American Plastics Council
1801 K Street N.W., Suite 701-L
Washington, DC 20006-1301
(202) 371-5319 or (800)2-HELP-90
FAX: 296-7119
Website: http://www.plasticsresource.com
This is a trade organization and advocacy group for the plastics industry. They offer many free publications and a "virtual house" promoting environmentally sound uses of plastics.
Association of State & Territorial Solid Waste Management Officials
444 North Capitol Street, Suite 388
Washington, DC 20001
(202) 624-5828
FAX: (202) 624-7875
Environmental Hazards Management Institute
10 Newmarket Rd
P.O. Box 932
Durham, NH 03824
(603) 868-1496
FAX: (603) 868-1547
Website: http://www.ehmi.org
Environmental Protection Agency
Office of Solid Waste
401 M St. SW
Washington, DC 20460
(800) 424-9346
(Information about your state's recycling coordinator and how to plan a
hazardous waste collection in your community.)
Enviro$en$e
Website:
http://www.es.inel.gov
Huge database of articles and program summaries on pollution
prevention, source reduction, recycling, etc, sponsored by USEPA, DOD,
DOE and National Pollution Prevention Roundtable
An education in itself.
European Recycling
Website: http://www.tecweb.com/recycle/eurorec.htm
Large website sponsored by Recycling World,
below; includes large library of recycling articles.
Global Recycling Network
2715A Montauk Highway
Brookhaven, NY 11719
(516) 286-5580
FAX: 286-5551
E-mail: grn@grn.com
Website: http://grn.com/grn_news.htm
Includes recycling "Marketplace" product exchange and "Recycle Talk" chatroom.
Institute for Local Self-Reliance
2425 18th Street N.W.
Washington D.C. 20009-2096
(202) 232-4108; FAX: 332-0463
E-mail: ilsr@igc.apc.org
Website: http://grn.com/grn_news.htm
Located within Global Recycling Network Website; click on
"services-educational".
Sells several books on advanced recycling and composting approaches.
Recycler's World
P.O. Box 24017
Guelph, Ontario N1E 6V8 CANADA
Website: http://www.recycle.net/recycle/index.html
Huge worldwide database of companies, magazines and associations; not always current.
Recycling World
The Scrap Market, Ltd.
Hilltop, Off Church Road
Webheart, Redditch
Worcestershire B97 5PQ UNITED KINGDOM
(1527) 404550
FAX: 404644
E-mail: recycle@tecweb.com
Website: http://www/tecweb.com/recycle/rwcont.htm
Current issue of biweekly magazine on recycling available online
Seventh Generation
49 Hercules Drive
Colchester, VT 05446-1672
(802) 862-2999 or (800) 456-1177
Free mailorder catalog or recycled products, waste-reducing products, etc.
Solid Waste Association of
North America
P.O. Box 7219
Silver Spring, MD 20507-7219
(301) 585-2898; FAX: (301) 589-7068
E-mail: swana@millkern.com
Website: http://www.swana.org
Solid waste & recycling listserver
U.S. Council of Mayors
Municipal Waste Management Association
1620 "Eye" Street N.W., 4th Floor
Washington, D.C. 20006
Attention: David Gatton or Judy Sheahan
(202) 293-7330; FAX: (202) 293-2352
Website: http://www.usmayors.org
Include large on-line publication Best Municipal Practices with
numerous examples of innovative solid waste programs.
USEPA Pollution Prevention Information
Clearinghouse
Mail Code 7409
401 M Street SW
Washington D.C. 20460
(202) 260-1023
FAX: 260-4659
E-mail: ppic@epamail.epa.gov
Publication Website:
http://www.epa.gov/opptintr/p2home/ppicdist.htm
Hundreds of free pollution prevention publications, but for mail or phone order
only.
USEPA RCRA, Superfund and EPCRA
Hotlines
(800) 424-9346 or (703) 412-9810 in D.C.
Website:
http://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/hotline
Dozens of complete technical manuals on RCRA, Superfund and other programs.
Waste Policy Institute
2000 Kraft Drive, Suite 2100
Blacksburg VA 24060
(540) 231-3471
FAX: 231-3981
E-mail: comments@wpi.org
Website: http://www.wpi.org
A non-profit corporation of Virginia Polytechnic University.
The Windstar Foundation
2317 Snowmass Creek Road
Snowmass CO 81654
(303) 923-2145
Website: http://www.wstar.org
Publications about alternative products, online magazines Vision and
Earthsavers, online environmental chatroom.
World Resources Institute
1620 "EYE" St., NW, 4th Floor
Washington, DC 20006
(202) 293-7330
FAX:(202) 293-2352
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