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Composting
The Care and Keeping of Worms (in PDF)
John G. Shedd Aquarium's how-to guide for using worms to compost food scraps and yard waste.
Find A Composter
Use this searchable data base to locate a composting facility in your area.
Recycling
The Container Recycling Institute
Useful recycling and waste statistics.
Co-op America Resolves Your Recycling Quandaries
Co-op America's mission is to harness economic power—the strength of consumers, investors, businesses, and the marketplace—to create a socially just and environmentally sustainable society.
E-Dump: A Documentary on Electronics Waste Dumping
Americans scrap 400 million electronic products per year, and generated 2.6 million tons of e-waste in 2005.
Electronics TakeBack Coalition: Responsible Recycling
The electronics recycling industry is plagued by "sham" recyclers - those that rely on low-road practices for making a quick buck, like exporting to developing countries and using prison labor for processing, or simply dumping e-waste after taking out the most valuable parts. Use this website to find a responsible recycler in your state.
GreenDisk
An earth-friendly and responsible e-waste recycler; home of the TechnoTrash Can.
US EPA Office of Solid Waste
Information on all types of waste products from batteries to medical waste; also includes recycling and pollution prevention information.
WorldWise Wise Guide: All About Recycling
Learn how to be creative about recycling and purchasing recycled products for home and business.
Green Building
Construction Materials Recycling Association
Find a recycler for construction/demolition materials.
Anaerobic Digestion (Methane Recovery)
AD Network
Independent information on the AD process and related subjects.
Bekon Energy
Electrical and thermal power from biogas.
The European Anaerobic Digestion Network
Country-by-country status reports and policy reviews.
How Anaerobic Digestion (Methane Recovery) Works
Biodigesters recover methane from animal manure through a process called anaerobic digestion. Here's how it works.
Kompogas systems
Using kitchen and garden waste for energy production.
Organic Power Limited
By adopting a completely natural process and without additional chemicals, the organic materials are degraded by naturally occurring aerobic and anaerobic bacteria. The process eliminates the pollution normally associated with organic residues and produces high quality methane gas, food grade carbon dioxide and clean fertilizers with no waste products.
Phased Solids Digestion
Two companies using the anaerobic digester process to process industrial wastes, energy crops, food processing residues and agricultural slurries to create energy.
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