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WMail ezine Issue #28 [October 2002]
"Waste Not, Want Not"

America Recycles Day on November 15th [est. 1999]
Planet Recycling Co. - full service recycler [est. 1995]
Recycler's World website
Reuse Development Organization [est. 1995]
Internet Consumer Recycling Guide
Abitibi Paper Retriever programs in USA & Canada & U.K.
Basel Action Network - against 'Toxic Trade'

grassroots FreeCycle networks: recycle unwanted goods
Los Angeles [CA] FreeCycle group {3900 members}





Local Recycling Groups

National Recycling Coalition (affiliates included below}
Arizona Recycling Coalition
Colorado Assn. for Recycling
EcoCycle of Colorado - community-based recycling since 1976
Connecticut Recyclers Coalition
Illinois Recycling Assn.
ReUseIt Center - new & used building materials of Batavia, IL
Indiana Recycling Coalition
Michigan Recycling Coalition
Recycling Assn. of Minnesota
Missouri Recycling Assn.
New Mexico Recycling Coalition
ReStore recycled building materials in New Mexico
Placitas [NM] Recycling Center
New York Assn. for Reduction, Reuse & Recycling
Assn. of Ohio Recyclers
Oklahoma Recycling Assn.
Professional Recyclers of Pennsylvania
Puerto Rico Recycling Coalition
Tennessee Recycling Coalition
Recycling Alliance of Texas
Recycling Coalition of Utah
Associated Recyclers of Wisconsin

California Resource Recovery Assn.
California Recycles [California Integrated Waste Management Board]
The ReUse People of California [est. 1993]
California Dept. of Conservation website

CalMAX: California Materials Exchange Program         LACoMAX: Los Angeles County Materials Exchange Program

Cortes Island [British Columbia] Recycling Centre





Computer & e-Waste Recycling

P.C. Disposal [U.S.A. nationwide]
N.R.C.'s Electronics Recycling Initiative
Global Crisis listing - computer hardware donation & recycling
Share The Technology - computer recycling project
Funding Factory - printer cartridge & cellphone donation/recycling
National Technology Recycling Project - printer cartridge, PDA & cellphone recycling
Computer TakeBack Campaign
eRevival LLC - computer recycling in 6 states

SoCal Computer Recyclers [Los Angeles CA area; est. 1998]
Los Angeles County D.P.W. E-waste FAQ
City of Los Angeles [CA] E-Waste Program
Computer Recyclers of America [San Diego CA area]

Computer Corps [U.S.A.-based non-profit]

Computer Recycling U.S.A. - Electronics Recycling for Business      U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Plug-In to eCycling program      eBay's Rethink Intiatitive on the problem of e-waste
Hewlett-Packard's product return & recycling program      Motorola's Race To Recycle program      I.B.M. Asset Recovery Solutions: Making it easy to sell or recycle computers

{{ Unicor of Germany violates O.S.H.A. standards in its U.S. e-waste recovery operations }}



Reading Material on Recycling
& Sustainable Living

browse Recycling {and other forms of waste management}
category at Amazon.com

Recycling Today Magazine

Country Wisdom & Know-How  
"Country Wisdom & Know-How: Everything You Need to Know to Live Off the Land" [2004]
by the Editors of Storey Books

Black Dog/Leventhal 13¾x10½ pb [9/2004] for $13.57
publisher's bookpage
Mongo / Botha   "Mongo: Adventures in Trash" [2004]
by journalist Ted Botha

mongo {noun}: 1 [1970s +] an idiot; 2 [1980s +] (US, New York) any discarded object that is retrieved; 3 [1980s +] (US, New York) a scrap-metal scavenger. — "The Cassell Dictionary of Slang"
Bloomsbury 8¼x5¾ hardcover [6/2004] for $16.77
Storey's Basic Country Skills   "Storey's Basic Country Skills: A Practical Guide to Self-Reliance" [1999]
by John & Martha Storey

Storey Publng 11x8½ pb [9/99] for $16.47
Storey Publng 11¼x8¾ hardcover [9/99] out of print/used
publisher website
Sustainable Economy   "A Sustainable Economy For The 21st Century" [1998]
by Juliet B. Schor

Seven Stories Press / Open Media pamphlet [12/98] for $5.36
Seven Stories / Open Media Adobe Reader ebook [2/99] for $4.50
Seven Stories / Open Media M/S Reader ebook [2/99] for $4.50
Why Do We Recycle?   "Why Do We Recycle?: Markets, Values, & Public Policy" [1996]
by Frank Ackerman

Island Press 9x6 pb [12/96] for $22.50
Island Press 9½x6¼ hardcover [12/96] out of stock/used
Choose to Reuse   "Choose to Reuse: An Encyclopedia of Services, Businesses, Tools & Charitable Programs That Foster Reuse" [1995]
by Nikki & David Goldbeck

Ceres Press 9x6 pb [3/95] for $11.17
Easy Recycling Handbook   "Easy Recycling Handbook: What to Recycle & How to Buy Recycled... Without All the Garbage" [1994]
by Dee McVicker

Grassroots Publns 8½x5½ pb [6/94] for $8.95
Save Our Planet   "Save Our Planet: 750 Everyday Ways You Can Help Clean Up the Earth" [1990]
by Diane Maceachern, illustrations by Lonni Sue Johnson

Dell 9x6 pb [12/91] for $15.00
Dell 8½x6¼ pb [rev 4/95] out of print/many used



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