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Sunset Scavenger
[ http://www.sunsetscavenger.com/index.htm ]

Sunset Scavenger recycles large appliances including refrigerators, ovens and over 300 tons of construction materials. Art is also created…check it out!

Green My Apple: Greenpeace Campaign
[ http://www.greenpeace.org/apple/ ]

Greenpeace is recycling iWaste. 4 million PCs are dumped into China every year releasing toxic chemicals causing fatal diseases- that’s why Greenpeace is encouraging Apple fans to demand environmentally-friendly computers. Learn how you can support iWaste management.

Word of Mouth Collective
[ http://wordofmouthcollective.org/?q=node/103 ]

This student-run organization started up in Montreal is about sharing information from healthy living to waste management. Through word of mouth, the site welcomes new ways to make a difference.

Trashed Recycling Store
[ http://www.gettrashed.org/store ]

Thrashed is an interactive store spearheaded by Global Inheritance. The mission of this initiative is to gather as many empty plastic bottles from people, in exchange for cool recycled products. Large public events like the San Diego Street Scene music festival stand as hot spots for Thrashed.

Global Inheritance
[ http://www.globalinheritance.org/index.html#news ]

Inheritance is a non-profit organization that uses creative ways of communicating social activism. Youth project their of voices dissent through fashion, music, environmental projects, including the new Fashion Peace, Thrashed and You're the Bomb campaigns.

Sustainable Concordia
[ http://sustainability.concordia.ca/main/index.php ]

This student-run orgazanization has ranked Concordia University as one of Canada’s most sustainable universities. They implement holistic policies and decision-making that considers ecological, social and economic spheres.

Environment Canada
[ http://www.atl.ec.gc.ca/udo/reuse.html ]

Canada reminds its citizens about the 4 R’s: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Recover. Garbage gone, but not forgotten!

The U.K. Recycling Guide
[ http://www.recycling-guide.org.uk ]

A recycling guide specifically for U.K. residents.

The Battery Broker
[ http://www.batterybroker.on.ca/ ]

500 000 lbs. of harmful toxins are released from battery waste every year, the Battery Broker serves and strives to educate Ontario citizens about batteries waste. Batteries should be recycled, not dumped into unsecure landfill areas. Click on the link to see what ways you can prevent battery pollution.

Photographer Paul-Antoine Pichard
[ http://paulantoinepichard.free.fr/ ]

Paul-Antoine Pichard is a brilliant photographer whose work exhibits the shocking world of garbage and the people who live among it.

My Dumpster Dive
[ http://mydumpsterdive.blogspot.com ]

This blog describes fun adventures of dumpster diving and the joys of free food. Blog, read, interact!

Freegan
[ http://freegan.info ]

Freegan is a community of people who speak out against human over-consumption and waste. The site suggests alternative ways for citizens to live happily off minimal resources.

City of Toronto
[ http://www.toronto.ca/garbage/index.htm ]

The city of Toronto invites locals to propose and discuss new solutions on recycling and garbage management. Get involved!

Garbage Reincarnation
[ http://www.garbage.org ]

This artist collective creates innovative sculptures out of garbage. Look how they bring objects back to life!