Recycling
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Videos
TED TALKS on Recycling: http://www.ted.com/search?cat=ss_all&q=recycling.
Cairo’s Trash City: http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/business/jan-june10/egypt_02-16.html
Garbage Dreams: http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/garbage-dreams/game.html
Water Recycling: http://www.pbs.org/newshour/indepth_coverage/science/water_recycling/
How to Recycle Glass: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VzlZwCP4HiY.
Websites
1. Australian Recycled Cartonboard Campaign - Covers environmental/waste issues in Australia, and promotes
recycling of cardboard, and the use of recycled cartonboard for packaging.
2. CalRecycle - Information and tools to help consumers, businesses, and local governments reduce, reuse, recycle and
cut the amount of garbage going to landfills.
3. Canadian Pollution Prevention Information Clearinghouse - Environment Canada's pollution prevention (P2) website
and database featuring general information, tools, legislation, success stories, and technology.
4. Carymoor Environmental Centre - Information about the center, its educational and community programs, its
research, and center news. Tours conducted of working landfill, nature trail available.
5. Christian Science Monitor - A Mixed Bag of Community Recycling - Report on the national state of recycling in the US
on the eve of Earth Day, 2002. (April 17, 2002)
6. Cleaner Production in China - On implementation of cleaner production (pollution prevention) in China's industries.
Case studies, information on policy, strategies and legislation, and general information and links on industrial
ecology, life cycle assessment, ISO 14000, and related topics. [Chinese, English]
7. Community Change Party - Specialist social research company that promotes litter reduction and prevention. Based
in Australia.
8. Earth 911 - Guide to local resources including recycling centers, how to recycle, pollution prevention and how help
protect the environment.
9. Earth 911 - Public/private partnership to provide community-specific environmental information as well as general
advice related to preventing environmental problems that would otherwise have to be remedied at a later date.
10. Environmental Expert -- Recycling - Presents free accessible articles, magazines, events and technological solutions
for recycling.
11. EPA Office of Solid Waste - Information about Municipal Solid Waste (MSW); more commonly known as trash or
garbage.
12. EPA's Comprehensive Procurement Guidelines - Recycled content guidelines and other information for U.S. federal
government procurement. Includes directories of manufacturers of a wide range recycled products for industrial,
commercial, and household use.
13. EPA's Pollution Prevention Home Page (OPPT) - U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Office of Pollution
Prevention and Toxics Pollution Prevention Program. The Pollution Prevention Act of 1990. At EPA, pollution
prevention means source reduction.
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14. European Topic Centre on Waste - Information about waste and waste management in Europe enabling them to
take the requisite measures to protect the environment, to assess the results of such measures and to ensure that
the public is properly informed.
15. Freecycle - Network to promote waste reduction and help save landscape from being taken over by landfills. The
Network provides individuals and non-profits an electronic forum to recycle/ give away unwanted items.
16. GrassRoots Recycling Network (GRRN) - Dedicated to environmental stewardship and achieving a sustainable
economy by eliminating waste and reusing, recycling and composting resources. Advocates an end to corporate
subsidies for waste, hopes to create new jobs from discarded materials.
17. Green Design Computer Recycling Page - Professional paper at Carnegie Mellon about recycling that old computer.
[Adobe Acrobat Reader required.]
18. Integrated Waste Services Association - Provides information on waste to energy technology and integrated waste
management solutions.
19. Keep America Beautiful - A non-profit organization whose network of local, statewide and international affiliate
programs educate individuals about litter prevention and ways to reduce, reuse, recycle and properly manage waste
materials.
20. LitterButt.com - Help stop LitterButts by reporting license plates of violators.
21. Local Government Central - Information and tools to help local governments reduce, reuse, recycle and decrease the
amount of solid waste going to landfills. Includes waste stream analysis tools. From State of California Integrated
Waste Management Board.
22. New York State Association for Reduction Reuse and Recycling - NYSAR3 is the State Association that Represents
New York State's Recycling Community.
23. North Carolina Division of Pollution Prevention and Environmental Assistance - Information and education resources
on recycling, environmental management systems, and pollution prevention
24. NPR Science Friday : A Question on Earth Day: Paper, Plastic or Neither? - Discussion: Can Americans learn to live
with less packaging, and how much of the recyclable materials used are actually being recycled? [16:56 streaming
audio broadcast] (April 22, 2005)
25. Pacific Northwest Pollution Prevention Resource Center - Extensive source of information on pollution prevention
technologies and implementation, for industry, commerce, and households. Includes many relevant internet links.
26. Pennsylvania Cleanways - A nonprofit organization which battles littering and illegal trash dumping through
community cleanups, education, increased enforcement, and promoting specialty recycling programs.
27. Pollution Prevention Regional Information Center - Pollution prevention (P2) information for Iowa, Kansas, Missouri,
Nebraska, and other areas. Includes news, on-line information searches, librarian services, event calendar, service
provider and consultant directories, program and project updates, mailing lists, and links.
28. Quinte Waste Solutions - Offering waste reduction programs for the Quinte area in southern Ontario, this is an
award-winning program achieving 63% reduction in waste that includes blue box recycling, composting, household
hazardous waste collection.
29. Re~Cycle - A UK charity which sends old bicycles to poor countries such as Haiti and South Africa and trains people
how to repair and maintain the bikes.
30. Recycle City - What happens to garbage and why recycling is important. Includes a game and other activities.
31. Recycle.co.uk - Offers a forum for recycling unwanted goods throughout the United Kingdom and Ireland.
32. Recycle-more - British site that tells you where your nearest recycling facility is and gives important recycling
information for business, schools and consumers.
33. Recycling in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough - Information and education on recycling in the Cambridgeshire and
Peterborough area in the UK.
34. Rubberized Asphalt Concrete Technology Center (RACTC) - A cooperative effort by California governments to
promote the use of crumb rubber from scrap tires in roadway rehabilitation. Information on rubberized asphalt
concrete technology.
35. Stop Littering - This site promotes the concept of keeping our planet clean by not littering.
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36. The Metropolitan Environmental Trust - The M.E.T. coordinates and encourages recycling efforts in the metropolitan
Tulsa, Oklahoma area.
37. The Search for Safer and Greener Chemical Solvents in Surface Cleaning - PhD thesis on environmentally friendly
cleaning solvents.
38. The Southwest Network for Zero Waste - Network of pollution prevention specialists in the southwestern US.
Success stories, news, events announcements, description of programs, and contacts.
39. The Toxic Waste on Your Desk - A site on the toxic elements in computer screens.
40. Waste Watch - Information, publications and advice on waste reduction, reuse and recycling. Based in the United
Kingdom.
41. What is Waste? - Ongoing online documentary series about people repurposing waste.
Criticism of Recycling
1. "Recycling Suddenly Gets Expensive". NPR. 2008-12-23.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=98638760. Retrieved 2012-11-06.
2. New York Times Recycling... Is Garbage (nytimes.com Published 30 June 1996) Recycling... Is Garbage (article
reproduced) Recycling... Is Garbage (article reproduced). Retrieved 18 October 2006.
3. "Think Globally, Act Irrationally: Recycling". Econlib.org. 2007-07-02.
http://econlib.org/library/Columns/y2007/Mungerrecycling.html. Retrieved 2012-11-06.
4. Recycling: It's a bad idea in New York The Heartland Institute, May 1, 2002
5. Sepúlveda, A.; Schluep, M.; Renaud, F. G.; Streicher, M.; Kuehr, R.; Hagelüken, C.; et al. (2010). "A review of the
environmental fate and effects of hazardous substances released from electrical and electronic equipments during
recycling: Examples from China and India". Environmental Impact Assessment Review 30: 28–41.
doi:10.1016/j.eiar.2009.04.001. http://ewasteguide.info/files/Sepulveda_2010_EIAR_0_0.pdf.
6. Heartland Institute Recycling: It's a bad idea in New York. Retrieved 18 October 2006.
7. The Free Market Don't Recycle: Throw It Away!. Retrieved 4 November 2006.
8. Regulatory Policy Center WASTING AWAY: Mismanaging Municipal Solid Waste. Retrieved November 4, 2006.
9. Jewish World Review The waste of recycling. Retrieved 4 November 2006.
Green Consumerism
1. Green Consumer Guide - Categorised and searchable environmental news and products, with areas tailored to the
needs of domestic, commercial and governmental users.
2. Greener Cars - Provides news, articles and consumer information to select a vehicle that does the least harm to the
planet.
3. Greener by Design - Provides information on how to design products that are good for people, profits and the
planet.
4. Responsible Shopper - Investigate hundreds of companies on a range of issues.
5. eHow - Going Green at Home - Learn how to create a green home, with information on how to recycle and reuse.
Includes photos and videos.
6. eco-labels - Lists, describes, and evaluates environmental-friendliness labels commonly found on household
products.
7. Compost Resource Page [ ] - Information concerning various aspects of composting.
8. How to Make Compost [ ] - Step-by-step guide to making organic compost from home and garden waste.
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JSTOR Advanced Search on Recycling Waste (full text; 2007-2013):
http://www.jstor.org/action/doAdvancedSearch?q0=recycling+waste&f0=all&c1=AND&q1=&f1=all&acc=
on&fc=off&Search=Search&ar=on&sd=2007&ed=2013&la=eng&pt=&isbn=
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1. Brems, Anke, Jan Baeyens, and Raf Dewil. "Recycling And Recovery Of Post-Consumer Plastic Solid Waste In A
European Context." Thermal Science 16.3 (2012): 669-685. Academic Search Premier. Web. 5 Feb. 2013.
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2. Ittiravivongs, Achapan. "Recycling As Habitual Behavior: The Impact Of Habit On Household Waste Recycling
Behavior In Thailand." Asian Social Science 8.6 (2012): 74-81. Academic Search Premier. Web. 5 Feb. 2013.
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3. Kibert, Nicole C. "Greening Your Law Firm." Florida Bar Journal 86.10 (2012): 53-57. Academic Search Premier. Web.
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4. Fox, Michael. "CASH FOR Trash." Earth Island Journal 25.1 (2010): 49-52. Academic Search Premier. Web. 5 Feb.
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5. Walsh, Bryan. "E-Waste Not." Time 173.2 (2009): 49-50. Academic Search Premier. Web. 5 Feb. 2013.
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6. Chertow, Marian. "The ECOLOGY OF Recycling." UN Chronicle 46.3/4 (2009): 56-60. Academic Search Premier. Web.
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7. Coghlan, Andy. "A Food Source For The Modern World?." New Scientist 216.2892 (2012): 10-11. Academic Search
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8. Webb, Richard. "Will We Run Out Of Resources?." New Scientist 213.2854 (2012): 46-48. Academic Search Premier.
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9. Mahr, Krista. "In-Flight Recycling's Slow Takeoff." Time 176.7 (2010): 47. Academic Search Premier. Web. 5 Feb.
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10. Hutchinson, Alex. "Is Recycling Worth It?." Popular Mechanics 185.12 (2008): 68-76. Academic Search Premier. Web.
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11. "Country Lore." Mother Earth News 255 (2012): 72-75. Academic Search Premier. Web. 5 Feb. 2013.
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12. Park, Alice. "Waste Not." Time 180.11 (2012): 16. Academic Search Premier. Web. 5 Feb. 2013.
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13. Nowak, Rachel. "New Breed Of Recycling Plant To Re-Use All Waste And Make Landfill History." New Scientist
196.2626 (2007): 30-31. Academic Search Premier. Web. 5 Feb. 2013.
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14. Motavalli, Jim. "WASTE NOT. (Cover Story)." E: The Environmental Magazine 22.2 (2011): 22-29. Academic Search
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15. Earth, Mother, and SHELLEY STONEBROOK. "82 Sustainable Gardening Tips." Mother Earth News 248 (2011): 54-61.
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16. Rice, Jocelyn, and Amber Fields. "20 Things You Didn't Know About Recycling." Discover 29.5 (2008): 80. Academic
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17. "Inside The Digital Dump." Foreign Policy 160 (2007): 74-79. Academic Search Premier. Web. 5 Feb. 2013.
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18. Walsh, Bryan. "Recycling Food Scraps." Time 171.25 (2008): 116. Academic Search Premier. Web. 5 Feb. 2013.
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19. Kuhar, Mark S. "Cherry On Top." Rock Products 115.4 (2012): 16-19. Academic Search Premier. Web. 5 Feb. 2013.
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20. Nash, Tanya, Gregory A. Sholar, and James A. Musselman. "The High Life." Roads & Bridges 50.3 (2012): 38-40.
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21. "Exploring The Cost Of Recycling." Environmental Nutrition 34.8 (2011): 3. Academic Search Premier. Web. 5 Feb.
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22. NELSON, JACQUELINE. "New Uses For Old Trash." Canadian Business 85.4 (2012): 32-33. Academic Search Premier.
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23. Rockett, Bill. "Unplugged Funds." American School & University 82.2 (2009): 40-42. Academic Search Premier. Web. 5
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24. Curtis, Tom. "From TRASH To TREASURE." Australian Geographic 97 (2010): 112-119. Academic Search Premier.
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25. Schaffhauser, Dian. "The Dirt On E-Waste." T H E Journal 36.3 (2009): 20-25. Academic Search Premier. Web. 5 Feb.
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26. "Waste Not.." New Scientist 213.2854 (2012): 5. Academic Search Premier. Web. 5 Feb. 2013.
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27. Bauer, Gabrielle. "Small Gestures, Big Impact." Maclean's 125.15 (2012): 61-72. Academic Search Premier. Web. 5
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28. Telker, Kimberly. "Relearning To Recycle." E: The Environmental Magazine 19.4 (2008): 21-24. Academic Search
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29. Wald, Matthew L. "Gas From Trash. (Cover Story)." Scientific American 303.6 (2010): 52-53. Academic Search
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30. Wilding, Michael. "Marcus Clarke's Essential Recycling." Quadrant Magazine 55.11 (2011): 36-42. Academic Search
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31. Kuennen, Tom. "The Economics Of Recycling. (Cover Story)." Rock Products 110.10 (2007): 20-25. Academic Search
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32. Grunwald, Michael. "Trash Talk." Time 179.25 (2012): 26. Academic Search Premier. Web. 5 Feb. 2013.
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