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Cleaning Up C.E. Cole

http://www.enter.net/~tquire/cole.html

The kids of Mr. Yelles and Mr. Kondisko’s classes at C.E. Cole intermediate school are concerned about their environment. They started several recycling projects, including this recycling Web page that documents their efforts.

Commonly Recycled Materials

http://www.best.com/~dillon/recycle/guides/common.html

Consider this Web page to be Recycling 101. It explains everything you might not have previously understood about recycling, including those cryptic looking recycling markers. The work here is an effort to make recycling a natural part of everyone’s everyday life.

The Consumer Recycling Guide: Index to Local Recycling Centers

http://www.best.com/~dillon/recycle/local/index.html

So you want to become environmentally conscious and start recycling, but you don’t know where to do it? Not a problem once you access this index to find a local recycling center near you. The list is always growing and has listings for all 50 states, as well as select international sites.

GreenDisk

http://imagelinc.com/greendisk/

GreenDisk helps reduce the landfill problem by taking obsolete software and recycling it into usable blank floppy diskettes. This process saves tons of plastic from taking up valuable landfill space and provides end users with inexpensive, high quality diskettes.

GREENGUIDE Reduce/Reuse/Recycle

http://esp.pnl.gov:2080/esp/greenguide/appe.html

The table on this page provides valuable information on how to reduce our consumption, reuse frequently discarded items, and recycle materials that can be reprocessed. It also contains special handling instructions for materials from batteries to wood pallets.

The Recycle Link

http://www.recycle.org/

This page, brought to you by Cyber Recycle, Inc., will both help you find a recycling program in your area and teach you what exactly can or cannot be recycled. You can also find information on manufacturers who utilize recyclables and the products they make.

Recycle Locally

http://www.umr.edu/~ems/recycle.html

Did you ever wonder what happens to the materials you recycle once they’re out of your hands? The city of Rolla documents its recycling program and tells its citizens exactly where their recycled goods are headed.

Recyclers World

http://www.sentex.net/recycle/

The mother of all recycling sites! You will find pages for every possible recyclable material, from automotive parts to wood and plastics. It even has a section for organic & food waste recycling.

Environmental Issues

gopher://gopher.well.com/11/Environment

A variety of stories, essays and book reviews covering various environmental issues and ideas.

EPA Online Library System

telnet://epaibm.rtpnc.epa.gov

Search the EPA’s online system by author, title, keywords, year of publication and so on.

Great Lakes Information Network

gopher://gopher.cic.net

A network to store and disseminate bi-national data and information regarding environmental issues, resource management, transportation, demographic and development data and other information and resources in the Great Lakes region of the U.S and Canada.