Resources

General Information

• Business Guide for Reducing Solid Waste (EPA)
• Electronics Reuse & Recycling (EPA)
• WasteXchange (SWIX)
• Employee Education (EPA)
• Extended Product Responsibility (EPA)
• Extended Product Responsibility: A Stratigic Framework (EPA)
• FL DEP Recycling and Reuse Business Assistance Center
• Produce Stewardship (EPA)
• Waste at Work: Prevention Strategies for the Bottom Line
• Waste Reduction Tips for the Office (INFORM)
• Why Should You Care About Reducing Waste? (EPA)

Green Purchasing

• Environmentally Preferable Purchasing (EPA)
• Green Advertising Claims (EPA)
• Recycled-Products Database

Industry Specific

Construction:

• Building for the Future (EPA)
• Construction & Demolition Fact Sheet (INFORM)

Food handling:

• Don't Throw Away That Food (EPA)
• Donating Surplus Food to the Needy (EPA)
• Managing Food Scraps as Animal Feed (EPA)
• Waste Not, Want Not (EPA)

Multifamily housing:

• Multifamily Recycling (EPA)

Automobile:

• Managing Used Oil (EPA)

Buying S.M.A.R.T. Can Save You Money and Reduce Your Trash

Paper or plastic? Learn the earth-friendly answer to this and other shopping questions from the Alachua County Office of Waste Alternatives. Representatives visit area grocery stores Thursdays during the fall to offer shoppers information about how to buy S.M.A.R.T. (Save Money And Reduce Trash).

Buy S.M.A.R.T. is all about using the 4 R’s when shopping, reduce, reuse, recycle and rethink. Can it be recycled after you’re done? Or reused? Is it over packaged? Is the packaging made from recycled content? Well if you are not sure visit the Office of Waste Alternatives staff at your local grocery store Thursdays during the fall or schedule a group presentation! Call 352.374.5213 for more information.

Print your own Buy S.M.A.R.T. pocket reference guide