Links

Litter Prevention Links

• Adopt-A-Highway
• Assign-A-Highway Program 
• Big Book of Litter Information (guidance for setting up and managing a Litter Control and Prevention Program)
• Big Book of Litter Information - Addendum - Please contact DEQ at 804-698-4159 to obtain a copy.
• Clean Virginia Waterways    
• Keep America Beautiful, Inc.
• Keep Virginia Beautiful  
• The Ocean Conservancy

Recycling Links

Business Assistance with Recycling

• Virginia Recycling Association
• Environmental Organization Web Directory (recycling)
• Solid Waste Association of North America
• U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
• Virginia Department of Environmental Quality Office of Small Business Assistance
• Virginia's Manual on the Business of Recycling - Please contact DEQ at 804-698-4159 to obtain a copy of the manual.

Product/Material Recycling

• AERC Recycling Solutions
• American Beverage Association
• American Forest and Paper Association
• American Iron and Steel Institute
• Appliance & Electronics Recycling Guide
• Automotive Recyclers Association
• Best of the Web - Recycling (web resource for researching recycling topics)
• Can Manufacturers Institute
• Cell Phone Recycling Report (SB1317)
• Educators Guide on Green Lessons
• Environmental Protection Agency - Educational Resources
• Environmental Protection Agency - Wastes - Composting
• Environmental Protection, Recycling, and Waste Management - Database Resource Tool
• Fact Sheet on the Use of Compact Fluorescent Bulbs in the Home and Office
• Glass Packaging Institute
• Global Recycling Network
• Greener Choices   
• How To Compost
• Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries
• Intercon Solutions - Online Electronics Recycling Resource
• Keep America Beautiful
• Light Bulb recycling/reuse internet links - CFLs and other bulb types
• Master Composter    
• National Cristina Foundation
• National Recycling Coalition
• North Carolina Recycling Association
• Paper Recycling Online
• PC Recycler
• Plastics Recycling Website (The site is designed to offer an easy-to-use gateway for information on plastics recycling, in an effort to help enable expanded collection and recycling of plastics across the United States.)
• Plastic Bag Recycling - Fact Sheet
• Printer Cartridge Recycling
• Recycle City (EPA Region 9)
• Recyclers World
• Recycle4Charity
• Recycling Information for Kids (general recycling info and links to various recycling related activities/sites)
• Recycling Saves Money (fact sheet and links about recycling for students)
• School Recycling Toolkit (produced by the Virginia Recycling Association)
• Southeast Recycling Tech., Inc (CFLs)
• Steel Recycling Institute
• Technical Association of the Pulp and Paper Industry
• TerraCycle (6 oz  yogurt and 32 oz yogurt containers, drink pouches &  snack wrappers)
• The Ultimate Guide to Eco-Friendly Packaging
• Think Green From Home (Mail in options for CFLs, Batteries, Electronics, & Home Solutions) by Waste Management
• The U.S. Composting Council  
• Virginia Recycling Association

Recycling Markets/Buy Recycled

• Abundant Earth
• Acorn Designs
• Clean Washington Center
• Consumer Electronics Association - Guide to Consumer Electronics (management) 
• Eco-artware.com
• Little Earth
• Vulcana

Special Program and Contact Information

American Beverage Association

Fact Sheet on the Use of Compact Fluorescent Bulbs in the Home and Office

Green Construction Waste Guide available from the Clean Valley Council, Roanoke

Single Stream Recycling Best Practices Manual (Produced by Conservatree and Environmental Planning Consultants)

Associations

Southwest Virginia Solid Waste Management Association

DEQ uses email for regular contact with Virginia locality litter prevention and recycling programs.  Please check the listing for Recycling and Litter Prevention Program Managers and Program Contacts for your locality to verify the correctness of the email addresses and contact information for your programs. The current lists can be accessed through the above link.  Send any corrections to prina.chudsama@deq.virginia.gov.