Region 8
Serving Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, Wyoming and 27 Tribal Nations
Conservation: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
National Information
Regional Information
When air, water or land becomes polluted, it's often difficult and expensive -- and sometimes impossible -- to clean it up. Preventing pollution is cheaper than either waste management or cleanup. Preventing pollution offers greater protection of the environment. And it helps conserve our natural resources. Whether you're a major corporation or a concerned individual, EPA has information and programs to help you do your part.
These actions support EPA's Resource Conservation Challenge (RCC), a national effort to:
- increase the national municipal solid waste recycling rate
- increase the beneficial use of industrial byproducts
- reduce or eliminate priority and toxic chemicals, and
- "green" electronics
Visit the RCC website for current goals in each of these four National Priority Areas.
Reduce, Reuse & Recycle Waste
Reduce
Pollution Prevention
Practices that reduce or eliminate the creation of pollutants.
Waste Wise Program
Targets the reduction of municipal solid waste.
Reuse
Buying Recycled
Purchasing products made with recovered materials.
EPA provided grant funding to support the Reuse Development Organization (ReDO) , which is a non-profit organization that promotes reuse as an environmentally sound, socially beneficial, and economical means for managing surplus and discarded materials. ReDO also maintains a database of reuse organizations around the country.
Recycle
Basic Recycling Resources
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Information on recycling plus links to publications and Web sites providing in-depth material on specific recycling issues.
Community Locator - Earth911.com
Find out where to properly recycle items such as computers, batteries, and aluminum cans. Geographically specific environmental and recycling information created in partnership between EPA, the 50 states and dozens of public and private organizations.
Contacts
Your county or State Waste Programs also offer specific information on where to recycle common recyclables.
EPA Region 8
Kim Bartels
Electronics Stewardship Coordinator
(303) 312-6346
bartels.kim@epa.gov
Anne-Marie Patrie
Recycling Coordinator
(303) 312-6524
Email: Patrie.anne-marie@epa.gov
Region 8 State Resources
Colorado
Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) Hazardous Materials and Waste Management Division
Colorado Association for Recycling
Ecocycle
Colorado Recycles
Montana
Montana Department of Environmental Quality - Waste Reduction and Recycling Program
North Dakota
North Dakota Solid Waste and Recycling Association
North Dakota Department of Health, Division of Waste Management
South Dakota
South Dakota Department of Environment and Natural Resources - Recycling Program
South Dakota Solid Waste Association
Utah
Recycling Coalition of Utah
Utah Department of Environmental Quality - Division of Solid and Hazardous Waste
Utah Department of Environmental Quality - Pollution Prevention
Utah DEQ - Electronics Recycling
Wyoming
Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality - Solid and Hazardous Waste Division
Wyoming Solid Waste and Recycling Association