Helpful links on Reducing, Reusing, Recycling, and Rebuying
Green Purchasing
Guides
- U.S. EPA Municipal of Solid Waste – Buying Recycled
www.epa.gov/epaoswer/non-hw/muncpl/buyrec.htm - Closing the Loop- Buying Recycled Products
www.environleader.org/buyingrecycled.html - Buy Recycled
www.dep.state.pa.us/dep/deputate/airwaste/wm/recycle/Buy/Buy.htm - Ecocycle – Buying Recycled
www.ecocycle.org/ebrn/index.cfm - Precycling – How to shop for future generations
www.environmentaldefense.org/article.cfm?contentID=2194
Online Stores
- EcoMall
www.ecomall.com - Green Marketplace
www.greenmarketplace.com - Green Home Environmental Store
www.greenhome.com
Products and Businesses
- Recycled Office Products
www.recycledofficeproducts.com - The Real Earth Inc.
www.treeco.com - Earth Friendly Products
www.ecos.com - Planet Squared
www.planetsquared.com - Recycled Products
www.recycledproducts.com - Recycling Businesses
www.ecomall.com/biz/recycle1.htm - Co-op America’s National Green Pages – Recycled Paper
www.coopamerica.org/pubs/greenpages/results.cfm?category=P4 - Recycled Products and Markets Databases
www.plasticsresource.com/s_plasticsresource/sec.asp?TRACKID=&CID=86&DID=127 - Recyclers World
www.recycle.net - Buy-Recycled Series – Paper Products
www.epa.gov/cpg/pdf/paper.pdf - Buy-Recycled Series – Miscellaneous Products
www.epa.gov/cpg/pdf/miscell.pdf - EPA Environmentally Preferable Purchasing – Product and Service Information
www.epa.gov/oppt/epp/pubs/products/products.htm - Little Earth
www.littlearth.com
Waste Reduction
- Garbage
www.learner.org/exhibits/garbage/intro.html - Reduce Reuse and Recycle
www.epa.gov/epaoswer/non-hw/muncpl/reduce.htm - Source Reduction and Reuse
www.epa.gov/epaoswer/non-hw/muncpl/sourcred.htm - The Consumer’s Handbook for Reducing Solid Waste
www.epa.gov/epaoswer/non-hw/reduce/catbook/index.htm - No-waste ideas
www.moea.state.mn.us/reduce/nowaste.cfm - Reduce.org
www.moea.state.mn.us/campaign
Reuse
- Waste-free Lunches
www.wastefreelunches.org - Throwplace: The Internets Landfill Alternative
www.throwplace.com - The Freecycle Network
www.freecycle.org (freecyclopedia) - Growing Lifestyle – Trash to Treasure
www.growinglifestyle.com/us/j18353 - Reuse Development Organization
www.redo.org - Swap Things
www.swapthing.com - Thrifty Planet Resource Guide
www.thriftyplanet.com - Reuse projects from BRING
www.bringrecycling.org/reuse_recipes.html
Recycling
- Books and Articles on Recycling
www.questia.com/library/science-and-technology/recycling.jsp - Recycling and Conservation Tips
www.tealdragon.net/recycle - Recycling / Re-Use / Trash / Waste -Environmental Resources
www.grinningplanet.com/5005/recycling-trash-resources.htm - Recycling – Making Better Use of Your Trash
healing.about.com/od/recycling/index_a.htm - Recycling Resources
www.eco-artware.com/eco-news/resource-guide.shtml - Recycle Works - Why Buy Recycled
www.recycleworks.org/paper/paper_wbr.html - A Recycling Revolution
www.recycling-revolution.com - Domain
www.100toprecyclingsites.com - The Recycling Directory
www.recyclingdirectory.net - American Forest and Paper Association - Recycling
www.afandpa.org/Recycling - Global Recycling Network
grn.com/index.html - Plastics Resource – Information on Plastic and the Environment
www.plasticsresource.com - U.S. EPA Municipal Solid Waste - Recycling
www.epa.gov/epaoswer/non-hw/muncpl/recycle.htm - Recyclers World - Publications Directory
www.recycle.net/pub - Earth 911 - Local and National Resources Assistance
newyork.earth911.org/usa/master.asp?newpostal=14850&s=lib&a=brrc/e_Resources.asp - American Recycler (online newspaper)
www.americanrecycler.com - Recycle First
www.recyclefirst.com
Guides
- Internet Consumer Recycling Guide
www.obviously.com/recycle
Organizations
- Grassroots Recycling Network
www.grrn.org - Recycling for Charity
www.recyclingforcharity.com/RECYCLING/ - Recycle for Breast Cancer
recycleforbreastcancer.org - United Plastic Recycling
www.unitedplasticrecycling.com - Zero Waste America
www.zerowasteamerica.org - Global Recycling Network
www.grn.com - Northeast Recycling Council
www.nerc.org - Recycle America Alliance
www.recycleamerica.com - National Recycling Coalition
www.nrc-recycle.org - NY State Association for Reduction, Reuse and Recycling
www.nysar3.org
