The Iowa Waste Exchange (IWE) is a materials exchange program designed to keep waste out of the landfills and in production. The IWE maintains a database of available and wanted…
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Common Business Waste Disposal
This guidance highlights best management practices for business waste. Topics listed include universal waste, spent solvents, sumps, electronics, pharmaceuticals.
Residential Waste Disposal
This guidance highlights best management practices for household waste. Topics listed include hazardous waste, electronics, mercury spills, pharmaceuticals, and used oil.
Reuse DC
Reuse DC is an interactive sortable map where users can learn how to repair, donate, and shop second-hand household items in the DC area, helping donors find places to give…
County Road 607 Rubber Tire Upcycling
The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) partnered with the Dickinson County Road Commission and Michigan Technological University to test an unusual asphalt mix of pieces of…
Recycle Right New York
Recycle Right New York is an education and outreach effort informed by more than 100 recycling professionals from across New York State. The program provides information and resources to help…
RecyclingWorks
RecyclingWorks is a Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection-supported technical assistance program that helps businesses and institutions across the state reduce waste generation and disposal, and maximize recycling, composting and reuse.…
Screening life cycle assessment (LCA) comparing reuasble steel kegs to single-use plastic kegs
We performed a screening level LCA in house – which relied on information and data from one local brewery plus survey responses from others in Oregon to model a regional…
Tennessee Materials Marketplace
The Tennessee Materials Marketplace (TMM) is an initiative produced through the collaboration of Division of Solid Waste Management – Materials Management Program, the Office of Policy and Sustainable Practices, and…
Materials Management Grants
DEQ began offering grants to local governments in 1992. Between 1992 and 2000 grants primarily funded local solid waste plans, local recycling and composting projects, and tire cleanups. Only local…