Climate Change

Environmental Benefits Calculator, the most up-to-date, accurate, and comprehensive tool of its kind in the United States. It is usable by any state, region, county, town, institution, school, or business in the United States. Among the Calculator’s unique features are the environmental benefits of computer recycling and reuse calculator, an energy savings comparison chart, and an emissions savings comparison chart. For more information, contact Athena Lee Bradley.

Explaining the Connection Between Climate Change & Recycling: A Layperson's Guide, a short, easy-to-understand PowerPoint presentation that explains the relationship between climate change and recycling.  The intended audience for the presentation is the general public, decision makers, and others who may be interested in the issue but who are not recycling professionals. The PowerPoint includes speaking point notes.   We invite you to use it as frequently as you’d like.  For more information, contact Lynn Rubinstein.

Solid Waste Master & Management Plans in the NERC States  This unique resource provides an overview and comparison of the waste hierarchies, and goals and objectives of all the Solid Waste Master & Management Plans in the 10 NERC states, including hyperlinks to each plan. The resource also includes a table that details which states have identified product stewardship as a priority in their Solid Waste Plans and which have identified source reduction or recycling as a priority in their Climate Change Plans. Links are provided to each state’s Climate Change Plan. For more information, contact Lynn Rubinstein.