Business Waste Reduction

Business Waste Reduction Resources Index

The following are links to both CIWMB web pages and other websites to assist businesses with the most commonly asked questions. For additional assistance, contact bzassist@ciwmb.ca.gov or call the Waste Prevention Information Exchange, Business Assistance Program at (916) 341-6363.

• Awards
• Governmental Contacts
• Grants and Loans
• Market Development
• Posters and Signs
• Purchasing
• Waste
  • Hazardous and Special Wastes
  • Nonhazardous Solid Waste
• Waste Prevention and Recycling

Awards

• Waste Reduction Award Program (WRAP)
• Other Waste Reduction Awards

Governmental Contacts

• Local Governmental Contacts
• Business Permits—CalGOLD, a multi-agency effort to coordinate permit applications.

Grants and Loans

• Recycling Market Development Zones (RMDZ)
• Grants and Loans from the CIWMB

Market Development

• Market Development Programs of CIWMB
• Recycling and Market Development Zones (RMDZ)

Posters and Signs

• Waste Reduction Posters and Signs

Purchasing

• Cleaning and Custodial Supplies
• Environmentally Preferable Purchasing
• Environmentally Preferable Purchasing (Waste Prevention Information Exchange)
• Environmentally Preferable Purchasing in Health Care
• Green Resources for Travelers
• Product Stewardship
• Recycled Content Products
  • Recycled Content Building Materials
  • Recycled Content Product Directory (Includes companies listed in RecycleStore.)
  • RecycleStore (Includes only companies that are located in one of California's Recycling Market Development Zones.)
• Waste Prevention and Recycling Tools

Waste

• Hazardous and Special Wastes
  • Batteries
  • Electronic Waste and Electronic Waste Prevention
    • Electronics
    • Electronics (Waste Prevention Information Exchange)
  • Fluorescent Lamps and Tubes
  • Food
    • Food Recycling
    • Food Scrap Management
  • Hazardous Waste and Substances
  • Health Care
  • Household Hazardous Waste and Used Oil Program
  • Mercury
  • Pesticide Container Recycling—Ag Container Recycling Council
  • Tires
  • Universal Wastes
  • Used Oil
• Nonhazardous Solid Waste
  • Green Waste and Landscaping
  • Packaging
  • Paper
    • Office Paper Reduction
  • Plastic
    • Expanded Polystyrene (Styrofoam) Collection Sites—Alliance of Foam Packaging Recyclers.
  • Waste Composition

Waste Prevention and Recycling

• Business Waste
• Green Building
  • Construction and Demolition (C&D) Debris Reuse and Recycling
    • C&D Debris Recyclers Database
    • Recycled-Content Building Products
• Green Lodging
• Hospitality
• Office Waste Prevention and Recycling
• Recycling
  • General Recycling Information
  • How to Start a Paper Recycling Program in the Office
  • Recycling Containers
  • Department of Conservation—The Department of Conservation, Division of Recycling administers the California Beverage Container Recycling and Litter Reduction Act of 1986.
    • City and County Beverage Container Recycling Coordinators—To find the beverage container recycling coordinator in your community, go to the grants page of the Department of Conservation, Division of Recycling, scroll to the last list near the bottom and look for the title, City/County Contact Information. Look for one of the bulleted items on the list with the heading, The City/County Payment Program.
• Reuse
  • CalMAX
  • Reuse
  • Reuse (Waste Prevention Information Exchange)
• Waste Assessment
  • Waste Assessment Training Manuals
• Waste Prevention and Recycling Programs of the CIWMB
• Waste Prevention World
• Other Resources for Assistance
  • Green Business—Association of Bay Area Governments
  • Green Business Programs
    • Alameda County Environmental Health Green Business Program—County of Alameda
    • Bay Area Green Business Program—Association of Bay Area Governments
    • City of San Ramon Green Business Program—City of San Ramon
    • County of Contra Costa Green Business Program—County of Contra Costa
    • Marin County Green Business Program—County of Marin
    • Napa County Green Business Program—County of Napa
    • Sacramento Business Environmental Resource Center—County of Sacramento
    • San Diego Area Green Business Program—County of San Diego
    • San Francisco City and County Green Business Program—City and County of San Francisco
    • Sonoma Green Business Program—County of Sonoma
  • Green Star®—A non-profit organization that encourages businesses to practice waste reduction, energy conservation and pollution prevention.

Last updated: November 29, 2007