For information on:
Business and Industry Recycling Venture (BIRV)
Fact sheets on Job Site Recycling
Recycling information referral for city of Seattle businesses
1301 Fifth Avenue, Suite 2400 206/389-7181
Seattle, WA 98101 fax 206/389-7288
The BIRV is a division of the Greater Seattle Chamber of Commerce and offers free technical assistance and information referral services to Seattle area businesses and contractors.
Clean Washington Center Using Recycled Building Products brochure
Case study fact sheets
CDL Market Assessment
2001 6th Avenue, Suite 2700 206/464-7040
Seattle, WA 98121 fax 206/464-6902
The Clean Washington Center (CWC) is the lead agency in developing markets for recycled commodities. The CWC offers business, technical and marketing assistance to Washington state manufacturers and processors to increase utilization of recycled content materials.
Department of Ecology Recycling Hotline 1-800-RECYCLE
Northwest Regional Office: Solid Waste Services Program
Carol O'dahl 206/649-7048
3190 160th Avenue SE fax 206/649-7098
Bellevue, WA 98008-5452
The recycling hotline offers listings of CDL recycling facilities throughout the state. The solid waste services program offers technical assistance related to job site recycling.
Energy Outreach Center Paul Horton 360/943-4595
512 East Fourth Avenue
Olympia, WA 98501
Walk-in and phone-in resource center. Information on energy efficiency in construction and product displays.
Environmental Works - Sustainable Building Resource Center
Database of Environmentally Friendly Building Materials
402 15th Avenue East 206/329-3848
Seattle, WA 98112 fax 206/329-5494
Public access database contains information on resource efficient, low toxic and recycled content building materials, as well as listings of people, associations and related resources.
King County Solid Waste Division
Contractors Guide to Handling Waste
400 Yesler Way, Suite 600 206/296-4466
Seattle, WA 98104
King County offers technical assistance for job site recycling to contractors within the county and publishes listings of CDL recycling facilities and other informational materials.
Next Step Association Third Arrow Project
Fred Miller 360/738-1733
3310 Northwest Avenue fax 360/738-9448
Bellingham, WA 98225
Next Step is a non-profit organizations funded by public grants to work with businesses in Northwest Washington to provide technical assistance to organizations involved in recycling.
Northwest Eco-Building Guild
The Eco-Building Times
217 9th Avenue N 206/622-8350
Seattle, WA 98109
Eco-Building Guild holds monthly meetings and roundtable discussions, open to the public, highlighting topics relevant to the environmentally aware building community.
Seattle Solid Waste Utility Contractor's Guide to Handling Waste
Model Conservation Home Project
710 Second Avenue, Suite 505 206/684-7666
Seattle, WA 98104
Seattle Solid Waste offers technical assistance for job site recycling to contractors within the city and publishes listings of CDL recycling facilities and other informational materials.
Washington State Energy Office
Electric Ideas Clearinghouse
914 E. Jefferson, Suite 300 800/872-3568
Seattle, WA 98122
Hotline providing information on all aspects of industrial and commercial energy conservation.
American Institute of Architects - Committee on the Environment
Environmental Resource Guide
1735 New York Avenue NW 800/365-2724
Washington, DC 20006
American Recycling Markets Inc. Recycled Products Listings, The
Official Recycled
Products Guide
P.O. Box 577 800/267-0707
Ogdensburg, NY 13669
Association of Designers and Planners for Social Responsibility
Architectural Resource Guide
P.O. Box 9126 510/273-2428
Berkeley, CA 94709-0126
Boston Society of Architects v Sourcebook for Sustainable Design
52 Broad Street 617/951-1433
Boston, MA 02109-4301
Center for Resourceful Building Technology
The Guide to Resource Efficient Building Elements
P.O. Box 3866 406/549-7678
Missoula, MT 59806
Eco-Living International
Directory of Recycled-Content Building Materials
5810 McAndrew Drive 510/339-8916
Oakland, CA 94611
National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) Research Center Builder's
Guide to Residential Construction Waste Management
400 Prince George's Boulevard 301/249-4000
Upper Marlboro, MD 20772-8731
Portland Metro - Solid Waste Management
A Guide to Recycled Products: Building and Construction Products and Resource
Efficient Building - A Handbook for Building Owners, Designers and Project
Managers
600 NE Grand Avenue 503/797-1650
Portland, OR 97232-2736
Rocky Mountain Institute The Efficient House Sourcebook
1739 Snowmass Creek Road 303/927-3851
Snowmass, CO 81654-9199
Triangle J Council of Governments
Wastespec: How-to guide with sample specifications for construction waste
management.
P.O. Box 1276 919/558-9343
Research Triangle Park, NC 27709
Urban Ore Information Services
Reuse: The Underestimated Source Reduction Technique
1333 Sixth Street 510/559-4454
Berkeley, CA 94710
Building with Recycled-Content Materials DPRA Incorporated 612/227-5522
Environmental By Design: Professional Edition
by David Rousseau
Environmental by Design Publishing 604/255-4564
Green Architecture A Guide to Sustainable Design
by Michael J. Crosbie
AIA Press 800/365-2724
Harris Directory of Recycled-Content Building Materials
Database available on disk.
Stafford-Harris Inc. 206/682-4042
Healthful Houses by Clint Good
Guaranty Press 800/541-9185
Healthy Building Resource Guide
Safe Home Digest 203/966-2099
McRecycle USA Database, Regional Listings
McDonald's Environmental Affairs 708/575-5779
Resources for Environmental Design Index
Iris Communications 800/346-0104
Sustainable Building Materials Products Directory for Manufactured Housing
Pacific Northwest Laboratories 503/2304242
Your Natural Home: A Complete Sourcebook and Design Manual for Creating a
Healthy, Beautiful, Environmentally Sensitive House
by Janet Marinelli and Paul Bierman-Lytle
Little, Brown & Co Publishing
Bio Cycle 610/967-4135
monthly magazine
C&D Debris Recycling 312/726-2802
monthly magazine
The Eco Building Times 206/782-3775
quarterly journal
EcoDesign 604/738-9334
quarterly magazine
Enviro 800/600-4445
monthly magazine
Environmental Building News 802/257-7300
bi-montly newsletter
Journal of Light Construction 800/375-5981
monthly magazine
Recycling Times 800/829-5443
bi-weekly journal
Recycling Today 800/456-0707
monthly magazine
Resource Recycling 503/227-1319
monthly magazine
Waste Age 800/829-5411
monthly magazine
The Regional CDL Coordinators Planning Group is an informal coalition of representatives from local and state agencies with an interest in issues of recycling and resource efficiency. Common initiatives include market development for construction, demol ition and landclearing materials, outreach to the building community about recycled content building materials, education about energy and resource efficient practices on the job site and developing public private partnerships to demonstrate the economics of such practices.
Business and Industry Recycling Venture (BIRV)
Elizabeth Daniel 206/389-7281
1301 5th Avenue, Suite 2400 fax 206/389-7288
Seattle, WA 98101
Clean Washington Center
Carol Brown or 206/464-7125
John Yeasting 206/389-2808
2001 - 6th Avenue, Suite 2700 fax 206/464-6902
Seattle, WA 98121
City of Issaquah
David Fujimoto 206/391-1037
P.O. Box 1307 fax 206/391-1004
Issaquah, WA 98027
King County Commission for Marketing Recyclable
Materials
Joyce Gagnon 206/296-0232
400 Yesler Way, Room 200 fax 206/296-4366
Seattle, WA 98104
King County Solid Waste Division
Lisa Wagner Haley 206/296-8453
400 Yesler Way, Room 600 fax 206/296-8431
Seattle, WA 98104
Kitsap County Public Works
Dave Peters 360/895-4898
614 South Division St. (MS-27) fax 360/895-4867
Port Orchard, WA 98366-4699
City of Olympia
Peter Guttchen 360/753-8363
P.O. Box 1967 fax 360/753-8330
Olympia, WA 98507-1967
Pierce County Utilities
Steve Wamback 206/593-4656
9116 Gravelly Lake Drive SW fax 206/582-9146
Tacoma, WA 98499-3190
Seattle Solid Waste Utility
Melina Thung 206/684-4643
710 Second Avenue, Suite 505 fax 206/684-8529
Seattle, WA 98104
Snohomish County Solid Waste
Sego Jackson 206/388-6481
1st Floor Admin. Annex fax 206/259-4945
3001 Rockefeller Avenue Everett, WA 98201
Thurston County Public Works
Don Willson 360/786-5136
921 Lakeridge Drive SW fax 360/754-4682
Olympia, WA 98052
Washington State Department of Ecology
Carol O'Dahl 206/649-7048
3190 160th Avenue SE fax 206/649-7098
Bellevue, WA 98008-5452
Washington State Energy Office
John Watson 206/296-7528
914 East Jefferson, Suite 300 fax 206/296-5631
Seattle, WA 98122