.gulfisri.com/kra.html

Maryland Recyclers Coalition
www.marylandrecyclers.org

MassRecycle
www.massrecycle.org

Michigan Recycling Coalition
www.michiganrecycles.org

Recycling Association of Minnesota
www.recycleminnesota.org

Missouri Recycling Association
www.mora.org

National Recycling Coalition - State Affiliates Map
www.nrc-recycle.org/affiliates/affiliates.htm

Northeast Resource Recovery Association (NH)
www.recyclewithus.org

Association of New Jersey Recyclers
www.anjr.com

New Mexico Recycling Coalition
www.nmrecycle.org

New York State Association for Reduction, Reuse and Recycling
www.nysar3.org

Association of Ohio Recyclers
www.aor.address.com

Oklahoma Recycling Association
www.recycleok.com

Association of Oregon Recyclers
www.aorr.org

Professional Recyclers of Pennsylvania
www.proprecycles.org

Tennessee Recycling Coalition
www.trc-online.org

Recycling Alliance of Texas
www.cnixgraphics.com/Recycling_AllianceTx_Home.html

Recycling Coalition of Utah
www.utahrecycles.org

Association of Vermont Recyclers
www.vtrecyclers.org

Virginia Recycling Association
www.vrarecycles.org

Washington State Recycling Association
www.wsra.net

December 2003 - "Waste prevention gems"

Ecological Mail Coalition
www.ecologicalmail.org

FreeCycle
www.freecycle.org

Goodwill - Good Turn Day
www.cpcbsa.org/outdoor/goodwillgoodturn

Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) - Drive for Supplies
www.mcps.k12.md.us/schools/sga/saodrive.html

New Zealand - Reduce Your Rubbish
www.reducerubbish.gov.nz

Starbucks - Composting with Coffee
www.starbucks.com/aboutus/compost.asp

Tellus Institute - Resource Management
www.tellus.org/b&s/SCM_rm.html

University of British Columbia - Materials Reduction Tools
www.sustain.ubs.ca/sctools/materialstool.htm

Waste Prevention Forum
www.reuses.com/nwpcarchive

November 2003 - "Information hot spots"

California Integrated Waste Management Board
www.ciwmb.ca.gov/

Chelsea Center for Economic Development
www.chelseacenter.org

GreenYes List Archive
http://greenyes.grrn.org/greenyes.html

Inform: Waste Prevention
www.informinc.org/wasteprev.php

Minnesota Office of Environmental Assistance
www.moea.state.mn.us/index.html

Northeast Recycling Council
www.nerc.org

PlasticResource.com
www.plasticresource.com/s_plasticresource/index.asp

Pollution Prevention Resource Exchange
www.p2rx.org

U.S. EPA: Office of Solid Waste
www.epa.gov/osw

Waste Diversion Ontario
www.wdo.ca

Waste Reduction Resource Center
http://wrrc.p2pays.org

October 2003 - "How not to fill a landfill"

CIWMB: Food Scrap Management
www.ciwmb.ca.gov/FoodWaste/

Conference for Food Protection: Food Recovery Guidelines
www.foodprotect.org/documents.html

CT DEP: Food Scrap Recycling Pilot Projects
http://dep.state.ct.us/wst/compost/compilots.htm

Florida Food Recovery Resource Guide
http://doacs.state.fl.us/pubs/foodrec2.htm

Food and Brand Lab: Smart Shopping Insights
www.consumerpsychology.net/insights/smartshopping.html

ILSR: Don't Throw Away That Food!
www.ilsr.org/recycling/wrrs/food/food.html

Montgomery County, MD: Food Waste Reduction
www.montgomerycountymd.gov/mc/services/dep/Conservation/food.htm

NC: Green Plan for the Food Service Industry
www.p2pays.org/food/index.htm

NJ Solid Waste Advisory Group
http://aesop.rutgers.edu/~wastemgmt/index.htm

OR DEQ: Food Rescue Program
www.deq.state.or.us/wmc/solwaste/foodrescue.html

San Francisco Fantastic Three Program
www.sfgov.org/sfenvironment/aboutus/recycling/fantastic3.htm

Seattle SPU: Food Waste Pilot Collection Project
www.cityofseattle.net/util/solidwaste/FoodWaste.htm

Second Harvest
www.secondharvest.org/

Society of St. Andrew
www.endhunger.org

Toronto Green Bin Program
www.city.toronto.on.ca/greenbin

USDA: Best Practices Manual for Food Recovery
www.fns.usda.gov/fdd/gleaning/gleantoc.htm

USDA: Citizen's Guide to Food Recovery
www.usda.gov/news/pubs/gleaning/content.htm

September 2003 - "Bringing down the house through deconstruction"

11th Rinker International Conference on Deconstruction and Materials Reuse
www.cce.ufl.edu/rinker11/index.htm

California Integrated Waste Management Board: C&D Publications
www.ciwmb.ca.gov/ConDemo/Pubs.htm

City of LA Deconstruction Program
www.ci.la.ca.us/EAD/EADWeb-MWR/Deconstruction/Deconstruction.htm

Deconstruction Institute
www.deconstructioninstitute.com

ILSR: Deconstruction
www.ilsr.org/recycling/indexdeconstruction.html

Materials for the Future: Deconstruction/Reclaimed Wood
www.materials4future.org/PUBS/pubs2.html#dxnpub

The Building Deconstruction Consortium
www.denix.osd.mil/denix/Public/Library/Sustain/BDC/bdc.html

University of Florida: Powell Center for Construction and Environment
www.cce.ufl.edu/past/deconstruction/index.html

USHUD: A Guide to Deconstruction
www.huduser.org/publications/destech/decon.html

USHUD: A Report on the Feasibility for Deconstruction
www.huduser.org/publications/destech/deconstruct.html

August 2003 - "Waste and weather"

Academic Info: Global Warming and Climate Change
www.academicinfo.net/environstwarming.html

Environment Canada: Curbing the Effect of Waste on Climate
www.ec.gc.ca/science/sandenov02/article1_e.html

Environment Canada: Publications: Atmospheric Issues
www.ec.gc.ca/publications/TitleListE.cfm?Type=Atmospheric%20Issues&Icon=atmos

European Commission: Waste Management Options and Climate Change
europa.eu.int/comm/environment/waste/studies/climate_change.html

GrassRoots Recycling Network: Zero Waste, Recycling and Climate Change
www.grrn.org/zerowaste/climate_change.html

ICLEI Waste Challenge
www.wastechallenge.org

MSW Management: Playing It Cool
www.forester.net/mw_0209_playing.html

National Recycling Coalition: Climate Change Program
www.nrc-recycle.org/resources/ClimChange/ClimChange.htm

Pew Center on Global Climate Change
www.pewclimate.org

USEPA: Global Warming Waste
yosemite.epa.gov/OAR/globalwarming.nsf/content/ActionsWaste.html

USEPA: WARM Online
yosemite.epa.gov/OAR/globalwarming.nsf/WARM?OpenForm

July 2003 - "Materials exchanges"

BRING Materials Exchange (OR)
www.bringrecycling.org/bmex.html

Cochise County Materials Exchange (AZ)
www.cochisematx.com/index.html

Howard County Materials Exchange (IN)
http://co.howard.in.us/swmd/mat_exchange.htm

IMEX - North American Easte Exchanges
www.metrokc.gov/hazwaste/imex/exchanges.html

NapaMax
www.napamax.org/default.asp

National Recycling Coalition - Source Reduction Forum - Materials Exchange Fact Sheet
www.nrc-recycle.org/councils/SRF/measurement.htm

New Mexico Waste Exchange
http://nmrecycle.org/welisting.htm

Northern Maine Waste Exchange
www.nmdc.org/plan/wedir/wed.html

NWmaterialsmart (OR)
www.nwmaterialsmart.org/index.html

NYC Department of Sanitation - Materials ExchangeResearch Report
www.nyc.gov/html/dos/pdf/wprr/wprr05.pdf

NYC Materials Exchange Roundtable
www.cfe.cornell.edu/wmi/WastRed/MatlExch.html

Oklahoma DEQ Waste Exchange Program
www.deq.state.ok.us/CSDnew/WasteEx/okmax.htm

ScrapMatchGA (GA)
www.state.ga.us/dnr/p2ad/dl/scrapmatchga.html

Solid Waste Authority of Central Ohio - Virtual Landfill
www.virtuallandfill.com:8601/

Southern Idaho Waste Exchange
www.sisw.org/wastexchange/exchange.htm

Southern Waste Information Exchange
www.wastexchange.org/

USEPA - Jobs Through Recycling - Materials Exchnages
www.epa.gov/jtr/comm/exchange.htm

June 2003 - "Farming with Plastic"

AgriPlas Systems 2000, Inc.
www.agriplas.ca/index2.htm

Connecticut Agricultural Plastics Study
http://main.tellink.net/~aamidon/sld001.htm

Connecticut Department of Agriculture: Agricultural Plastics
www.state.ct.us/doag/business/agtech/agtechfw.htm#PLASTICS

Cornell Waste Management Institute
www.cfe.cornell.edu/wmi/

Cumberland County (NJ): Agricultural Film Recycling Program
www.ccia-net.com/recycling.asp#FarmFilm

NJ Solid Waste Policy Group
www.cook.rutgers.edu/~wastemgmt

Nova Scotia Department of Agriculture and Fisheries
www.gov.ns.ca/nsaf/elibrary/archive/projsum/93/93-49.htm

Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food: Recycling Farm Plastic Films
www.gov.on.ca/OMAFRA/english/livestock/dairy/facts/95-019.htm

Penn State Agricultural & Biological Engineering: Solid Waste Management
www.age.psu.edu/extension/factsheets/c/index.htm

PlasticsResource: Agricultural Film Recycling
www.plasticsresource.com/reading_room/articles/97june_hay.html

Tiger Baler
www.tigerbaler.com/index2.html

May 2003 - "Leftover Paint"

Amazon Environmental, Inc.
www.nvo.com/amazon

Behr Paint Estimator
www.behrpaint.com (select "Calculator" from left navigation menu)

British Columbia - Paint Stewardship Program
www.productcare.org

CIWMB - Recycled Latex Paint
www.ciwmb.ca.gov/condemo/factsheets/paint.htm

CTDEP - Recycled Products
www.dep.state.ct.us/wst/recycle/prodhome.htm

EPA - Procurement Guidelines - Paint
www.epa.gov/cpg/products/paint.htm

Illinois Partners for Waste Paint Solutions
www.epa.state.il.us/land/citizen-involvement/paint.html

King County - Recycled Paint
www.metrokc.gov/procure/green/paint.htm

Metlife Paint Calculator
www.metlife2000.org/Lifeadvice/Tools/Paintcalc/

Metro - Metro Paint
www.metro-region.org/article.cfm?ArticleID=521

MNOEA - Other Paint Initiatives
www.moea.state.mn.us/stewardship/paint-other.cfm

MNOEA - Recycled Latex Paint
www.moea.state.mn.us/lc/purchasing/latexpaint.cfm

NPCA - Leftover Paint Ideas
www.paintinfo.org/leftoverpaint.htm

Product Care
www.productcare.org

Product Stewardship Institute
www.productstewardshipinstitute.net/Paint.htm

RRFB - Paint Program
www.rrfb.com/pages/programs.html

Sarasota County - Recycled Paint Program
www.co.sarasota.fl.us/solid_waste/paint.asp
 

April 2003 - "Social Marketing"

Centre for Social Marketing   
www.marketing.strath.ac.uk/csm

Fostering Sustainable Behavior
www.cbsm.com

Making Health Communication Programs Work
http://oc.nci.nih.gov/services

National Training Collaborative for Social Marketing
www.hsc.usf.edu/CFH/ntcsm

Novartis Foundation - The Social Marketing Concept
www.foundation.novartis.com/leprosy/social_marketing.htm

Seven-Step Social Marketing Approach
http://media.socialchange.net.au/strategy

Social Marketing Network
www.hc-sc.gc.ca/hppb/socialmarketing

Social Marketing.com
www.social-marketing.com

Tools of Change
www.toolsofchange.com

U.S. Department of Agriculture's Social Marketing
Resource Manual
www.fns.usda.gov/oane/MENU/Published/nutritioneducation/Files/socmktman.pdf  

March 2003 - "Curbside recycling collection resources"

allplasticbottles.org
www.allplasticbottles.org

Association of New Jersey Recyclers
www.anjr.com/newsite/news/archive.html#Anchor-Single-49575

California Integrated Waste Management Board
www.ciwmb.ca.gov/LGLibrary/Innovations/Curbside

Clean Air Council
www.cleanair.org/index/index_1.html

Minnesota Office of Environmental Assistance
www.moea.state.mn.us/lc/collection.cfm

National Recycling Coalition
www.nrc-recycle.org/resources/RWorks/sinstr-trns-4-02.htm

Northeast Recycling Council
www.nerc.org/bulletin/20021201.html#3

SWANA
www.swana.org

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
www.epa.gov/epaoswer/non-hw/muncpl/coll-eff/

February 2003 - "Casting a wider search net"

Google
www.google.com

Search Engine Showdown
www.notess.com/search

Teoma
www.teoma.com

WiseNut
www.wisenut.com

January 2003 - "Regional recycling"

HR Clean   
www.hrclean.org

Metro   
www.metro-region.org

Metropolitan Environmental Trust   
www.metrecycle.com

Regional Waste Systems, Inc.   
www.regionalwaste.com

Solid Waste Management Coordinating Board    
www.swmcb.org

Southern Idaho Solid Waste District   
www.sisw.org

 

December 2002 - "The New and Improved EPA"

Construction & demolition debris
www.epa.gov/epaoswer/non-hw/debris

Global warming
http://yosemite.epa.gov/OAR/globalwarming.nsf/content/ActionsWaste.html

Jobs Through Recycling
www.epa.gov/jtr

November 2002 - "Online References"

General online references and virtual reference desks
American Library Association
www.ala.org/rusa/mars/best2001.html

Bartleby.com
www.bartleby.com

Gary Price
www.freepint.com/gary/handbook.htm

Information Please
www.infoplease.com

Internet Collegiate Reference Collection
http://icrc.bloomu.edu

Internet Public Library
www.ipl.org/div/subject/browse/ref00.00.00

Martindale's Reference Desk
http://sun2.lib.uci.edu/HSG/Ref.html

Michigan E-Library Reference Desk
http://mel.org/reference/REF-index.html

OFFSTATS
www2.auckland.ac.nz/lbr/stats/offstats/OFFSTATSmain.htm

Refdesk.com
www.refdesk.com

University of Michigan
www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/stats.html

Webopedia
http://webopedia.internet.com

Your Dictionary
www.yourdictionary.com

Solid waste and recycling references

Baltimore County Public Works
www.co.ba.md.us/p.cfm/agencies/pubwks/recylfact.cfm

California Integrated Waste Management Board
www.ciwmb.ca.gov/WasteChar/DbMain.htm

National Recycling Coalition
www.nrc-recycle.org

Office of the Federal Environmental Executive
www.ofee.gov/recycled/cal-index.htm

U.S. EPA -Conversion Factors
www.epa.gov/recycle.measure/conversn.htm

U.S. EPA - MSW in the U.S., 2000   
www.epa.gov/epaoswer/non-hw/muncpl/msw99.htm

U.S. EPA - MSW State Data
www.epa.gov/epaoswer/non-hw/muncpl/states.htm

October 2002 - "Readers' Choice"

Businesses and Environmentalists Allied for Recycling
www.globalgreen.org/bear

Maryland Recycles
www.mdrecycles.org

Municipal Research and Services Center of Washington
www.mrsc.org

Paperloop.com
www.paperloop.com

RecycleIowa
www.recycleiowa.org

Recycling Association of Minnesota
www.recycleminnesota.org

Smart Business Recycling
http://ladpw.org/epd/brtap/recyclingsite/index.cfm

Texas Natural Resources and Conservation Commission
www.tnrcc.state.tx.us/subject_waste.html

September 2002 - &