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> Links to Recycling and Environmental Resources
| FEDERAL | | United States Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA) | | | “The mission of the Environmental Protection Agency is to protect human health and the environment. Since 1970, EPA has been working for a cleaner, healthier environment for the American people.” | | E-cycle | | | E-waste Fact Sheet 11/2007 | | | Mercury | | | Mercury: Laws and Regulations | | | [ALL STATES] Mercury: State Legislation & Regulations | | | PCB | | | PCBs in Fluorescent Light Fixtures | | | Ozone | | | Envirofacts Data Warehouse | |
| State - Washington | | Washington State Dept. of Ecology | | | “…the Dept. of Ecology has three goals: Prevent pollution, Clean up pollution [and] Support sustainable communities and natural resources…” | | Washington Recycles: Electronics | | | Mercury Reduction | | | Environmentally Preferable Product Report - Recycling Fluorescent Lamps | | | Recycling Spent Chloroflurocarbon and Hydrochlorofluorcarbon Refrigerants | | Laws and Rules
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| State - Oregon | | State of Oregon: Dept. of Environmental Quality | | | “The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) is a regulatory agency whose job is to protect the quality of Oregon's environment.” | | Electronics (E-Waste) Recycling Program | | | Mercury Information | | | Fact Sheets [all programs] | | | Laws and Regulations | |
| State - Alaska | | Alaska Dep. Of Environmental Conservation | | | “Conserving, improving and protecting Alaska's natural resources and the environment.” |
| Earth 911 | | “Earth 911 delivers actionable local information on the environment that empowers people to act locally, live responsibly and contribute to sustainability.” | | | | | | | Natural Resources Defense Council | | “Our mission is to safeguard the Earth: its people, its plants, and animals, and the natural systems on which all life depends.” | | | | | | | EcoEarth.info | | “EcoEarth.Info is a one of a kind Environment Portal - with genuine Internet search, cutting biocentric commentary & constant news and link tracking - and dedicated to achieving global environmental sustainability.” | | | | | Thousands of links to information organized by air, land, ocean, sustainability, toxics and water. | |
| Basel Action Network (BAN) | | “BAN works to prevent the globalization of the toxic chemical crisis. We work in opposition to toxic trade in toxic wastes, toxic products and toxic technologies, that are exported from rich to poorer countries. Alternatively, we work to ensure national self-sufficiency in waste management through clean production and toxics use reductions” | | | | | Links to information and organizations around the world focusing on toxics, the environment and related issues.. | |
| Greenpeace | | “Greenpeace…acts to change attitudes and behavior, to protect and conserve the environment and to promote peace by catalyzing an energy revolution, defending our oceans, protecting the world’s ancient forests, working for disarmament and peace, creating a toxic free future [and] campaigning for sustainable agriculture…” | | | |
| United Nations Environment Programme | | “To provide leadership and encourage partnership in caring for the environment by inspiring, informing, and enabling nations and peoples to improve their quality of life without compromising that of future generations.” | | | |
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