EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS     

Recyling

Books: Selected bibliography from the Moraine Valley collection.

• The McGraw-Hill recycling handbook. Herbert F. Lund, ed. 2nd Edition. New York, McGraw-Hill, 2001. TD794.5 .M397 2001
• Urban recycling and the search for sustainable community development. By Adam S. Weinberg, David N. Pellow, and Allan Schnaiberg. Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c2000., HN49.C6 W437 2000
• Recycling in America: a reference handbook. Santa Barbara, Calif. : ABC-CLIO, c1992.TD794.5 .K55 1992.
• Re-creative: 50 projects for turning found items into contemporary design. New York: Home, 2006., TT157 .D634 2006

Articles

• “Waste Away”. By Judith A. Stock. E. The Environmental Magazine,
• “ Don’t recycle ‘e-waste’ with haste, activists warn”. By G. Jeffrey MacDonald . USA Today.
• “Future of recycling”. By Jennifer. Weeks. CQ Researcher
• "Not Just Greener Grass. (Environment and Leadership)." By Matthew Philips. Newsweek, April 2008.

Organizations

•  “The National Recycling Coalition (NRC) is a national non-profit advocacy group with members that span all aspects of waste reduction, reuse and recycling in North America.”
• Grassroots Recycling Network “GRRN has a vision of the world where waste is not waste – it is a resource. We are the voice of all those who recycle and want to waste less and do more. GRRN is the leading voice calling for Zero Waste (ZW) in the United States by promoting the message that we must go “beyond recycling” and go upstream to the headwaters of the waste stream which is the industrial designer’s desk. “
• “The Chicago Recycling Coalition champions environmentally and fiscally sound management of solid waste through research, education, and advocacy, emphasizing waste reduction, reuse, recycling, composting and buying recycled.”
• "The Freecycle Network is made up of 4,554 groups with 5,505,000 members across the globe. It's a grassroots and entirely nonprofit movement of people who are giving (& getting) stuff for free in their own towns. It's all about reuse and keeping good stuff out of landfills. Each local group is moderated by a local volunteer (them's good people)."
• Information from the University of Oregon showing how to set up a recycling program at your college
• “Our Mission Earth 911 delivers actionable local information on recycling and product stewardship that empowers consumers to act locally, live responsibly and contribute to sustainability."