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Waste Policy Forum
Municipal Solid Waste
Recycling
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Recycling makes use of materials that otherwise would become waste by turning them into valuable resources. Recycling helps reduce greenhouse gas emissions, in part, by diverting waste from landfills.
View links and publications on recycling by topic.
On this page:
- General Resources
- Grants/ Funding
- Market Development
- Program Development
- Outreach
- State Programs
- Waste Reduction
- Recursos Espaņoles
General Resources
Waste Partnerships
Provides information on EPA's waste partnership programs. These programs include the Coal Combustion Projects Partnership, GreenScapes, The National Partnership for Environmental Priorities, Plug-In To e-Cycling, Products Stewardship Partnerships, The Schools Chemical Cleanout Campaign, and WasteWise.
Global Recycling Network 
A comprehensive recycling information and trading resource on the Internet. It offers a one-stop solution to recycling information needs. Provides information on the trade of recyclables as well as the marketing of eco-friendly products.
Recycling - What Individuals Can Do
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. Learn what individuals in Texas can do to recycle and what governments and businesses need to know.
Start Recycling
Earth911. Learn locations where you can recycle.
APREPET
Provides information on recycling (including PET) in Spanish. This site also includes color diagrams of the recycling process.
Grants / Funding
All links in this section exit EPA.
Arizona Department Environmental Quality
Solid Waste Management: Recycling Funding
Provides information on recycling funding mechanisms in Arizona.
Fact Sheet: ADEQ's Recycling Program Grants(1 pp, 92K, About PDF)
Provides information on ADEQ's Recycling Program funding mechanism.
Arizona Recycling Scholarship Program
Provides information on ADEQ's Recycling Program funding mechanism.
Market Development
Recycling Market Development
Provides recycling market development information for state and local officials, sources of technical and financial assistance for recycling businesses, and information on the economic benefits of recycling.
Resources for Recycling in Specific Sectors
Provides resources for event recycling, business recycling, school recycling, C&D materials, organic materials, industrial non-hazardous waste, and innovative approaches for increasing participation in residential programs.
Program Development
Tools for Local Government Recycling Programs
Contains tools and information for local governments and community leaders seeking to create or maintain a residential recycling program.
How to Start or Expand a Recycling Collection Program (PDF) (4 pp, 58K, About PDF)
Recycling Program Models
Provides recycling program models including case studies from the U.S.
Full Cost Accounting For Municipal Solid Waste Management
Local government officials need to know what solid waste management really costs. Full cost accounting (FCA) provides a common-sense approach to identifying and assessing the cost of managing solid waste operations, and aiding decision-makers with short and long-term program planning to help identify measures for streamlining and improving operations.
Getting More for Less: Improving Collection Efficiency (PDF) (45 pp, 882K)
Provides local planners with a better understanding of cost-saving methods for collecting residential recyclables.
Serving Diverse Populations with Recycling: A Model for Local Government Recycling and Waste Reduction
California Integrated Waste Management Board. Local governments can raise awareness for and increase participation in their recycling programs by performing outreach and designing a recycling program with community diversity in mind.
Outreach
Recycling Outreach Materials
Provides outreach materials that can be adapted to your communality to increase participation in your recycling program.
State Programs
All links in this section exit EPA.
Arizona
Arizona Department Environmental Quality
Solid Waste Management: Recycling
Provides information on Arizona's recycling programs including Arizona's public recycling program coordinators list.
Arizona Recycling Scholarship Program
Provides a step-by-step guide to planning a recycling project proposal.
Solid Waste Management: Recycling Funding
Provides information on recycling funding mechanisms in Arizona.
Fact Sheet: ADEQ's Recycling Program Grants (PDF)(1 pp, 92K, About PDF)
Provides information on ADEQ's Recycling Program funding mechanism.
California
California Integrated Waste Management Board
Recycle
Provide information on where to recycle in California, recycling for schools and state agencies, and resources and tools.
CalMAX - California Materials Exchange
A free service provided by the California Integrated Waste Management Board designed to help business find markets for materials they have traditionally discarded.
Serving Diverse Populations with Recycling: A Model for Local Government Recycling and Waste Reduction
Local governments can raise awareness for and increase participation in their recycling programs by performing outreach and designing a recycling program with community diversity in mind.
New Mexico
New Mexico Environment Department Border Program
Recycling
Provides the New Mexico Recycling Directory among other useful recycling links and resources.
New Mexico Recycling Coalition
Texas
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
TCEQ's Recycling and Waste Reduction Resources
TCEQ's Recycling Contacts
This page contains an alphabetical list of contacts for local recycling services in Texas.
TCEQ's What Do I Do With It Now? A Quick Guide to Recycling Resources
A short guide to recycling information available through 1-800-CLEANUP and other recycling resources in your community.
Waste Reduction
Serving Diverse Populations with Recycling: A Model for Local Government Recycling and Waste Reduction
California Integrated Waste Management Board. Local governments can raise awareness for and increase participation in their recycling programs by performing outreach and designing a recycling program with community diversity in mind.
Waste Reduction Resources
Provides waste reduction resources including resources for local governments.
Making Source Reduction and Reuse Work in Your Community: A Manual for Local Governments (PDF)(79 pp, 7.5M)
This publication is valuable to any community wanting to implement source reduction initiatives, as well as to policy makers and community leaders hoping to better understand the opportunities for source reduction and reuse at the local level.
Recursos Espaņoles
Waste Reduction Resources
APREPET
Provides information on recycling (including PET) in Spanish. This site also includes color diagrams of the recycling process.
Contact the APREPET