Recycling
- 3EStrategies
- California Integrated Waste Management Board
- Cash for iphones: information on cell phone recycling
- The Composting Council of Canada
- The Composting Resource Page
- Computers for Africa
- Container Recycling Institute
- EcoCycle
- Elemental Impact: A POWERful Voice in Organics Solutions lemental Impact (EI), a national non-profit based in Atlanta, is a dynamo of projects, ideas and networking for the corporate community and government agencies in the field of organics solutions. EI takes ACTION through the Zero Waste Zones, an EI program in partnership with the National Restaurant Association, the Sustainable Food Court Initiative and POWER – Perishable Organics Waste to Energy Recycling. Among recent accomplishments, EI initiated a pilot food discard recovery pilot at the city-owned Atlanta Airport in cooperation with the Atlanta Office of Sustainability, Sustainability Division of the Atlanta Airport and ILSR. To learn about EI’s important work follow the ZWZ Blog and the IMPACT Blog.
- EPA Office of Solid Waste
- G. Fred Lee’s Landfill Information Page
- Go Green Tool Guide – U.K. site
- Global Recycling Network (GRN)
- Grassroots Recycling Network (GRRN)
- Guide for Eco Friendly Home Lighting
- How Are Plastic Bottles Recycled? – resources from O. Berk
- King County Solid Waste Division (WA)
- King County Environmental Purchasing (WA)
- Master Composter
- Mid-Atlantic Consortium of Recycling and Economic Development Officials (MACREDO)
- Minnesota Technical Assistance Program
- National Recycling Coalition
- Northeast Recycling Coalition
- OurEarth.org
- Rachel’s Environment and Health Weekly
- Recycled Products Purchasing Cooperative (RPPC)
- Secondary Materials and Recycled Textile Association
- Toronto Environmental Alliances’ Reuse
- The U.S. Composting Council
- Waste Reduction and Recycling Information for Alameda County, California
- Web Directory Environmental Page – Recycling
- What can Be Recycling: A List of 200+ Items – from PersonalCreations.com
- Wise Up to Waste – site from London
- World Resource Foundation Materials Reclamation Facilities
- Zero Waste America
- Zero Waste Scotland’s Business Resources
Deconstruction
- Alameda County Waste Management Authority: Alameda County Source Reduction and Recycling Board
- “A Builder’s Guide to Reuse and Recycling: A Directory for Construction and Demolition Materials”
- Building Resources, San Francisco, California
- Center for Construction and Environment M.E. Rinker Sr. School of Building Construction University of Florida
- “Overview of Deconstruction in Selected Countries” Kibert, Charles J. and A. Chini, Eds. CIB Publication 252. Conseil International du Batiment, 2000.
- “Deconstruction: Techniques and Economics.” Kibert, Charles J. Florida Center for Solid and Hazardous Waste. April 2000.
- “Deconstruction as an Essential Component of Sustainable Construction.” Kibert, C.J., A. Chini, and J. Languell. Proceedings of the CIB World Building Congress, 2-6 April 2001. Wellington, New Zealand.
- “Design for Deconstruction.” Kibert, Charles J. Proceedings of the Florida Pollution Prevention Conference. Jacksonville, Florida, 8-10 June 1999.
- “The Center Playhouse Project”
- “Building Deconstruction: Reuse and Recycling of C&D Waste” FL DEP Innovative Recycling Projects Grants Program
- “Implementing Deconstruction in Florida: Materials Reuse Issues, Disassembly Techniques, Economics and Policy” Charles J. Kibert and Jennifer L. Languell June 2000
- “Salvaging Building Materials for Use in New Construction: Methodology and Economics” Building Materials Recovery Project October 1998
- “Alachua County: Building Deconstruction Project DEP Innovative Recycling Program” RecycleFlorida Today Conference Saddlebrook Resort Bradley Guy June 7, 2000
- Environmental News Network
- “Recycling Buildings Makes Dollars and Sense” John Roach Sunday, December 19, 1999
- Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
- East Bay Conversion and Reinvestment Commission
- “Building Deconstruction on Closing Military Bases” Prepared for the Center for Economic Conversion, the Materials for the Future Foundation, and National Economic Development and Law Center December 1997.
- Environmental Building News
- “Deconstruction: Back to the Future for Buildings?” Peter Yost Volume 9, Number 5. May 2000
- “Building Deconstruction: A Viable Alternative to Demolition?” Volume 6, Number 3. March 1997
- Forest Products LabForest Products Society
- “Knock on Wood: Real Recycling Opportunities are Opening Up” Preston Horne-Brine and Robert Falk Ph.D. Resource Recycling August 1999
- “Use of Recycled Wood and Paper in Building Applications” Forest Products Society Conference Proceedings, Madison, Wisconsin R. H. Falk, Ed. September 9-11, 1996
- “Military Deconstruction: Lumber Grade Yield from Recycling” R. H. Falk, D. DeVisser, S. Cook, and D. Stansbury 1999
- Fort Ord Reuse Authority
- “Pilot Deconstruction Project”
- Green Building News
- “Deconstruction Could Provide Lumber Supply of the Future” January 18, 2001
- Hippo Hardware, Portland, Oregon
- Green Institute ReUse Center/DeConstruction Services
- “The Deconstruction Team” Star Tribune March 28, 1998
- INFORM, Inc.
- Chapter 6 from “Building for the Future: Strategies to Reduce Construction and Demolition Waste in Municipal Projects” Bette Fishbein June 1998
- Los Angeles Times, National Edition
- “In This Deconstruction Derby, Do It-Yourselfers Win the Spoils” Stephanie Simon November, 28, 2000
- Murco Recycling Enterprises, Inc., LaGrange Park, Illinois
- North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service
- “Deconstruction: Giving Old Buildings New Lives” Rhonda Sherman February 1998
- Video: “Old Buildings Don’t Have to Go to Waste” North Carolina State University Agricultural Communication Video Productions 1996
- Portland Metro Regional Services
- RAFI-USA
- “Deconstruction of Chester House: RAFI-USA Property” 1998
- RECONNX
- Renovators Resource Inc., Halifax, Nova Scotia
- Rejuvenation, Portland, Oregon
- Reuse Development Organization (REDO)
- U. S. Environmental Protection Agency
- “Deconstruction: A Welfare to Work Opportunity” Robin Snyder
- “Deconstruction: Smart Demolition” Robin Snyder December 1998 [Link Unavailable]
- Youth Employment Partnership, Inc.
- “Final Report: Deconstruction of Building D-733, Harbor Transportation Center, Port of Oakland” 1997
