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Related Links
Use the following links to discover additional resources and information about paper recycling. These links are organized by:
Government
US EPA
- Comprehensive Procurement Guidelines (CPG): A key component of the government’s “buy recycled” program; includes a database of recycling-content products that meet EPA recommendations.
- Municipal Solid Wastes in the United States: 2006 Facts and Figures: The latest publication describing the national waste stream, based on data collected from 1960 to 2006.
- Resource Conservation Challenge (RCC): A national effort to conserve natural resources and energy by managing materials more efficiently.
- Recycling Market Development: Information about recycling market development, technical and financial assistance for recycling businesses, and the economic benefits of recycling.
- The Environmentally Preferable Purchasing (EPP) site provides guidance on purchasing environmentally preferable paper products.
US General Services Administration (GSA)
The central management agency that secures buildings, products, services, technology, and other workplace essentials needed by federal agencies.
- Environmental products overview: A variety of environmental products and services GSA offers to help federal agencies comply with federal environmental laws and regulations.
- Recycled-content products: Link to GSA’s library of recycled-content products that are CPG-compliant.
US Conference of Mayors 
The official nonpartisan organization of mayors, representing cities in the United States with populations of 30,000 or more.
- Fiber recovery study (PDF) (25 pp, 96 K, about PDF): A pilot study on office paper recycling in multi-tenant buildings.
- Recycle at Work Program
Organizations
- American Forest & Paper Association: A national trade association of the forest, pulp, paper, paperboard, and wood products industry.
- Conservatree: Advice and information about recycled-content paper and environmentally friendly practices for both large- and small-scale paper purchasers.
- Environmental Paper Network: A network of environmental organizations that support socially and environmentally sustainable changes within the pulp and paper industry; various tools and resources available on site.
- The Paper Calculator: Compare and calculate the environmental impact of different paper types across their full lifecycle.
- Participating organizations
- Green Press Initiative (GPI): A non-profit program that works with publishers, industry stakeholders, and authors to promote paper uses that conserve natural resources and preserve endangered forests.
- Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (ISRI): A national trade association of the scrap recycling industry (companies that process, broker, and consume scrap commodities).
- Scrap Specifications Circular 2007: Guidelines for trading processed scrap materials, including recovered paper and paperboard.
- National Recycling Coalition: A national organization of recycling professionals and advocates.
- National Solid Wastes Management Association: A trade association representing for-profit companies in North America that provide solid, hazardous, and medical waste collection, recycling, and disposal services, and/or consulting services.
- Northeast Recycling Council, Inc. (NERC): A council created for developing and improving recycling markets in the Northeastern United States.
- Paper Industry Association Council: A council of 35 allied associations representing major paper product manufacturers and providers.
- Recycle America Alliance: An alliance of recycling plants, processing facilities, and marketing services coordinated by Waste Management to offer municipalities cost-efficient, environmentally sound recycling programs.
- Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA): A trade association for professionals in the solid waste field which provides conferences, certifications, publications, and technical training courses.
- Waste Reduction, Recycling, and Composting page: A division of SWANA that promotes ways to improve management and profitability of waste reduction, recycling, and composting programs.
- Technical Association of the Pulp and Paper Industry (TAPPI): A technical association for the worldwide pulp, paper, packaging, and converting industries.
Recycling Publications and Web Sites
- Earth 911: A comprehensive environmental Web portal providing community-specific recycling, reuse, and disposal information.
- Pulp & Paper Resources & Information Site: Links to more than 1,600 paper industry Web sites. Site also includes a paper dictionary, paper abbreviations and acronyms, explanations of pulp and paper grades, and other resources.
- Pulp and Paper Week: Weekly newsletter covering all aspects of the paper industry, including paper recycling.
- Resource Recycling: A journal about recycling and composting in North America.
- The Paper Stock Report: Independent coverage and analysis of the scrap paper recycling market, including news, trends, and prices for scrap paper
