Organizations

The following organizations are available to answer questions and/or provide services. We would like to keep our lists as up-to-date as possible. If you find information that is incorrect, please send us the correct information as soon as possible.

• Aluminum Recycling Association
  1000 16th Street NW, Suite 603, Washington, DC 20036, 202-785-0951
• American Forest and Paper Association
  800-878-8878
• American Paper Institute
  260 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10016, 212-340-0600
• American Plastics Council
  1275 K Street NW, Suite 400, Washington, DC 20005, 202-371-521, 800-2-HELP-90 for Buy Recycled Guide
• Business for Social Responsibility
  1683 Folsom Street, San Francisco, CA 94103, 415-865-2500
• Buy Recycled Campaign National Recycling Coalition
  1727 Knight Street, Suite 105, Alexandria, VA 22314-2720, 703-683-9025
• The Composting Council
  114 South Pitt Street, Alexandria, VA 22314, 703-739-2401
• Council on Packaging in the Environment
  275 K Street NW, Suite 400, Washington, DC 20005, 202-331-0099
• Environmental Defense Fund
  257 Park South, New York, NY 10010, 212-505-2100
• Estonian American Fund for Economic Education, Inc.
  EAFEE seeks donations of economics, statistics, accounting, medical and other scientific and social science books from all sources. Books are supplied to university libraries and professional organizations in Estonia. No books older than 5 years old. 301-587-9115
• Flexible Packaging Association
  1090 Vermont Avenue NW, Suite 500, Washington, DC 20005, 202-842-3880
• Food Service and Packaging Institute
  1025 Connecticut Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20005, 202-347-0020
• Glass Packaging Institute (GPI)
  1627 K Street NW, Suite 800, Washington, DC 20006, 202-887-4850
• Green Hotels Association
  PO Box 420212, Houston, TX 77242-0212, 713-789-8889
• Institute of Packaging Professionals
  11800 Sunrise Valley Drive, Reston International Center, Reston, VA 22091, 703-620-9380
• Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries
  162 K Street, NW, Washington, DC 20006, 202-466-4050
• International Book Bank, Inc.
  IBP receives donated books at their warehouse and pays to ship them overseas with contributed funds. The Project handles text books from grade school through university level, medical texts and journals, technical books, library materials and children's books. 606-245-6771
• Keep America Beautiful
  9 Broad Street, West, Stamford, CT 06902, 203-323-8987
• Kosciuszko Foundation
  The Foundation solicits historical, literary, text and medical books and journals from publishers, universities, libraries, hospitals and private individuals. The books are sent to universities, libraries and schools in Poland. 212-734-2130
• National Recycling Coalition
  727 Knight Street, Suite 105, Alexandria, VA 22314-2720, 703-683-9025
• National Solid Waste Management Association
  1730 Rhode Island Avenue NW, Suite 1000, Washington, DC 20036, 202-659-4613
• The Natural Step
  (National Office) The Presidio, Thoreau Center for Sustainability, PO Box 29372, San Francisco, CA 94129-0372, phone: 415-561-3344, fax 415-561-3345,
• Oregon Natural Step Network
  506 SW Sixth Avenue, Suite 1100, Portland, OR 97204, 503-241-1140, fax: 503-241-7429
• The Recycled Paper Coalition
  Call this chapter to find out how organizations combined forces to bring purchasing strength to the recycled paper market. National/Northern California Chapter, c/o Peninsula Conservation Center, 3921 East Bayshore Road, Palo Alto, CA 94303, 415-985-5568
• Sabre Foundation, Inc.
  This organizations specializes in providing college, secondary and elementary level educational materials to institutions and individuals in Eastern Europe, the former Soviet Union, and selected countries in other regions of the world. Books within 5 years old are accepted. For more information check out their web site.
• SCRAP Tire Management Council
  202-682-4880
• Solid Waste Association of North America
  8750 Georgia Avenue, Suite 140, Silver Spring, MD 20910, 310-585-2898

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