Other Sites Worth a Visit

Local Organizations:

• http://www.vtearthinstitute.org/
• http://www.sustainer.org/
• http://www.coverhomerepair.org/

Vermont & New England Organizations:

• http://www.anr.state.vt.us/dec/wastediv/R3/WReduct.htm
• http://www.efficiencyvermont.com/
• http://www.revermont.org/
• http://www.ssne.org/
• http://www.northernforestalliance.org/

Good Reduction Sites

• http://www.reduce.org/
• http://www.moea.state.mn.us/campaign/toxics/index.html
• http://www.gristmagazine.com/grist
• http://www.newroadmap.org/default.asp
• http://www.newdream.org
• http://www.redo.org/
• Quest for Less http://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/education/quest/index.htm

Books

• Radical Simplicity: Small Footprints on a Finite Earth, by Jim Merkel (local author)
• Your Money or Your Life: Transforming Your Relationship with Money and Achieving Financial Independence, by Joe Dominguez
• The Consumer's Guide to Effective Environmental Choices: Practical Advice from the Union of Concerned Scientists, by Michael Brower
• The Principles of Sustainability, by Simon Dresner
• Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things, by William McDonough
• Natural Capitalism: Creating the Next Industrial Revolution, by Paul Hawken
• Believing Cassandra, by Alan AtKisson
• Use Less Stuff, by Robert Lilienfeld and William Rathje

Composting:

• http://www.howtocompost.org/ (Home Composting)
• http://www.anr.state.vt.us/dec/wastediv/compost/main2.htm (VT Compost Resource Page)
• http://www.compostingvermont.org/ (Composting Association of Vermont)
• http://www.digitalseed.com/composter/bins/palletbin.html (Make a pallet compost bin)
• http://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/content/dep/greenman/pallets.pdf (another pallet bin site)
• http://www.wormwoman.com/acatalog/index.html (Worm Composting guru)
• http://www.nofavt.org (Northeast Organic Farmers)
• http://www.ci.keene.nh.us/publicworks/recycle/composting.html (Keene, NH page)
• http://www.gnb.ca/elg-egl/0372/0003/0001-e.html (Backyard Magic)

Hazardous Waste:

• http://www.anr.state.vt.us/dec/wastediv/rcra/rcrahome.htm (Vermont Haz Waste)
• http://vtrecyclers.org/healthyhomes/index.htm (Healthy Homes)
• http://www.mapoison.org (Poison Control Information)
• http://www.mercvt.org/ (Mercury)
• http://www.benjaminmoore.ca/howto/paint_calculator.aspx (Calculate the paint you'll need)
• http://www.easy2diy.com/cm/easy/diy_ht_calc_index.asp?page_id=35720769 (Calculate the paint you'll need)
• http://www.rbrc.org (Rechargeable Battery Information)
• http://www.turi.org (Toxics use reduction)
• http://www.epa.gov/swerrims/(EPA OSWER)

Energy:

• http://www.efficiencyvermont.com (Energy Efficiency)
• http://www.revermont.org (Renewable Energy)

General Resources:

• http://www.vtrecyclers.org (Association of Vermont Recyclers)
• http://www.anr.state.vt.us/dec/ead/index.htm (VT Environmental Assistance)
• http://www.anr.state.vt.us/dec/wastediv/solid/home.htm (VT Solid Waste)
• http://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/osw/index.htm (US EPA Waste Information)
• http://www.nrra.net (Northeast Resource Recovery Association)

Our Towns:

• http://www.hartland.govoffice.com/ (Hartland)
• http://www.norwich.vt.us (Norwich)
• http://www.woodstockvt.com (Woodstock)
• http://www.straffordvt.net (Strafford)
• http://www.thet.net (Thetford)
• http://www.trorc.org (Two-Rivers Planning Commission)

About Solid Waste Management History

Greater Upper Valley Solid Waste Management District
96 Mill Street, PO Box 58, No. Hartland, VT 05052-0058
Phone (802)296-3688  |  Fax 281-7088  |  E-mail GUVSWD@valley.net