Links to Non-Governmental Organizations

Gateways to Recycling / Environmental Information

100 Top Recycling Sites

This site offers the World's Environmental Organization's 100 top recycling sites.

Global Recycling Network (GRN)

GRN, the internet's recycling portal, is a free-access public site dedicated to recycling-related information.

EnviroLink Network

The EnviroLink Network is a comprehensive resource for individuals, organizations and businesses working for social and environmental change

Recycling Information

Santa Clara County Recycling Information

The Center for Development of Recycling, located at San Jose State University, acts as recycling clearinghouse for Santa Clara County. Find places to recycle and reuse stuff, city and county recycling information, composting information, publications, and junk mail reduction kits.

Internet Consumer Recycling Guide

This recycling guide provides a starting point for consumers in the USA and Canada searching the net for recycling information. The information is for regular folks with regular household quantities of materials to recycle. The goal is to help make recycling so easy and automatic that it blends into the flow of everyday life. The site offers The World's Shortest Comprehensive Recycling Guide, guides to recycling common materials and hard-to-recycle materials and steps to reduce unwanted mail.

Recycling Organizations

California Resource Recovery Association

The California Resource Recovery Association is the recycling organization for the state of California.

College and University Recycling Council (CURC)

The College and University Recycling Council is a network of campus-based recycling professionals who face similar challenges and opportunities in managing college and university programs.

Grassroots Recycling Network (GRRN)

The Grassroots Recycling Network is a North American network of recycling and community-based activists who advocate policies and practices to achieve zero waste, to end corporate welfare for waste, and to create sustainable jobs from discards. We aim to reverse unsustainable practices and policies by building effective coalitions and partnerships for Zero Waste policies based on government and corporate accountability for waste." GRRN's website has information on their campaigns, an extensive list of resources, and information about a listserv focusing on strategies to advance sustainable resource policies. Check out their amazing reference library for links about public information and grants, sources of capital, laws and regulations, educational recycling resources, regional recycling resources, composting and the Earth, U.S. EPA links, recycling organizations and publications in the world, success stories from schools and community groups, and much much more.

America Recycles Day (ARD)

ARD is a national grassroots campaign dedicated to increasing the purchase of recycled content products and recycling throughout America.

Zero Waste America

This web site advocates zero waste, the recycling of all materials back into nature or the marketplace in a manner that protects human health and the environment. Visitors can learn about disposal and recycling, related legislation and ways to take action.

National Recycling Coalition

NRC is a not for profit organization dedicated to the advancement and improvement of recycling, source reduction, composting, and reuse by providing technical information, education, training, outreach and advocacy services to its members in order to conserve resources and benefit the environment. The web site offers information about NRC members, programs, partnerships and publications.

Environmental Defense Fund Recycling Information

Use this website's search feature to find EDF work in recycling issues.

Reuse Development Organization, Inc. (ReDO)

ReDO is a nonprofit organization that promotes reuse as an environmentally sound, socially beneficial, and economical means for managing surplus and discarded materials. The site includes model programs, on-line discussions, resources, and technical assistance.

Recyclables

Recycler's World

This site is a world wide trading site for information related to secondary or recyclable commodities, by-products, used & surplus items or materials. There is also a calendar of events, a listing of associations, and a publications list.

The Steel Recycling Institute

"The Steel Recycling Institute (SRI) is an industry association that promotes and sustains the recycling of all steel products. The SRI educates the solid waste industry, government, business and ultimately the consumer about the benefits of steel's infinite recycling cycle." The site offers information about steel and how it is recyclable in cans, cars, appliances, construction material and an online database that lets users find out where they can recycle their steel. The site also has extensive educational materials for early childhood through high school, press releases, and publications explaining all about America's number 1 recycled material.

Conservatree

This site provides information on recycled, tree-free, and chlorine printing ad writing papers.

ReThink Paper

ReThink Paper is working to chart a precise course of action towards the solutions for wood use reduction. As the pulp and paper industry is the largest single industrial wood consumer in the US and in the world, it is important to reduce paper consumption and use alternative fiber pulps. Unless demand shifts to other products and other fibers, we will live on a planet without forests and the biological controls it offers us daily such as: flood control, carbon sinks, oxygen, water, and clean air to breath.

The Glass Packaging Institute's Recycling Page

The Glass Packaging Institute's webpage has educational information for manufacturers, consumers and teachers about the glass recycling process

Plastics Resource

Developed by the American Plastics Council, this site has information on plastics and the environment.

AnotheR BytE, Inc

Another Byte is a not-for-profit US IRS tax-exempt computer refurbishment and redistribution organization with a world wide focus toward bridging the Digital Divide. Their web site also offers information, a directory and an email discussion group about computer recycling.

Buying Recycled

Buy Recycled Business Alliance (BRBA)

This site includes the list of Steering Committee members, links to state partners, an online library with most of our publications including 18 case studies on how to use recycled-content construction materials, a discussion forum, an events calendar and more. Additional information is available on the National Recycling Coalition's project to promote buy-recycled programs for businesses, including case studies of successful business buy-recycled efforts, and information on state buy-recycled programs for business.

Conservatree

This site provides information on recycled, tree-free, and chlorine printing ad writing papers.

Buy Recycled Training Institute

This site provides information on the U.S. Conference of Mayor's training program and information on implementing a buy-recycled program, including examples of successful programs.

Environmental Education

Virtual Recycling

Virtual Recycling is an educational initiative of the Manitoba Product Stewardship Corporation (MPSC) that provides recycling information and resources for teachers and their students.

Roscoe's Recycle Room

ROSCOE (Recycle Our Steel Conserve Our Environment) is the official spokescan for the Steel Recycling Institute. After one signs in, this interactive Web site is designed to teach kids, parents, and teachers about the importance of recycling and solid waste management and how every day actions affect the use of natural resources, energy, and even your piggy bank! Visitors can also use the chalkboard to tell the Steel Recycling Institute about things you are doing in your town to improve the environment and answer a survey to help track the opinions of today's youth.

Enuf! The PLANET'S Favorite Band

Welcome to the world of "Enviro-Boogie"- music with a mission AND a beat! Enuf’s eco-tunes are clever and deliver a message of environmental protection. PLUS their fun-filled percussion romp through the unbelievable land of "Wastruments" is a show stopper. Imagine a whole trunk full of musical instruments made from the weird, the wonderful and the formerly disposable! This band has everything including the kitchen sink!

The Video Project

The Video Project offers educational videos on the environment, science and social studies.

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle: A Waste Reduction Activity Kit

This site offers ordering info for a kit that helps students learn about waste reduction.

Project Learning Tree

PLT is an award-winning, interdisciplinary environmental education program for educators working with students in PreK through grade 12. PLT helps students gain awareness and knowledge of the natural and built environment, their place within it, as well as their responsibility for it.

The 4th R Program

The 4^th R" program is an environmental education program, appropriate for the 4^th grade level, designed to supplement classroom instruction with real world examples. The program will challenge students to rethink issues about our environment through the study of "garbology", (the science of garbage) and will emphasize the 4-R's -reduce, reuse, recycle and rethink - through a variety of fun, hands-on activities. Math, science, reading and writing skills are all emphasized by means of in-class presentation, readings, small group work, classroom experiments, and after-school family projects. The overall goal of "The 4th R" is to help students become more resourceful, creative decision - makers as they learn about managing our solid waste, evaluating information, creating new products, and protecting our environment.