Recycling/Composting

• Best Operational Practices Manual For Materials Recovery Facilities and Recycling Drop-off Facilities, Illinois Recycling Association, September 2005

• Collecting Used Oil For Recycling/Reuse, USEPA, 1994

• Electronic Reuse and Recycling, USEPA, October 2000

• Green Alley Handbook: An Action Guide To Create A Greener, Environmentally Sustainable Chicago, Chicago Department of Transportation (CDOT), January 2007

• It’s Easy Being Green!: A Guide To Planning And Conducting Environmentally Aware Meetings And Events, United States EPA, September 1996, (English), (Espanol/Spanish)

• Markets and Politics in Urban Recycling: A Tale of Two Cities, Schnaiberg, Weinberg, Pellow, May 2001

• Mercury in Compact Fluorescent Lamps (CFLs), USEPA

• Puzzled About Recycling’s Value?: Look Beyond the Bin, USEPA, EPA530-K-97-008, January 1998

• Turning Blue Into Green: How Chicago’s Failed Blue Bag Program Could Be Replaced With A True Recycling Program Without Breaking The Bank Chicago Recycling Coalition, April

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