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Bottle Bill Resource Guide Bottle bills are a proven, sustainable method of capturing beverage bottles and cans for recycling. The refund value of the container (usually 5 or 10 cents) provides a monetary incentive to return the container for recycling. BOTTLE BILLS WORK!!! No bottle bill has ever been repealed!!!

Citizans Clearinghouse for Hazardous Waste & Center for Health, Environment and Justice A grassroots organization that has has worked with grassroots community groups on a broad range of environmental issues, including toxic waste, solid waste, air pollution, incinerators, medical waste, radioactive waste, pesticides, sewage and industrial pollution. They have also begun to work with communities exploring environmentally sound economic development.

City of San Diego Department of Environmental Services A Web site for the public to address questions about recycling, the Miramar Landfill, community clean-ups and household hazardous waste.

The Cleaner and Greener Energy and Environment Program The Cleaner and Greenersm Program is a service of Leonardo Academy Inc., a nonprofit organization dedicated to reducing environmental pollution. The Cleaner and Greenersm Environment Program of Leonardo Academy helps individuals, organizations, and businesses have a direct impact on reducing environmental emissions.

Climate Campaign Northern Lights Nordlicht (northern lights) is a public campaign for climate protection by energy saving and traffic reduction. With a strategy of Participative Social Marketing we try to stimulate citizen activity against greenhouse effect and global warming.

Container Recycling Institute he Container Recycling Institute (CRI) is a non-profit, research and public education organization studying container packaging recycling and reuse. CRI serves as a clearinghouse for information on beverage container deposit systems or bottle bills.

Environmental Health Coalition Environmental Health Coalition is a San Diego, California-based non-profit organization dedicated to the prevention and clean-up of toxic pollution threatening our health, our community, and the environment. They promote environmental justice, monitor government and industry actions that cause pollution, educate the community about toxic hazards and toxics use reduction, and empower the public to join the cause.

EnviroSense US EPA repository for pollution prevention, compliance assurance, and enforcement information and data bases. Lots of good stuff.

Healthy House Institute An independent resource center offering books and videos containing practical information for designers, architects, contractors, and homeowners interested in making houses healthy places in which to live.

Natural Resources Defense Council Purpose is to safeguard the Earth: its people, its plants and animals, and the natural systems on which all life depends

Southwest Center for Environmental Research and Policy University consortium created by the U.S. Congress dedicated to applied environmental research of the U.S.-Mexican border region to "initiate a comprehensive analysis of possible solutions to the acute air, water quality, and hazardous waste problems that plague the United States-Mexico border region."

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Your Neighborhood's Environmental Quality Hazardous waste, radon and gamma radiation databases from EPA data, lookup by year, state and zipcode.

Link/Title	Description
Bottle Bill Resource Guide	Bottle bills are a proven, sustainable method of capturing beverage bottles and cans for recycling. The refund value of the container (usually 5 or 10 cents) provides a monetary incentive to return the container for recycling. BOTTLE BILLS WORK!!! No bottle bill has ever been repealed!!!
Citizans Clearinghouse for Hazardous Waste & Center for Health, Environment and Justice	A grassroots organization that has has worked with grassroots community groups on a broad range of environmental issues, including toxic waste, solid waste, air pollution, incinerators, medical waste, radioactive waste, pesticides, sewage and industrial pollution. They have also begun to work with communities exploring environmentally sound economic development.
City of San Diego Department of Environmental Services	A Web site for the public to address questions about recycling, the Miramar Landfill, community clean-ups and household hazardous waste.
The Cleaner and Greener Energy and Environment Program	The Cleaner and Greenersm Program is a service of Leonardo Academy Inc., a nonprofit organization dedicated to reducing environmental pollution. The Cleaner and Greenersm Environment Program of Leonardo Academy helps individuals, organizations, and businesses have a direct impact on reducing environmental emissions.
Climate Campaign Northern Lights	Nordlicht (northern lights) is a public campaign for climate protection by energy saving and traffic reduction. With a strategy of Participative Social Marketing we try to stimulate citizen activity against greenhouse effect and global warming.
Container Recycling Institute	he Container Recycling Institute (CRI) is a non-profit, research and public education organization studying container packaging recycling and reuse. CRI serves as a clearinghouse for information on beverage container deposit systems or bottle bills.
Environmental Health Coalition	Environmental Health Coalition is a San Diego, California-based non-profit organization dedicated to the prevention and clean-up of toxic pollution threatening our health, our community, and the environment. They promote environmental justice, monitor government and industry actions that cause pollution, educate the community about toxic hazards and toxics use reduction, and empower the public to join the cause.
EnviroSense	US EPA repository for pollution prevention, compliance assurance, and enforcement information and data bases. Lots of good stuff.
Healthy House Institute	An independent resource center offering books and videos containing practical information for designers, architects, contractors, and homeowners interested in making houses healthy places in which to live.
Natural Resources Defense Council	Purpose is to safeguard the Earth: its people, its plants and animals, and the natural systems on which all life depends
Southwest Center for Environmental Research and Policy	University consortium created by the U.S. Congress dedicated to applied environmental research of the U.S.-Mexican border region to "initiate a comprehensive analysis of possible solutions to the acute air, water quality, and hazardous waste problems that plague the United States-Mexico border region."
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Your Neighborhood's Environmental Quality	Hazardous waste, radon and gamma radiation databases from EPA data, lookup by year, state and zipcode.