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Waste Management
& Recycling Program

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Waste Management & Recycling Program


Links

Reduce

  • Reduce.org Detailed information on reducing your waste at home and at work.
  • Do Not Mail Send letters to reduce your junk mail and join a campaign to create a junk mail registry
  • EPA's Waste Wise Program An EPA site to educate citizens on waste management and reduction in the US (includes a section on recycling).

Reuse

Recycled/Environmentally Preferable Products

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Compost

Maine Sites

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National Sites

  • Earth 911 Covers many aspects of ‘green living’, including a section on recycling.
  • EPA WasteWise An EPA site to educate citizens on waste management and reduction in the US (includes a section on recycling).
  • Stopwaste.org Information for residents, schools, businesses, and local governments on reducing, reusing, and recycling to stop waste.

Universal and Hazardous Waste

Electronics Recycling

  • EPEAT Helps public and private purchasers evaluate computers based on their environmental attributes as well as provide an opportunity for manufacturers to secure market recognition for their environmental efforts.
  • PC's for Maine Donate computers for free and provide computer access to those in need.
  • List of Electronics Recyclers and Contact Information A list of electronic recyclers for businesses, schools, municipalities, and individuals to use when looking for an outlet for their unwanted electronics. for more info: DEP's e-waste website
  • NERC Electronics Facts and resources on electronics recycling.
  • RBRC: Call 2 Recycle An organization helping Americans to recycle rechargeable batteries, commonly found in cell phones, drills, cameras and more.

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Green Building Design and Energy Efficiency

  • Maine Chapter of the US Green Building Chapter An organization to educate and promote green building design and construction.
  • Efficiency Maine Promotes, educates Maine citizens and business to be energy efficient and to help the environment.
  • Greenspec Lists environmentally friendly building products and information on LEED environmental design standards.

Universities/Colleges

  • Green Campus Consortium of Maine The GCC’s mission is to develop an effective, Maine-wide network of colleges, universities and partners that will stimulate the continual improvement of environmental sustainability in our campus-based institutions through communication and education.
  • Recycle Mania A nation wide competition among universities to see which school can collect the highest amount of recyclable materials, or have the greatest waste reduction etc. over a 10 week period. Several Maine colleges and universities already participate. Lots of great suggestions from winning schools on how to be successful recyclers.
  • National Wildlife Federation (NWF) Campus Ecology A site to help universities reduce waste, recycle, and fight climate change.

Recycling Clip Art

EPA Publications

  • EPA publications on Safe Waste Management Information and publications on a wide range of waste topics including composting, battery recycling, jobs in recycling, climate change, hazardous waste and lots more.

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