Related Links
Information resources for solid waste and recycling are expanding all the time. This resource page contains links to a variety of web sites and email addresses and journals that may be useful for those who want more in-depth solid waste information.
Organizations & List-Serves
- Alameda County (California) one of the most comprehensive waste management web sites: www.wastenot.org
- Carolinas Recycling Association: www.cra-recycle.org
- Container Recycling Institute: www.Container-Recycling.org
- Glass Packaging Institute: www.gpi.org/
- GrassRoots Recycling Network (GRRN): www.grrn.org
- National Association for PET Container Resources: www.napcor.com/
- National Recycling Coalition: www.nrc-recyle.org
- National Waste Prevention Coalition: dnr.metrokc.gov/swd/nwpc/
- National Waste Prevention Forum : www.reuses.com/nwpcarchive/
- North Carolina Division of Pollution Prevention and Environmental Assistance www.p2pays.org
- NC Waste Trader www.ncwastetrader.org/home.aspx
- Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA) www.swana.org
- NC SWANA Chapter www.nc-swana.org
- ReDo (National Association dedicated to materials reuse (as different from recycling) www.redo.org
- Santa-Monica, California (City of) information on alternative cleaners and alternatives to pesticides in government buildings www.santa-monica.org/environment
- Triangle J Council of Governments: www.tjcog.dst.nc.us/solidwst.htm
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Office of Waste Reduction and Recycling www.fac.unc.edu/WasteReduction
- United States Environmental Protection Agency: www.epa.gov
Periodicals
- BioCycle (magazine) focus on organics management www.biocycle.net
- C&D Debris Recycling www.cdrecycler.com
- MSW Management: official journal of SWANA: www.mswmanagement.com
- Resource Recycling Magazine: www.resource-recycling.com
- Recycling Today www.recyclingtoday.com (free to practicing professionals, focus on scrap industry)
- Solid Waste Digest, weekly newsletter for practicing professionals: www.wasteinfo.com
- Waste Age Magazine (free to practicing professionals): www.wasteage.com
- Waste News, weekly focused on business: www.wastenews.com/headlines.html
- Zero Waste Initiative: industrial ecology for waste minimization: www.zeri.org