Waste Reduction, Reuse and Recycling Pamphlets Informational Material Links

Let's Precycle - waste reduction ideas
Do You Get Too Much Junk Mail? - how to get off the junk mail list
Practical Source Reduction Tips for Business - prevent waste, maximize resources and increase efficiency
Sick of the Pre-Approved Credit Card Offers? - Information on how to remove your name from the national credit bureau lists for a two-year period.

Reuse It! - waste reduction and reuse ideas
Reuse It or Lose It! - a booklet of waste reduction and reuse ideas (pdf, 481kb)
The Reusable Lunch Box - explains how to make a waste-free lunch (pdf, 110kb)

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Compost and Buy Recycled! - explains these terms and how to recycle (pdf, 612kb)
Reduce, Reuse & Recycle This Holiday Season! - A Fact Sheet
S.T.O.P. (Save That Office Paper) - an office paper recycling handbook (pdf, 47kb)
Your School Can S.T.O.P (Save That Outgoing Paper) - describes a school paper recycling program (pdf, 87kb)
Don't Let Your Tires, Used Oil or Lead-Acid Batteries Pollute the Environment - extending tire life tips, recycling lead-acid batteries, and proper used oil handling (pdf, 43kb)
Plastic Recycling - summary of SPI Codes
Buy Recycled - tips on "closing the loop"
Anglers Wastes
Electronics Recycling

Everything You Have Always Wanted to Know About Home Composting But Were Afraid to Ask! - Six page booklet on home composting (pdf, 292kb)
Easy Backyard Composting - describes how to compost household and yard wastes
Leave It on the Lawn - grasscycling
Composting Activity Book (Grades 1-5)

A School Waste Reduction, Reuse, Recycling, Composting & Buy Recycled Resource Book (pdf, 1.09 mb)
"RW" Goes to School - a teachers guide to red worms in the classroom. (pdf, 412kb)
New York Recycles! Materials - Listed Below
Gee Whiz Recycling Facts (pdf, 181 kb)
New York State Earth Day Tips - fifty ways to help our environment (pdf, 213kb)
A College Waste Reduction, Reuse, Recycling, Composting & Buy Recycled Resource Book

New York State Returnable Container Act - the beverage container deposit system
Get Your Money Back - describes the benefits of the beverage container deposit system
Water Bottle Fact Sheet - Too Many Bottles --It's a Waste (pdf, 446kb)
The Great Bottle Round-Up Guidebook
The Great Bottle Round-Up Pamphlet

Reduce Your Use - how to substitute common household products
Managing & Disposing of Household Hazardous Waste - how to dispose of several different types of household hazardous wastes (pdf, 211kb)
Household Hazardous Waste Disposal and Alternatives Chart - an easy resource with disposal and alternative ideas (pdf, 27kb)

Let's Pick It Up New York! Resource Guide - a resource guide for litter clean-up activities (pdf, 280kb)
Let's Pick It Up New York! Pamphlet - a litter information pamphlet (pdf, 284kb)
Let's Pick It Up New York! Activity Book (Grades 3-6)

Multi-Residence Recycling
A State Agency Waste Reduction, Reuse, Recycling, Composting & Buy Recycled Resource Book (pdf, 299 kb)
The New York State Recycling Bulletin (summary of municipal recycling programs)
Annual Report - Household Hazardous Waste (pdf, 769kb)

6 NYCRR Part 360 - Solid Waste Regulations
6 NYCRR Part 364 - Waste Transporter Permits
6 NYCRR Part 367 - Returnable Beverage Containers
6 NYCRR Part 368 - Recycling Emblem Regulations
6 NYCRR Part 373-4 - Facility Standards for the Collection of Household Hazardous Waste From Conditionally Exempt Small Quantity Generators
6 NYCRR Part 374-4 - Standards for the Management of Elemental Mercury and Dental Amalgam Wastes at Dental Facilities

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