Key Resources for Waste Reduction & Recycling

Waste reduction and recycling includes a wide range of strategies and actions. Here are some key resources that can help you explore the range of opportunities and determine what fits well for your city or county.

• ILG Whitepaper on Financing Sustainability Efforts»
• ILG Climate Leadership Stories on Commercial Recycling»
  Cities and counties are leading by example and undertaking a range of activities to address climate change in this best practice area. These case stories demonstrate the depth and richness of local agency activities and can serve as examples that other agencies can adapt to meet their communities unique circumstances.
• ILG Whitepaper: Working With Local Businesses to Increase Recycling»
  While residential recycling has become mainstream, the bigger challenge ahead for local governments is to increase recycling by retail, service, office and industrial businesses.This whitepaper explores some of the issues related to commercial recycling policies and programs.
• CalRecycle Recycled Product Directory»
  The Recycled-Content Product Directory lists products containing recycled materials and provides information about the manufacturers, distributors and re-processors of these products.
• Buy Recycled Products - CalRecycle»
  This resource contains information about purchasing recycled products.
• Local Jurisdiction Sample Documents: Ordinances, Resolutions and Policies»
  Examples of Ordinances, Resolutions and Policies compiled by CalRecycle.
• Commercial Recycling Ordinances from Local Agencies»
  Many cities and counties have established commercial recycling ordinances. ILG has compiled several examples you can review to see how they are structured, and explore ideas that may be appropriate for your jurisdiction.
• Building a Green Economy: The Recycled Market Development Zone Program Provides Help and Resources»
  The Recycled Market Development Zone (RMDZ) program gives local governments tools to offer manufacturers a helping hand rather than a handout by providing affordable loans and technical assistance that can help a manufacturing business through the challenging formative stages of developing new recycled-materials products.
• The Link between Solid Waste and Greenhouse Gas Emissions»
  This resource provides an overview of the relationship between solid waste and greenhouse gas emissions.
• Measuring Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Waste»
  This resource provides an overview into measuring gas emissions from solid waste.

The Waste Reduction & Recycling section of this Web site has other resources that can help, along with examples from a variety of cities and counties throughout California.