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Carymoor Environmental Centre 
Information about the center, its educational and community programs, its research, and center news. Tours conducted of working landfill, nature trail available.
http://www.carymoor.org.uk
Community Change Party 
Specialist social research company that promotes litter reduction and prevention. Based in Australia.
http://www.communitychange.com.au/
Earth 911 
Public/private partnership to provide community-specific environmental information as well as general advice related to preventing environmental problems that would otherwise have to be remedied at a later date.
http://www.earth911.org/
Electronic Product Recovery and Recycling (EPR2) Project 
Promotes environmentally safe, responsible, and cost-effective management of electronic equipment that has reached the end of its useful life or no longer meets the needs of its original owners.
http://www.nsc.org/ehc/epr2.htm
Environmental Expert -- Recycling 
Presents free accessible articles, magazines, events and technological solutions for recycling.
http://www.environmental-expert.com/welcome-recycling.htm
European Topic Centre on Waste 
Information about waste and waste management in Europe enabling them to take the requisite measures to protect the environment, to assess the results of such measures and to ensure that the public is properly informed.
http://waste.eionet.europa.eu/
Freecycle 
Network to promote waste reduction and help save landscape from being taken over by landfills. The Network provides individuals and non-profits an electronic forum to recycle/ give away unwanted items.
http://www.freecycle.org/
GrassRoots Recycling Network (GRRN) 
Dedicated to environmental stewardship and achieving a sustainable economy by eliminating waste and reusing, recycling and composting resources. Advocates an end to corporate subsidies for waste, hopes to create new jobs from discarded materials.
http://www.grrn.org/
Green Design Computer Recycling Page 
Professional paper at Carnegie Mellon about recycling that old computer. [Adobe Acrobat Reader required.]
http://www.ce.cmu.edu/GreenDesign/comprec/
Keep America Beautiful 
A non-profit organization whose network of local, statewide and international affiliate programs educate individuals about litter prevention and ways to reduce, reuse, recycle and properly manage waste materials.
http://www.kab.org/
National Recycling Coalition 
Coalition of U.S. organizations committed to maximizing recycling to achieve benefits of resource conservation, solid waste reduction, environmental protection, energy conservation and social and economic development.
http://www.nrc-recycle.org/
PA Forest Lands Beautification Program 
The Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR) has teamed up with nonprofit PA CleanWays to remove illegally dumped trash in Pennsylvania's state forests and parks.
http://www.cleanpaforests.org
Pennsylvania Cleanways 
A nonprofit organization which battles littering and illegal trash dumping through community cleanups, education, increased enforcement, and promoting specialty recycling programs.
http://www.pacleanways.org/
Quinte Waste Solutions 
Offering waste reduction programs for the Quinte area in southern Ontario, this is an award-winning program achieving 63% reduction in waste that includes blue box recycling, composting, household hazardous waste collection.
http://www.quinterecycling.org/
Recycle City 
What happens to garbage and why recycling is important. Includes a game and other activities.
http://www.epa.gov/recyclecity/
Recycle-more 
British site that tells you where your nearest recycling facility is and gives important recycling information for business, schools and consumers.
http://www.recycle-more.co.uk/
Recycle.co.uk 
Offers a forum for recycling unwanted goods throughout the United Kingdom and Ireland.
http://www.recycle.co.uk/
Re~Cycle 
A UK charity which sends old bicycles to poor countries such as Haiti and South Africa and trains people how to repair and maintain the bikes.
http://www.re-cycle.org/
Solid Waste Agency of Lake County, IL 
SWALCO handles aspects of solid waste planning and management for Lake County, Illinois. Also has technical assistance programs, public information and education programs and targeted projects.
http://www.swalco.org/
Stop Littering 
This site promotes the concept of keeping our planet clean by not littering.
http://www.stoplittering.com
Waste Watch 
Information, publications and advice on waste reduction, reuse and recycling. Based in the United Kingdom.
http://www.wastewatch.org.uk
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