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Alameda County Waste Managementwww.stopwaste.org
-An awesome resource for recycling and reusing in Alameda County. Go here and download the “Recycling Guide,” under the “Residents” section.
Berkeley Ecology Center
www.ecologycenter.org
-This is Berkeley’s place to go for green classes, programs and resources.
www.ci.berkeley.ca.us/pw/swm.html
-See what you can put in the bins and the recycling rules of Berkeley
Bay Area Junk Mail Reduction Campaign
www.stopjunkmail.org
-Although it’s great to recycle your junk mail, it’s even better to stop getting it . . . this website tells you how
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East Bay Depot for Creative Reuse
www.creativereuse.org
-See what creative reuse is looking to collect and ideas on how to reuse
Goddess of Garbage
www.goddessofgarbage.com
-Turn your trash into treasure, see the Treasure Tips Archive
Make-Stuff
www.make-stuff.com/recycling/
-Find things you can do with old CD’s, yogurt containers, making lamps and vases from glass bottles, and a ton of other things you can do with trash
Ready Made Magazine
www.readymademag.com
-Berkeley reuse magazine
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Bay-Friendly Landscaping and Gardening
www.bayfriendly.org
-How to garden and landscape in environmentally friendly way; a great resource for in-house composting and a place to buy compost bins for your house
Build It Green
www.builditgreen.org/guide
-A guide about where to get green materials for everything from plumbing to doors for all your maintenance, HAPS, BAPS needs.
Home Composting “Rotline”
510-444-7645
-Free classes and low cost compost bins
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Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy www1.eere.energy.gov/consumer/tips/home_office.html
-Energy Savers: tips on saving energy and money at home from the U.S. Department of Energy
Environmental Energy Technologies Division
www.eetd.lbl.gov/EA/Reports/45967.pdf
-Some info about standby power
Home Energy Saver
www.HomeEnergySaver.lbl.gov
-Developed by researchers at the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory to help consumers identify technologies that will save energy and money