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Web Sites | Online Publications
Many of the links on this page exit EPA's domain.
Web Sites
Pay-As-You Throw (PAYT)
Programs
EPA explains Pay-As-You-Throw (PAYT) programs, through which residents pay
a variable rate depending on the amount of waste disposal service used. This
Web site provides information on a state-by-state basis, articles and resources
on PAYT, as well as links and contact information to get further guidance
on setting up such a program.
Wastes Site - Where You Live
These pages offer a complete list of EPA Regional and State Environmental
Agency web sites.
Source Reduction Forum
This NRC Web site provides local governments with information on how to implement
a source reduction program.
Bottle Bill Resource Guide
This Web site, sponsored by the Container Recycling Institute (CRI), discusses
what bottle bills are, what states have enacted one, and recent news about
bottle bill efforts.
Northeast Recycling
Council's State Programs Contacts
The Northeast Recycling Council (NERC) provides contact
information for various state waste reduction programs. The following states
are included: Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire,
New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont.
Earth 911
Earth 911 is a Web site that can be used to locate recycling centers and other
waste reduction information by ZIP code.
Community Waste Prevention
Facct Sheets and Toolkit Links
INFORM provides very useful information on local waste prevention in this
online toolkit.
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Online Publications
Puzzled About
Recycling's Value? Look Beyond the Bin (PDF) (16
pp., 317K)
This booklet describes the benefits of recycling, and focuses on the fact
that recycling boosts the economy, conserves natural resources, and reduces
solid waste.
Municipal Solid Waste in
the United States
This report describes the municipal solid waste (MSW) stream in the United
States, based on data collected between 1960 and 2006.
Variable-Rate or "Pay-As-You-Throw"
Waste ManagementAnswers to Frequently Asked Questions (PDF)
(38 pp, 368K)
This report provides guidance to communities considering the feasibility of
variable rate programs for their solid waste collection programs.
State Scrap Tire
ProgramsA Quick Reference Guide: 1999 Update (PDF) (53
pp, 258K)
This document examines each states scrap tire management legislation
and programs.
Pay-As-You-Throw:
The Bonus Beyond Waste Prevention
The article (written by Janice L. Canterbury and published in Waste Age,
May 1, 1996) discusses Pay-As-You-Throw programs and provides examples
of various cities' experiences with such a program.
Nationwide Diversion Rate StudyQuantitative
Effects of Program Choices on Recycling and Green Waste Diversion: Beyond
Case Studies
This report, written by Lisa A. Skumatz, Ph.D. (October 1996), examines waste
diversion data collected from a broad range of local waste disposal programs,
including randomly selected communities of different sizes and locations.
Measuring Recycling:
A Guide for State and Local Governments
This document describes the standard methodology developed by EPA for measuring
recycling rates, and includes a glossary of more than 100 terms, standard
volume-to-weight conversion factors, and other useful tools.
Cutting the Waste Stream
in Half: Community Record-Setters Show How (PDF) (179
pp, 1.6MB)
This report highlights nearly 20 communities with record-setting residential
or municipal solid waste reduction levels.
Complex Recycling Issues:
Strategies for Record-Setting Waste Reduction in Multi-Family Dwellings (PDF)
(24 pp, 356K)
This fact sheet packet acknowledges record-setting multifamily dwelling (MFD)
waste reduction programs.
WasteWise Tip Sheet: Recycling Collection (text
file)
This fact sheet describes the basics of recycling, what can be recycled, and
how to implement a recycling program.
How to Start or Expand A Recycling Collection
(PDF) (4 pp, 59K)
This document provides basic information on establishing recycling collection
programs.
Rethinking Resources:
New Ideas for Community Waste Prevention
This report explores some of the limiting factors to improved implementation
of government waste prevention programs and describes a broad array of public
and private sector initiatives that have overcome such limitations.