University and College Recycling Program Information

• University of California, Berkeley
• University of California, Los Angeles
• University of California, San Diego
• University of California, Santa Cruz
• University of California, Santa Barbara
• Brown University
• Emory University
• Rice University
• University of Oregon
• Stanford University
• California Collegiate Recycling Council
• College and University Recycling Council

Material Recycling Organizations

• The Aluminum Association
• Plastics.org
• The Steel Recycling Institute
• RecycleStore.com
• Recycled-Content Products Database

State and Nationwide Recycling Organizations

• California's Department of Conservation
  We're delighted you've decided to spend some time here at California's Department of Conservation. Those of us who live in California derive great benefit from the state's natural resources, and with that benefit comes the responsibility to use and preserve those resources wisely, with both the economy and the environment in mind...
• California Integrated Waste Management Board
  The Integrated Waste Management Board is responsible for managing California's solid waste stream--helping California divert 50 percent of its waste from landfills by 2000 and protecting public health and the environment...
• California Resource Recovery Association
  As the oldest state association of professionals in reuse, repair, recycling and composting in the United States, the California Resource Recovery Association offers our vision of how we can move towards a more sustainable, resource efficient economy.
• National Recycling Coalition, Inc.
  The National Recycling Coalition (NRC) is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to the advancement and improvement of recycling, and also source reduction, composting and reuse by providing technical information, education, training, outreach and advocacy services to its members in order to conserve resources and benefit the environment.
• Western Region Pollution Prevention Network
  The Western Regional Pollution Prevention Network is a cooperative alliance of pollution prevention (P2) programs throughout the region. The network focuses on regional P2 issues through researching, consolidating, and disseminating P2 information. The network increases P2 effectiveness by providing P2 programs with timely, accurate and useful information and resources.

Other Recycling and Natural Resource Related Organizations

• American Forest and Paper Association
  The American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA) is the national trade association of the forest, pulp, paper, paperboard and wood products industry. AF&PA represents member companies engaged in growing, harvesting and processing wood and wood fiber, manufacturing pulp, paper and paperboard products from both virgin and recycled fiber, and producing engineered and traditional wood products.
  (Read their press release: Paper Industry All-Time High of 50 Percent Paper Recovery
• GreenBiz
  Offers hundreds of examples of how companies of all sizes and sectors align environmental responsibility with business success, as judged by independent agencies and organizations.
• Mineral Information Institute
  The purpose of MII's educational programs is to help you teach your students about the importance of our natural resources - How we use them every day and usually never bother to think about where they came from. (Check out their illustration: "Every American Born Will Need")