Fast Facts - Source Info

Steel
Primary source: “Waste Age”, June 2001 “Profiles in Garbage: Steel Cans” by Chaz Miller
Secondary sources:
American Iron & Steel Institute, Washington D.C. Website: www.steel.org
Can Manufacturers Institute, Washington, D.C. Website: www.cancentral.com
“ Municipal Solid Waste Generation, Recycling and Disposal in the United States: Facts and Figures for 1998,” U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington D.C. Website: www.epa.gov
National Recycling Coalition, Measurement Standards and Reporting Guidelines Alexandria, Va. Website: www.nrc-recycle.org
Resource Recycling Technologies, Vesta, NY
“ Scrap Specifications Circular,” 1998, Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries, Washington, D.C. Website: www.isri.org
Steel Recycling Institute, Pittsburgh, Pa. Website: www.recycle-steel.org
Waste Recyclers Council, Washington, D.C. Website: www.envasns.org

Corrugated Boxes
Primary source: “Waste Age”, January 2006 “Profiles in Garbage: Corrugated Boxes” by Chaz Miller
Secondary sources:
American Forest and Paper Association, www.afandpa.org
“ Municipal Solid Waste Generation, Recycling and Disposal in the United States: Facts and Figures for 203,” U.S. EPA, Offices of Solid Waste, 2005, www.epa.gov/osw
Corrugated Packaging Council, www.corrugated.org
Fibre Box Association, www.fibrebox.org
“ Measurements Standards and Reporting Guidelines,” national Recycling Coalition, Washington, D.C., www.nrcrecycle.org
“ Scrap Specifications Circular 2005,” Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries, Washington, D.C., www.isri.org
* 2003 estimate

Plastic Film
Primary source: “Waste Age”, November 2000 “Profiles in Garbage: Plastic Film” by Chaz Miller
Secondary Sources:
American Plastics Council, Arlington, Va. Website: www.plasticresources.com
Flexible Packaging Association, Washington, D.C. Website: www.flexpack.org
Measurement Standards and Reporting Guidelines”, National Recycling Coalition, Alexandria, Va. Website: www.nrc-recycle.org
Municipal Solid Waste Generation, “Recycling and Disposal in the United States: Facts & Figures for 1998”. Website: www.epa.gov/msw
*1998 U.S. EPA estimates