Tufts University Sites

Tufts University
http://www.tufts.edu

Tufts Institute of the Environment
http://environment.tufts.edu/

Office of Sustainability
http://sustainability.tufts.edu/

Global Development And Environment Institute
http://ase.tufts.edu/gdae

Environmental Conciousness Outreach (ECO)
http://ase.tufts.edu/eco/
Environmental student group run by Tufts undergraduates

Jonathan M. Tisch College of Citizenship and Public Service
http://activecitizen.tufts.edu/
The Jonathan M. Tisch College of Citizenship and Public Service is a national leader in civic education, whose model and research are setting the standard for higher education’s role in civic engagement. Serving every student at Tufts University, Tisch College prepares young people to be lifelong active citizens and creates an enduring culture of active citizenship.

CLIMB Study
http://environment.tufts.edu/?pid=41
CLIMB - Climate's Long-term Impacts on Metro Boston -- is a major, three-year project to study the potential impacts of climate change on infrastructure systems in metro Boston and to recommend strategies to prevent, reduce, or manage the risk. It is expected to be a ground-breaking study of national importance.

Tufts Facilities Department
http://www.tufts.edu/central/facilities

Department of Property Management
http://finance-staging.tufts.edu/purchasing/?pid=46
Provides the University with a central source of information about the moveable equipment inventory, equipment recycling, and transfer.

Tufts Department of Public & Environmental Safety
http://publicsafety.tufts.edu/

Greening Initiatives on the Grafton Campus
http://www.tufts.edu/vet/green/

NGOs

The Internet Consumer Recycling Guide
http://www.obviously.com/recycle/
This recycling guide provides a starting point for consumers in the USA and Canada searching the net for recycling information.

GrassRoots Recycling Network
http://www.grrn.org/
GRRN utilizes classic activist strategies to achieve corporate accountability for waste and public policies to eliminate waste, and to build sustainable communities.

Earth 911: Making Every Day Earth Day
http://earth911.com/
This site provides recycling information and lists of recycling-oriented activities throughout various communities.

Environmental Organization Web Directory
http://www.webdirectory.com/Recycling/
This site provides information on everything from how to recycle and what is recyclable, to key recycling institutions, bureaus, laws, and networks.

Container Recycling Institute
http://www.container-recycling.org/
CRI is a non-profit organization that studies and promotes policies and practices that shift the social and environmental costs associated with manufacturing, recycling, and disposal of container and packaging waste from government and taxpayers to producers and consumers.

Bottle Bill Resource Guide
http://www.bottlebill.org/
This site explains and provides a layout for Bottle Bills, which is a law that requires a minimum refundable deposit on beer, soft drink and other beverage containers in order to insure a high rate of recycling or reuse.

Environment News Service (ENS)
http://ens-news.com/
This international daily newswire provides constant updates on environmental issues. Though its focus is not only recycling, recycling-related articles are a constantly featured in ENS-News.

Grist Magazine
http://www.grist.org/
Environmental news and green living tips from Grist, the most recognizable voice in environmental journalism.

Our Earth
http://www.ourearth.org
Information on local and national environmental programs and related news.

Stop Trashing the Climate
http://www.stoptrashingtheclimate.org
A report documenting the link between climate change and unsustainable patterns of consumption and wasting, dispels myths about the climate benefits of landfill gas recovery and waste incineration, outlines policies needed to effect change, and offers a roadmap for how to significantly reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions within a short period.

Industry Sites

Bureau of International Recycling
http://www.bir.org/
BIR is an international trade federation representing the world’s recycling industry, covering in particular ferrous and non-ferrous metals, paper and textiles.

Recycling Manager Prices
http://www.amm.com/recman/
This recyclable materials price service, published every other week, provides U.S. materials prices by grade for aluminum and steel cans, scrap metals, paper, plastics and glass.

Global Recycling Network
http://grn.com/
Global Recycling Network (GRN) is a free-access public site dedicated to recycling-related information.

Steel Recycling Institute
http://www.recycle-steel.org/
The Steel Recycling Institute (SRI) is an industry association that promotes and sustains the recycling of all steel parts.

Recycle Your Rechargeable Batteries (RYRB)
http://www.rbrc.org/
The Rechargeable Battery Recycling Corporation (RBRC) can help you recycle your portable rechargeable batteries.

Computer Recycling Center (CRC)
http://www.crc.org/info/index.html
Computers & Education reuses computers, and CRC promotes the highest and best re-use of computer and electronic equipment, and recycles unusable items to keep them out of landfills.

 

 

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