Solid Waste Information Resources
 

ORGANIZATIONS

Aluminum Association
1525 Wilson Blvd., Suite
Arlington, VA 22209
Ph. (202) 862-5100
http://www.aluminium.org

American Forest And Paper Association
1111 Nineteenth Street, NW, Suite 800
Washington, DC 20036
Ph. (1-800) 878-8878
E-mail: info@afandpa.org
http://www.afandpa.org

American Plastics Council
1300 Wilson Blvd.,
Arlington, VA 22209
Ph. (1-800) 2-HELP-90, Outside U.S. (703) 741-5000
http://www.americanplasticscouncil.org

Appliance Recycling Centers of America, Inc. (ARCA)
1920 S Acacia Avenue
Compton, CA 90220
Ph. (310) 763-2212
http://www.arcainc.com

Association of Postconsumer Plastic Recyclers (APR)
1300 Wilson Boulevard
Arlington, VA 22209
Ph. (703) 741-5578, Fax (703) 741-5646
E-mail: robin_cotchan@plastics.org
http://www.plasticsrecycling.org

Asociacion para Promover el Reciclado del PET (APREPET)
(Association to Promote the Recycling of PET in Mexico)
Augusto Rodin 299 - 2.
Col. Cd de los Deportes, C.P. 03710,
Benito Juarez, México, D.F.
Ph./Fax: 5563-8917 / 5611-6536
http://www.aprepet.org.mx

California Chamber of Commerce
1215 K Street, Suite 1440
Sacramento, CA 95814
P.O. Box 1736
Sacramento, CA 95812-1736
Ph. (916) 444-6670, Fax (916) 444-6685
http://www.calchamber.com

California Environmental Protection Agency (CalEPA)
1001 I Street
P.O. Box 2815
Sacramento, CA 95812-2815
Ph. (916) 551-1313
http://www.calepa.ca.gov

California Integrated Waste Management Board (CIWMB)
1001 I Street
P.O. Box 4025
Sacramento, CA 95812-4025
Ph. (916) 341-6000
http://www.ciwmb.ca.gov

California Resource Recovery Association (CRRA)
785 Orchard Drive, Suite 225
Folsom, CA 95630
Ph. (916) 441-CRRA / 441-2722,
Fax (916) 932-2209,
E-mail: crra@aol.com
http://www.crra.com

Californians Against Waste
921 11th Street, Suite 301
Sacramento, CA 95814
Ph. (916) 443-5422, Fax (916) 443-3912
http://cawrecycles.org

Co-op America
1612 K Street NW, Suite 600
Washington, DC 20006
Ph. (1-800) 58-GREEN
http://www.coopamerica.org

Environmental Defense,
Los Angeles, CA Office

3250 Willshire Blvd., Suite 1400
Los Angeles, CA 90010
Ph. (213) 386-5501
E-mail; members@environmentaldefense.org
http://www.environmentaldefense.org

Flexible Packaging Association (FPA)
971 Corporate Blvd., Suite 403
Linthicum, MD 21090
Ph. (410) 694-0800, Fax (410) 694-0900
E-mail: fpa@flexpack.org
http://www.flexpack.org

Glass Packaging Institute (GPI)
515 King Street, Suite 420
Alexandria, VA 22314
Ph. (703) 684-6359, Fax (703) 684-6048
http://www.gpi.org

Institute of Packaging Professionals (IoPP)
1601 North Bond Street, Suite 101
Naperville, Illinois 60563
Ph. (630) 544-5050, Fax (630) 544-5055
E-mail: info@iopp.org
http://www.iopp.org

Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (ISRI)
1325 G Street NW, Suite 1000
Washington, DC 20005
Ph. (202) 737-1770, Fax (202) 626-0937
http://www.isri.org

Keep America Beautiful
1010 Washington Blvd,
Stamford, CT 06901
Ph. (203) 323-8987, Fax (203) 325-9199
E-Mail: info@kab.org
http://www.kab.org

National Association for PET Container Resources (NAPCOR)
P.O. Box 1327
Sonoma, CA 95476
Voice (707) 996-4207, Fax (707) 935-1998
E-mail: information@napcor.com
http://www.napcor.com

National Association of Home Builders Research Center,
American Housing Technology & Information Resource

400 Prince George's Blvd.
Upper Marlboro, MD 20774
Ph. (301) 249-4000, Fax (301) 430-6180
http://www.nahbrc.org

National Solid Waste Management Assn., member of the "Environmental Industry Associations"
4301 Conneticut Avenue NW, Suite 300
Washington, DC 20008-2304
Ph. (202) 244-4700, Fax (202) 364-3792
http://www.nswma.org

Northern California Recycling Association (NCRA)
P.O. Box 5581
Berkeley, CA 94705
Ph./Fax (510) 217-2433
E-mail: ncra@ncrarecycles.org
http://www.ncrarecycles.org

Rubber Manufacturers Association, Scrap Tires
1400 K Street NW, Suite 900
Washington, DC 20005
Ph. (202) 682-4880
E-mail: info@rma.org
http://www.rma.org/scrap_tires/

Solid Waste Association of North America
1100 Wayne Avenue, Suite 700
Silver Spring, MD 20910
Ph. 1-800-GO-SWANA (467-9262), Fax (301) 589-7068
E-mail: info@swana.org
http://www.swana.org

US Composting Council (USCC)
4250 Veterans Memorial Hwy, Suite 275
Holbrook, NY 11741
Ph. (631) 737-4931, Fax (631) 737-4939
E-mail: admin@compostingcouncil.org
http://www.compostingcouncil.org

US Environmental Protection Agency, Region IX
75 Hawthorne Street
San Francisco, CA 94105
Ph. (866) EPA-WEST, (415) 947-8000
http://www.epa.gov/region09/

BOOKS AND GUIDES

The Bottom Line of Green is Black:
Strategies for Creating Profitable and
Environmentally Sound Businesses (1993)
Ted Saunders & Loretta McGovern
HarperCollins Publishers
10 East 53rd Street
New York, NY 10022
Ph. (212) 207-7000, Order/Cust. Service (1-800) 242-7737
http://www.harpercollins.com

Business Guide for Reducing Solid Waste
(1994) (EPA 530-K-92-004)
Call EPA RCRA/Superfund Hotline
Ph. (1-800) 424-9346 or (703) 412-9810

Business Recycling Manual (1991)
INFORM, Inc.
120 Wall Street, 16th Floor
New York, NY 10005-0001
Ph. (212) 361-2412, Fax (212) 361-2400

Buy Recycled Products: How Your Office
Can Complete the Recycling Loop (1991)

National Office Paper Recycling Project
US Conference of Mayors
1620 Eye Street, NW, Fourth Floor
Washington, DC 20006
Ph. (202) 293-7330, Fax (202) 293-2352
http://www.usmayors.org/uscm

Directory of US & Canadian Scrap Plastic
Processors & Buyers (1994)

Resource Recycling, Inc
PO Box 10540
Portland, OR 97296
Ph. (503) 227-1319

Ecopreneuring (1991), out of print Nov. 1996
Stephen J Bennett
John Wiley & Sons
605 Third Avenue
New York, NY 10158-0012
Ph. (212) 850-6000, Cust. Service (1-800) 597-3299,
Fax (212) 850-6088

Environmental Dividends
INFORM, Inc.
120 Wall Street, 16th Floor
New York, NY 10005-0001
Ph. (212) 361-2412, Fax (212) 361-2400

Environmental Executive Directory (1992)
Carroll Publishing Company
1058 Thomas Jefferson Street, NW
Washington, DC 20007
Ph. (202) 333-8620, Cust,. Service (1-800) 336-4240,
Fax (202) 337-7020
http://www.carroll.pub.com

Environmental Products Guide (1995)
Federal Supply Service
US General Services Administration
Centralized Mailing List Service
PO Box 6477
Fort Worth, TX 76115
Ph. (817) 334-5215, Fax (817) 334-5227,
E-mail: cms.gsa@gsa.gov

The Green Encyclopedia (1992)
Irene Frank & David Brownestone
Prentice-Hall General Reference
15 Columbus Circle
New York, NY 10023
Ph. (212) 373-8500

Green is Gold: Business Talking to Business (out of order indefinitely)
About the Environmental Revolution

(1991)
Patrick Carson & Julia Moulden
HarperCollins Publishers Ltd.
Suite 2900, 55 Avenue Road
Toronto, Ontario, M5R 3L2
Ph. (416) 975-9334, Cust. Service (416) 321-2241,
Fax (416) 976-6223
http://www.harpercollins.ca

In Search of Environmental Excellence:
Moving Beyond Blame (1990)( Out of print, July 1996)

Bruce Passaic & Pete Asmus
Simon & Schuster/Touchstone
Rockefeller Center
New York, NY 10020
Ph. (212) 698-7000, Cust. Service (1-800) 223-2348,
Fax (212) 698-7007
http://www.mcp.com

The Official Recycled Products Guide
Recoup Publishing Ltd.
PO Box 577
Ogdensburg, NY 13669
Ph. (1-800) 267-0707, Fax (315) 471-3258,
E-mail: info@recyclingdata.com
http://www.recyclingdata.com

Packaging for the Environment (1991), (out of print 1992)
E. Joseph Stillwell, R. Claire Canty, Peter W.
Kopf, Anthony M. Montrone
AMACOM Books
1601 Broadway
New York, NY 10019
Ph. (212) 586-8100, Cust. Service (1-800) 262-9699,
Fax (518) 891-0368

Recycling and Source Reduction for the Lodging Industry (1993)
American Hotel and Motel Assoc.
1201 New York Avenue NW, Suite 600
Washington, DC 20005-3917
Ph. (202) 289-3100

Reusable Transport Packaging Directory
(1994)

Kenneth Brown
Minnesota Office of Environmental assistance
Waste Education Clearinghouse
520 Lafayete Road North, 2nd Floor
St. Paul, MN 55155
Ph. (612) 649-5750, Fax (612) 296-3417

The Rodale Book of Composting (1992)
Rodale Press, Book Reader Service
33 East Minor Street
Emmaus, PA 18098
Ph. (1-800) 813-6627, Fax (610) 967-5171

School Recycling Projects: A Handbook
for Educators (August 1990)

(EPA/530-SW-90-023)
US Environmental Protection Agency
Solid Waste & Emerg. Response (OS-305)
401 M Street SW
Washington, DC 20060
Ph. (202) 260-2090, Cust. service (202) 565-2550,
Fax (202) 260-0584
http://www.epa.gov

Source Reduction Now (1992)
Minnesota Office of Waste Management
Waste Education Clearinghouse
Kenneth Brown
Minnesota Office of Environmental assistance
Waste Education Clearinghouse
520 Lafayete Road North, 2nd Floor
St. Paul, MN 55155
Ph. (612) 649-5750, Fax (612) 296-3417

Think Green: A Retailer's Environmental Idea Book (1992)
Illinois Retail Merchants Association
19 S. Lasalle Avenue, Suite 300
Chicago, IL 60603
Ph. (312) 726-4600

Waste Prevention Pays Off (1994)
(EPA-K-92-005)
Call EPA RCRA/Superfund Hotline
Ph. (1-800) 424-9346 or (703) 412-9810

Worms Eat My Garbage (1997), Second Edition

Worms Eat Our Garbage: Classroom Activities for a Better Environment (1993)
Mary Appelhof
Flower Press
10332 Shaver Road
Kalamazoo, MI 49002
Ph. (616) 327-0108

JOURNALS

American Recycling Market
Ph. (315) 471-0707 in Syracuse

Biocycle
419 State Avenue
Emmaus, PA 18049
Ph. (610) 967-4135

Co-op America Quarterly
Co-op America
1612 K Street NW, Suite 600
Washington, DC 20006
Ph. (202) 584-7336, Fax (202) 331-8166


Environmental Action Magazine
Environmental Action
1319 18th Street NW
Washington, DC 20036
Ph. (202)296-6267, Fax (202) 296-5149,
E-mail: env@heldref.org

In Business
419 State Avenue
Emmaus, PA 18049
Ph. (610) 967-4135, Fax (610) 967-4345,
E-mail: biosiclo@aol.com

Packaging
1350 E Touhy Avenue
PO Box 5080
Des Plaines, IL 60018-3303

Packaging Digest
400 N. Michigan Avenue
Chicago, IL 60611-4104

Pollution Abstracts
7200 Wisconsin Avenue
Bethesda, MD 20814-4811

Pollution Engineering
1935 Shermer Road
Northbrook, IL 60062-5319

Pollution Equipment News
8650 Babcock Boulevard
Pittsburgh, PA 15237-5821
Ph. (412) 364-5366 / 364-5667

Recycling Times
1730 Rhode Island Ave., NW, no. 1000
Washington, DC 20036-3196

Recycling Today
4012 Bridge Avenue
Cleveland, OH 44113-3320
Ph. (216) 961-4130

Resource Recovery Report
5313 Thirty-Eighth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20015
Ph. (202) 298-6344, Fax (202) 362-6632

Resource Recycling
PO Box 10540
Portland, OR 97296-0540
Ph. (503) 227-1319,
E-mail: resrecycle@aol.com

Reuse/Recycle
PO Box 3535
851 New Holland Avenue
Lancaster, PA 17604

Solid Waste Report
951 Pershing Drive
Silver Spring, MD 20910-4464
Ph. (301) 587-6300

Waste Age
170 Rhode Island Avenue, NW, no. 1000
Washington, DC 20036-3196

Wastetech News
131 Madison Street
Denver, CO 80206-5427

World Watch
World Watch Institute
1776 Massachusetts Ave, NW
Washington, DC 20036
Ph. (202) 452-1999, Fax (202) 296-7365
http://www.worldwatch.org

Worm Digest
P.O Box 544
Eugene, OR 97440-0544
Ph. (541)485-0456, Fax (541) 485-0456,
E-mail: mail@wormdigest.org
http://www.wormdigest.org