Local Information

• Oberlin College Environmental Policy--Comprehensive campus environmental policy passed by the Board of Trustees in March 2004.
• CDS Recycling homepage-- Campus Dining Service's finest...
• City of Oberlin-- Refuse and Recycling page
• Cuyahoga County Solid Waste -- Serving the Cleveland area
• Lorain County Solid Waste District-- Serving this county
• Ohio Department of Natural Resources--Division of Recycling and Litter Prevention
• Great Lakes Information Network
• Commission for Marketing Recyclable Materials

Recycling and Environmental Information:

• Woodwise - the PAPER project and consumer information on forests and paper.
• Conservatree - paper use and tree info
• Safeclimate - calculate your carbon dioxide footprint, get climate change news and actions, browse an eco-friendly store
• AirHead - linking the environment with your daily life: allows visitors to track their carbon and other emissions as an organization or an individual
• Center for a New American Dream - more fun, less stuff! and good information.
• Grassroots Recycling Network - recycling, source reduction, and ZERO WASTE information!
• The Worldwatch Institute offers in-depth information on a wide range of environmental and political topics

Water and Energy Conservation:

• WaterWiser is a good place to find information on all aspects of water conservation from low flow showerheads to the ecological implications of dams.
• Toiletology is all about toilets and saving water.
• On the American Water site, you can find lots of products to help you save water in your home.
• The Rocky Mountain Institute is a leader in the field of energy conservation.

Green Household Products:

• The Rockville Living catalogue offers a host of green products from dish soap to shoes. They also have a great office products section.
• Realgoods is another great eco-products source.
• Crest has more off-the wall products and lots of information on building materials.
• Composters.com is a great resource for all things composting.

College Recycling and Campus Greening

• Brown Is Green - In 1990, Brown Univeristy initiated an innovative program to promote campus environmental responsibility and resource conservation.
• Recycling at Virginia Tech
• Recycling at University of Colorado-Boulder
• Sustainable Development on Campus: A Toolkit
• National Wildlife Federation's Campus Ecology Program - Campus Ecology is a full-service, regionally based program that helps campus leaders - students, staff, administrators, and faculty - implement and sustain environmental programs.

Buying Recycled

• EcoMall - The environmentally oriented internet shopping mall.
• Seventh Generation - Not to be confused with the local environmental group out of Lorain, OH, Seventh Generation offers a wide range of environmentally responsible household products. (We recommend their toilet paper; it's better than stealing it from campus.)
• Real Goods - also offers an extensive variety of ecological products.
• The Internet Consumer Recycling Guide
• Yahoo! Companies with Recycled Products - Go straight to the search engine's listing of companies.
• Redjellyfish.com Natural Living - a great environmental resource and natural living/products website.
• EarthDay Network - information and shopping.
• Take Back The Planet 911 - Buy recycled ink cartridges.

Other Environmental Organizations

• Environmental Defense Fund
• National Resources Defense Council
• World Wildlife Fund
• Earth First! Journal
• Greenpeace
• Earth Liberation Front

Miscellaneous Recycling Links

• U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
• Recycle City - Recycle City is the U.S. EPA's recycling fun page.
• EnviroLink
• Recycler's World - Recycler's World was established as a world wide trading site for information related to secondary or recyclable commodities, by-products, used and surplus items or materials.
• Keep America Beautiful, Inc
• Association of Ohio Recyclers - go to the bottom of the page to Recycling Resources link and see On Campus and other links for good information
• Zero Waste America - Zero Waste America is a political organisation dedicated to waste reduction.
• OurEarth - A website with a good stock of environmental information.

Jobs and Connections

• Essential Information for idealists in or looking to enter the nonprofit world: find internships, action ideas and more.

Books

Many good books are available at Powell's, abebooks, BookSense... We recommend:

• "The Recycler's Handbook;" "50 Simple Things You Can Do to Save the Earth;" "50 Simple Things Your Business Can Do to Save the Earth;" and "50 Simple Things Kids Can Do to Save the Earth;" all put out by The Earthworks Groups, Berkeley CA
• "The Consumer's Guide to Effective Environmental Choices: Practical Advice from the Union of Concerned Scientists," available in the Oberlin library
• "Silent Spring" and anything else by Rachel Carson
• "Stuff: The Secret Lives of Everyday Things" by John C. Ryan

If you have any questions about the recycling program or comments about our web pages, email us at: recycle@oberlin.edu

This page was last updated May 2008