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CIWMB Publications

CIWMB publications are available for order, download, and/or viewing in HTML at the Board’s online Publications Catalog. To order hard copy publications, call 1-800-CA-Waste (California only) or (916) 341-6306, or write:

California Integrated Waste Management Board
Public Affairs Office,
Publications Clearinghouse (MS-6)
1001 I Street
P.O. Box 4025 (mailing address)
Sacramento, CA 95812-4025

Other Publications

“Best Management Practices for Transfer Stations/Recycling Centers,” New Hampshire Department Environmental Services, 1997.

Kelly Lease, et al, “Building Savings: Strategies for Waste Reduction of Debris from Buildings,” U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 2000, fact sheet packet (20 pages), EPA-530-F-00-001. Available free via RCRA hotline, 1-800-424-9346.

Brenda Platt, “Creating Wealth From Everyday Items,” Institute for Local Self Reliance, 1997. (202) 232-4108, ISBN 0-917582-95-0, LC 97-1338, www.ilsr.org.

Brenda Platt and Jennifer Hyde, “Plug into Electronics Reuse,” Institute for Local Self Reliance, 1997. (202) 232-4108, ISBN 0-917582-92-6, LC 97-97; www.ilsr.org.

Michael Lewis, et al, “Reuse Operations: Community Development Through Redistribution of Used Goods,” Institute for Local Self Reliance, 1995. (202) 232-4108, ISBN 0-917582-95-0, LC 95-31168, www.ilsr.org.

Web sites

• CALMAX  (www.ciwmb.ca.gov/CalMAX)
• Reuse Development Organization (www.redo.org)
• Institute for Local Self-Reliance (www.ilsr.org)
• Source Reduction Forum, National Recycling Coalition
  (www.nrc-recycle.org/councils/SRF/sourcereduction.htm)
• Neighborhood Reuse (www.reuses.com)
• Donations Matching Service (www.excessaccess.com)
• Internet Resale Directory (www.secondhand.com)

Contacts

1. CIWMB Division of Planning and Local Assistance. (916) 341-6199.
2. Monterey Regional Waste Management District. P.O. Box 1670, Marina, CA 93933. (831) 384-5313, E-mail: David Myers (General Manager), Glen Evett (Last Chance/HHW Manager), or Heidi Feldman (Public Education Coordinator).
3. Urban Ore Inc. 1333 Sixth St., Berkeley, CA 94710, Contact: Mary Lou Van Deventer, (510) 559-4453 .
4. CALMAX. CIWMB, P.O. Box 4025, Sacramento, CA 95812-4025, E-mail: calmax@ciwmb.ca.gov.
5. Reuse Development Organization. Contact: Julie Rhodes, (317) 631-5395.
6. Institute for Local Self-Reliance. Washington, D.C., Contact: Brenda Platt, (301) 270-3092.
7. National Recycling Council, Source Reduction Forum. 1727 King Street, Alexandria, VA 22314-2720. (703) 783-9025.

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