Fast Facts - Source Info

Glass Containers
Primary Source: “Waste Age”, January 2001 “Profiles in Garbage: Glass Containers” by Chaz Miller
Secondary sources:
Glass Packaging Institute, Washington, D.C. Website: www.gpi.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 and Figures for 1998,” U.S. EPA, 2000. Website:www.epa.gov.osw
National Solid Wastes Management Association’s Waste Recyclers Council, Washington, D.C., Processing Collection Cost Studies.
Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management, 1990.
Scrap Specifications Circular 1997, Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries, Washington, D.C. Website: www.isri.org
1998 U.S. EPA estimates.

Aluminum Packaging
Primary Source: “Waste Age”, February 2001 “Profiles in Garbage: Aluminum Packaging” by Chaz Miller
Secondary sources:
Aluminum Association, Washington, D.C. Website: www.aluminum.org
“ Characterization of Municipal Solid Waste in the United States: 1998 Updated,” 1999. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Office of Solid Waste, Washington, D.C. Website: www.epa.gov
“ 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 and Figures for 1998,” EPA, Office of Solid Waste, 2000. Website: www.epa.gov
National Solid Wastes Management Association’s Waste Recyclers Council, Processing and Collection Cost Studies. Website: www.envasns.org
“ Scrap Specifications Circular 1998,” Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries, Washington D.C. Website: www.isri.org

PET
Primary Source: “Waste Age”, May 2001 “Profiles in Garbage: Polyethylene Terephthalate” by Chaz Miller
Secondary sources:
American Plastics Council, Washington, D.C. Website: www.plasticsresources.com
Measurement Standards and Reporting Guidelines, National Recycling Coalition, Alexandria, VA. Website: www.nrc-recycle.org
Modern Plastics, New York, Website: www.modplas.com
“ Municipal Solid Waste Generation, Recycling and Disposal in the United States: Facts and Figures for 1998,” U.S. Environmental Protection Agency of Solid Waste, Website: www.epa.gov.osw
National Association of Plastic Container Recyclers, Washington, D.C. Website: www.napcor.com
Processing and Collection Cost Studies, Waste Recyclers Council, National Solid Waste Management Association, Washington, D.C.
Scrap Specifications Circular 1998, Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries, Washington, D.C. Website: www.isri.org
Recycling Times, Washington, D.C. Website: www.wasteage.com
*1998 U.S. EPA estimates