Coalition of U.S. organizations committed to maximizing recycling to achieve benefits of resource conservation, solid waste reduction, environmental protection, energy conservation and social and economic development.

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.

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.

Covers environmental/waste issues in Australia, and promotes recycling of cardboard, and the use of recycled cartonboard for packaging.

How Seattle-area housing coop uses just 2 trash cans with 5 families.

Lists several suggestions to reduce waste.

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.

Presents free accessible articles, magazines, events and technological solutions for recycling.

Provides information on waste to energy technology and integrated waste management solutions.

SWALCO handles aspects of solid waste planning and management for Lake County, Illinois. Also has technical assistance programs, public information and education programs and targeted projects.

A site on the toxic elements in computer screens.

The Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR) has teamed up with nonprofit PA CleanWays to remove illegally dumped trash in Pennsylvania's state forests and parks.

Professional paper at Carnegie Mellon about recycling that old computer. [Adobe Acrobat Reader required.]

Information and tools to help local governments reduce, reuse, recycle and cut the amount of garbage going to landfills.

British site that tells you where your nearest recycling facility is and gives important recycling information for business, schools and consumers.

Promotes environmentally safe, responsible, and cost-effective management of electronic equipment that has reached the end of its useful life or no longer meets the needs of its original owners.

A way to give kids a chance to recycle something of their very own.

This site promotes the concept of keeping our planet clean by not littering.

NYSAR3 is the State Association that Represents New York State's Recycling Community.

The M.E.T. coordinates and encourages recycling efforts in the metropolitan Tulsa, Oklahoma area.

Teaches the everyday essentials in a light and fun way, from a Canadian youth's point-of-view.

An informational recylcing site that uses QuickTime videos to educate about recycling issues.

Information, publications and advice on waste reduction, reuse and recycling. Based in the United Kingdom.

Information about the center, it's educational and community programs, it's research, and center news. Tours conducted of working landfill, nature trail available.

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.

Information on waste reduction programs, resources, and contacts. Created by Oregon's Department of Environmental Quality's Solid Waste Policy and Program.

Information and education on recycling in the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough area in the UK.

Report on the national state of recycling in the US on the eve of Earth Day, 2002.

Specialist social research company that promotes litter reduction and prevention. Based in Australia.

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.

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]