The record-setters
“Cutting the Waste Stream In Half: Community Record-Setters Show How” profiles the strategies and achievements of 18 communities across the country:
Ann Arbor, Mich.
Bellevue, Wash.
Bergen County, N.J.
Chatham, N.J.
Clifton, N.J.
Crockett, Texas
Dover, N.H.
Falls Church, Va.
Fitchburg, Wis.
Leverett, Mass.
Loveland, Colo.
Madison, Wis.
Portland, Ore.
Ramsey County, Minn.
San Jose, Calif.
Seattle, Wash.
Visalia, Calif.
Worcester, Mass.
To obtain a copy of the report, call EPA’s RCRA Hotline at (800) 424-9346 and request publication number EPA-530-R-99-013. The report also can be downloaded at www.epa.gov/epaoswer/non-hw/ reduce/r99013.pdf.
A series of fact sheets with the same title also is available. The fact sheets summarize the report’s findings and the community case studies. To obtain the fact sheets, order publication number EPA-530-F-99-017 from the RCRA hotline or download the PDF file at www.epa. gov/epaoswer/ non-hw/reduce/f99017.pdf.
Additionally, EPA has released companion reports and fact sheets on record-setting programs for multi-family recycling (www.epa.gov/epaoswer/ non-hw/reduce/f99022.pdf) and food waste reduction (www.epa.gov/ epaoswer/non-hw/reduce/food/food.htm).
The reports are part of the Institute for Local Self-Reliance’s Waste Reduction Record Setters Project. For more information, call ILSR at (202) 232-4108 or visit www.ilsr.org/recycling.