Keeping it Green
Recycling
Links to sites focusing on recycling and waste reduction
| You have just finished your meal at a fast food restaurant and you throw your uneaten food, food wrappers, drink cup, utensils and napkins into the trash can. You don't think about that waste again. On trash pickup day in your neighborhood, you push your can out to the curb, and workers dump the contents into a big truck and haul it away. You don't have to think about that waste again, either. But maybe you have wondered, as you watch the trash truck pull away, just where that garbage ends up? |
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Consists of hundreds of reports, fact sheets, and studies from organizations around the country. Many of the reports analyze national recycling trends, others focus on specific community programs. It also has information on composting materials processing, and a wide range of other topics. |
| Sponsored by the U.S. Dept of Energy(DOE), offers tips on the reduction of office paper usage. |
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Waste Cutting tips, viewer polls |
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Build it Green by using recycled material purchased from their subsidiary, "ReStore", a program of BuildItGreen NYC. -Support doing the green thing while building or remodeling your home or business. |
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A membership organization of recycling professionals and advocates dedicated to maximizing recycling. |
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Mission is to redistribute used office furniture, computers and supplies from businesses to address the pervasive needs of cash-strapped public schools, and community based non-profits around New York City. |
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VBP provides donated used bikes, new tools and repair training, building the capacity of bicycles to sustainably become the transport mode of choice for thousands of Africans, where over 99% of the population cannot afford cars. |
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Headlines an more on the state of waste management and other environmental concerns |
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Focuses on the current state of waste (mis)management and solutions for attaining a Zero Waste goal |
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