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Waste Prevention and Recycling Programs

CIWMB Programs

• Business Waste Reduction—A directory of waste prevention information for businesses.
• CalMAX—The CalMAX directory lists residential materials and industrial materials and byproducts that can be reused. Listings are free.
• Electronic Product Management—Rapid advances in technology result in the rapid obsolescence each year of hundreds of thousands of computers, monitors, copiers, fax machines, printers, televisions, and other pieces of electronic equipment.
  • Electronic Product Management Directory—A database of facilities that collect specific types of electronic equipment and equipment related parts for reuse or recycling.
• Environmentally Preferable Purchasing—Every product purchased has an impact on human health and the environment.
• Green Lodging—Whether you are a traveler or a hospitality provider, this portion of our Web site gives you the green traveling resources you need.
• Organics
  • Biosolids—Nutrient rich by-product of wastewater treatment.
  • Compost Market Development—Nearly 170 businesses in California produce compost and mulch. The Waste Board provides regulatory oversight and marketing assistance to compost and mulch producers.
    • Purchasing Compost and Mulch—What you need to know to produce or purchase high quality compost.
    • Compost and Mulch Source List—A list of counties which have businesses that market organic materials products.
  • Conversion Technologies—Extracting energy from organics.
  • Food Scrap Management—Californians throw away more than 5 million tons of food scraps each year. That’s 16 percent of all disposed materials going into landfills.
  • Home Gardening—To help you think beyond having just a lawn and shrubbery.
  • Sustainable Commercial Landscaping—Appealing low-maintenance landscapes that reduce greenwaste and conserve water.
• Packaging—Resources for manufacturers and suppliers.
• Paper Information and Resources—Everything you need to know about paper.
• Publications—Waste Prevention and Recycling publications from the CIWMB publications catalog.
• Recycled-Content Products Directory and RecycleStore—Find products made from recycled material. The Recycled Content Product Directory, the larger database,  may include products of any business in any country that manufactures or produces with recycled material. RecycleStore lists only products of businesses that are located in one of California's Recycling Market Development Zones and is targeted at consumers.
• Recycling Market Development Zone Program—CIWMB funds up to 75 percent of the startup costs, up to $2 million per business, of qualified recycling-based businesses that are located in specified areas of California.
• Reuse—An edge that helps every household and business.
  • California Materials Exchange (CalMAX)—The CalMAX directory lists residential materials and industrial materials and byproducts that can be reused. Listings are free.
  • CIWMB Reuse Web Site—The heart of waste prevention.
• R-Team—The port of entry into the business of recycling. The R-Team helps recycling based businesses find markets, materials, and startup funding.
• State Agency Buy Recycled Campaign—The State Agency Buy Recycled Campaign (SABRC) is a joint effort of CIWMB and the Department of General Services (DGS) to implement California law requiring California agencies and the Legislature to purchase products with recycled content.
• Sustainable Building—Using resources efficiently while creating healthier buildings. The following is a sample of some of CIWMB's involvement in this broad and rapidly developing field.
  • Collaborative for High Performance Schools (CHPS)—Nearly 6.2 million children, teachers, and administrators, or 1/5 of California's population, spend their day inside a school. Design and the construction are essential to highly performing schools.
  • Construction and Demolition Debris Recycling—Construction and demolition (C&D) materials account for almost 12 percent of the waste stream. C&D recycling is a stable market with room for expansion. C&D materials can include lumber, paper, cardboard, metals, masonry (brick, concrete, etc.), carpet, plastic, pipe (plastic, metal, and clay), drywall, rocks, dirt, and green waste related to land development.
    • Construction and Demolition Debris Recyclers Directory—Facilities that collect specific types of construction and demolition debris for reuse or recycling.
    • Recycled-Content Building Products—This section of the Recycled Content Product Directory lists manufacturers of recycled-content building products.
  • Green Building Basics—The essentials of sustainable buildings.
  • Guidelines, Rating Systems, and Specifications—Green building performance standards are the benchmark for building performance.
  • Sustainable Building Toolkit—Resources for sustainable building.
• Tire Programs—Californians discard 31 million tires, and import another 3 million discarded tires, every year. CIWMB plays an important role in putting those tires to good use.
• Used Oil—Find where to recycle used oil.
• Waste Prevention Information Exchange—Information provided by CIWMB and friends.
  • List of Recycling Databases
• Waste Reduction Award Program (WRAP)—An opportunity for California businesses to gain public recognition for their outstanding efforts to reduce waste.
• Where Can I Recycle My...?—Call 800 CLEAN-UP (253-2687) or enter a zip code at this Web site to find the nearest recycling center. Includes information on household hazardous waste collection centers.
  • Also see the List of Recycling Directories in the Waste Prevention Information Exchange.

Other Resources

• Beverage Containers—Beverage container recycling is managed by the Department of Conservation, Division of Recycling.
• CalGOLD--Business Permit Assistance—Detailed information on business permits and license and registration requirements from all levels of government.

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Last updated: April 21, 2008