Climate and Waste Publications
EPA Climate Publications | Other Publications
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Getting the Most Out of Your Climate Profile (PDF) (2 pp, 2.1MB)
One of the most useful tools that WasteWise provides its partners is the Climate Profile. Every year, WasteWise develops these individualized progress reports for all partners that submit annual data during the reporting season. You can use this invaluable tool to educate employees, management, and the general public on the positive climate impacts of your WasteWise related efforts. The Climate Profile transforms your waste reduction data into an easy-to understand format—reporting GHG emission reductions achieved through your waste reduction activities. For example, if you reported recycling 200,000 pounds of aluminum cans, the Climate Profile will translate that activity into real life equivalents such as annual GHG emissions from "324 passenger vehicles" and "170,387 gallons of gasoline."
Prioritizing Your Climate-Waste Activities
(PDF) (2 pp, 101K)
October 2005
This document guides WasteWise partners in prioritizing waste prevention
and recycling efforts based on materials that have the greatest greenhouse
gas emission reduction potential.
Don't "Waste" Your Chance To
Do Your ShareHow To Reduce Your Climate Footprint (PDF)
(16 pp, 1.6MB)
June 2005
This how-to guide will help partners better understand the connection between
climate change and wastehelping minimize
climate footprints through waste reduction. Plus it explains how to educate
management, employees, and the general public about the climate-waste connection
and spreading the word about WasteWise-related accomplishments.
Climate Case Studies (PDF)
(8 pp, 900K)
October 2004
This document contains case studies on innovative waste reduction activities
that reduce global climate change. The following WasteWise partners are
featured: Target Corporation, Eastman Kodak Company, Xerox Corporation,
Pepco, Springs Industries, and Crown Holdings.
WasteWise Bulletin: Climate (PDF)
(4 pp, 210K)
September/October 2002
This WasteWise Bulletin focuses on climate change and waste, introduces
the WasteWise Climate Change Toolkit and EPA's WARM Calculator, and highlights
Allergan, Inc.'s innovative climate efforts.
Why "Waste" a Cool Planet: MSW Solutions to Global
Climate Change
This video, broadcast nationally in December 2000, is dedicated
to educating businesses and state and local governments about the relationship
between solid waste management and climate change.
To order a free copy of this video, contact the WasteWise HelpLine at (800) EPA-WISE (372-9473) or e-mail wastewisehelp@epa.gov for more information
Climate Change Case Studies
These case studies feature WasteWise partners that have made
climate activities an important part of their WasteWise.
- General Motors (GM) PDF (4 pp, 256K)
- Public Service Enterprise Group (PSEG) (PDF) (4 pp, 213K)
- City of Clifton, New Jersey (PDF) (1 pg, 23K)
- Allergan Sales, Inc, (PDF) (1 pg, 46K)
- The Seydel Companies (PDF) (1 pg, 29K)
EPA Climate Publications
Waste
Reduction Model (WARM)
WARM is a tool to help solid waste planners and organizations track and
voluntarily report greenhouse gas emissions reductions from several different
waste management practices.
Reusable
News: Fall 2001 (PDF) (8 pp, 482K)
EPA530-N-01-004
This EPA newsletter issue contains articles on the link between climate
change and waste management.
Climate Change
Kids Site
The Climate Change Kids site is designed to educate children about climate
change. The website presents the potential causes and effects of climate
change along with explanations of the greenhouse effect and the global
climate system. In addition, the site describes several methods for reducing
climate change. The site also includes a glossary of relevant terms, online
games, and links to related websites.
Other Publications
WasteAge
Magazine: "Keeping It Cool"
September 2001
This article discusses how new software and management techniques can
help reduce methane and minimize greenhouse gases.