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Top 10 Recycling Myths and How to Avoid Their Traps
10 recycling myths from The Recycling Partnership
TRUE Guide to TRUE Zero Waste Certification
How to guide for zero waste certification of facilities
TRUE Zero Waste Rating System
TRUE zero waste rating system overview
U.S. EPA’s 2020 Recycling Economic Information (REI) Report
The 2020 REI Report includes updated information about the number of recycling jobs, wages and tax revenue. The report shows that recycling and reuse of materials creates jobs, while also generating local and state tax revenues.
Understanding Persistent Herbicides – Fact Sheet #1
USCC overview on persistent herbicides, their impact on compost products, and how to avoid them in feedstocks
Unofficial Copy of California Architectural Paint Recovery Program Law
Unofficial Copy of California Architectural Paint Recovery Program Law
USCC Factsheet: Compost and Its Benefits
Basic information about compost, what it is and what its benefits are. Washington Organic Recycling Council
USCC Factsheets on Innovative Uses of Compost by State DOTs – Washington State Bioengineering
a case study using compost as a soil bioengineering solution on problematic slopes.
USCC Factsheets on Innovative Uses of Compost by State DOTs- Texas DOT – Revegetating Difficult Slopes
a case study on a DOT project using compost for revegetating badly eroded bare slope.
USCC Position: Keep Organics Out of Landfills!
USCC Fact Sheet with reasons for keeping organics out of landfills
USCC Position: Persistent Herbicides
USCC position paper - a call to chemical manufacturers, the US EPA and state agencies to take immediate action on persistent herbicides
USGBC Policy Brief: From Demolition to Deconstruction: City Salvage and Reuse Policies
Benefits and important policy considerations for a deconstruction policy
Using Disposal Surcharges as a Funding Mechanism to Support Recycling Programs
Pros, cons, and examples of disposal surcharge fees for funding recycling programs - Carton Council
Using Recycled Construction and Demolition Products: A Review of Stakeholders’ Perceptions, Decisions, and Motivations
A recent overview of the impact of construction as well as the challenges and barriers in recycling construction material.
Valuing Our Clothes: the cost of UK fashion
A robust report on the impact of clothes and fashion.
Variable Rate Pricing (aka unit-bsed pricing) Guide and Sample Ordinance for Municipalities
A guidance document and sample variable rate pricing ordinance form the Agency of Natural Resources for Compliance with Vermont's Universal Recycling Law (Act 148)
Verdigre, Nebr. Drop-off Center signs
Verdigre, Nebraska Drop-off Center signs
Washington School Food Share Program Toolkit
School Food Share is a simple program that allows schools and food banks to work together to collect whole, packaged, and/or uneaten cafeteria leftovers and share it within their community.
Waste Management Systems: Receivers of PFAs Contaminated Materials
Fact sheet about PFAs, human health and environmental impacts
Waste Mapping Guidance for Hotels in Cyprus: Saving money and improving the environment
A guide with diagrams, photographs and templates.
Waste, C&D, and Recycling Material Recovery Facility Temporary Worker Recommended Practices
NWRA Best safety practices for temporary workers in waste, C&D and MRF facilities
Wasted: How America is Losing up to 40 Percent of its Food From Farm to Fork to Landfill
Second edition of NRDC's ground-breaking report on food waste in America
WasteWise Resource Management: Contracting Methods to Improve Resource Efficiency Opportunities
US EPA Planning and designing a resource management program for commercial entities
Where Does My Recycling Go?
Green Quest Recycling (MRF) presentation on recycling markets for recovered materials in Nebraska
Worksheet to identify and prioritize goals of a PAYT program
US EPA PAYT Worksheet
Worksheet: Right Sizing Trash Service
A worksheet to determine central collection container size and collection frequency for trash
Yard Trimmings Ban Impacts
PowerPoint presentation by Dr. Stuary Buckner and US Composting Council on effects of yard waste bans
Yes! In My Backyard: A Home Composting Guide for Local Government
Home composting programs for local government
Zero Waste Boston – Recommendations of Boston’s Zero Waste Advisory Committee
Recommendations for potential waste reduction strategies for Boston to reach zero waste
Zero Waste Design Guidelines – Design Strategies and Case Studies for a Zero Waste City
Design guidelines for public and private space that will influence better waste management in buildings
Zero Waste Sonoma Model Ordinance – Disposable food service ware and polystyrene foam ban
Zero Waste Sonoma Model Ordinance - Disposable food service ware and polystyrene foam ban fact sheet