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Further Reading on Recycling
Check out these other worthwhile sources to get the scoop on recycling.
Consumer Guides
HowStuffWorks has the goods on how recycling works, and digs a little deeper to find out if what you're recycling is actually getting recycled.
A Shopper's Guide to Home Tissue Products from the NRDC will show you how to find recycled products.
Cities & Green Living: Recycling is another useful resource from the NRDC.
Compost Guide is a handy guide to recycling organic waste, Mother Nature style.
The EPA’s page on recycling and pollution prevention offers a good start on the basic info you need on recycling.
The EPA has searchable databases of national and international material and waste exchanges.
Free Geek is a Portland, OR-based group that collects and “recycles used technology to provide computers, education, internet access and job skills training to those in need.
The Frugal Shopper offers up some handy recycling tips.
GreenBiz has a thorough resource on recycling office paper.
The National Recycling Coalition is a group of U.S. organizations committed to maximizing recycling to achieve benefits of resource conservation, solid waste reduction, and other planet-friendly ends.
Recycling Tips & Eco-Friendly Advice has a start-to-finish guide to good recycling behavior.
SCRIB -- The Steel Can Recycling Information Bureau -- has all the info you'd ever want to know, and more, about recycling steel.
Friends of the Earth has some good top tips to cut waste.
Trash for Teaching is your source for education and environmentalism through creative reuse.
Wikipedia’s recycling page also links to focused articles on specific materials like plastic, glass, aluminum, and more.
Electronics recycling
Apple's recycling page
Dell Computer’s recycling page
Ebay’s Rethink program is an innovative way to put idle computers and other electronics in the hands of those who want them.The Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition is leading the way in e-waste recycling, prevention, and other eco-friendly electronics.
The EPA's eCycling mini-site shows you how to reduce the environmental impact of electronics at the end of their useful life.
Books
Garbage Land follows the trail of trash
Recycle: The Essential Guide is just what the title promises.
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