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Recycling/Composting

Best Operational Practices Manual For Materials Recovery Facilities and Recycling Drop-off Facilities, Illinois Recycling Association, September 2005  (2.24 MB)

Collecting Used Oil For Recycling/Reuse, USEPA, 1994  (218 KB)

Electronic Reuse and Recycling, USEPA, October 2000 (1.49 MB)

Green Alley Handbook: An Action Guide To Create A Greener, Environmentally Sustainable Chicago, Chicago Department of Transportation (CDOT), January 2007  (4.19 MB)

It’s Easy Being Green!: A Guide To Planning And Conducting Environmentally Aware Meetings And Events, United States EPA,

September 1996, English (265 KB), Espanol/Spanish (317 KB)

Markets and Politics in Urban Recycling: A Tale of Two Cities,

Schnaiberg, Weinberg, Pellow, May 2001 (92 KB)

Mercury in Compact Fluorescent Lamps (CFLs), USEPA (17 KB)

Puzzled About Recycling’s Value?: Look Beyond the Bin, USEPA, EPA530-K-97-008, January 1998  (318 KB)

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 2006  (178 KB)

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Updated September 10, 2008