Community
http://www.masterrecycler.org/
Oregon Department of Environmental Quality
RecycleNet
(Website with a forum for asking questions regarding plastic recycling)
University of Southern Miss.
(Explains each polymer in detail)
APC – American Plastics Council
Information on plastic and recycling
Matweb – Resins Page
(Look up specifics for each grade of plastic from each manufacturer)
SPI – Society of the Plastics Industry
Organization for plastic manufacturing and recycling
Ohio Department of Natural Resouces
Facts about recycling and lots of post-consumer scrap recycling advice
ISRI – Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries
Major organization for recycling, with information on quality and quantity of recycling
Worldscrap.com
Great source for recent news on the recycling industry, contains over 500 news stories usually
NAPCOR – National Association for PET Containers
Organization with PET recycling information
Plastics.com
Huge resource for plastics information
Plastictrader.us
Purchasing Arm for Phoenix Recycling
Polymer Information
University of Wisconsin-Madison webpage for polymer information
San Diego Plastics – info page
Explains polymer properties and the history of plastic
Recycle In Me
Forum for plastic scrap brokers
Alibaba.com
Global Trade forum
National Recycling Coalition
Association dedicated to Recyclers
EIA Environment
Find an electronic recycler near you
Polystyrene.Org
Pretty much anything you would want to know on polystyrene
Plastics News
Great news stories about recycling and industry
Plastic Bag Recycling
Evaluate how much money you would save if you were recycling your film.
Chemical Database
Type in the chemical you want to know about, and it will print a data page.
Polymers FAQ
Lists most plastic abbreviations, polymer tradenames, and has a guide / general FAQ.
Plastic Market Place
Forum for buying and selling plastic for plastic brokers and recyclers
Apartment and Condo Recycling Guide
Safe disposal and reuse for computers, mobile phones, tablets, TVs and appliances
About Plastic
Meikle, Jeffrey. American Plastic: A Social History. Rutgers University Press, 1997.
Freinkel, Susan. Plastic: A Toxic Love Story. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2001.
Plastic China. Directed by Jiu-liang Wang. Journeyman Pictures, 2017. Amazon Prime, www.amazon.com/Plastic-China-Jiu-liang-WANG/dp/B06XV925VL.
5 Gyres, Algalita, Californians Against Waste, Clean Production Action, Plastic Pollution Coalition, Responsible Purchasing Network, Story of Stuff, Surfrider Foundation
The Global Trash Problem + Its Roots
van Lohuizen, Kadir, NOOR. “Drowning in Garbage.” The Washington Post. 21 Nov. 2017. Web.
Humes, Edward. Garbology: Our Dirty Love Affair with Trash. Penguin Group, 2012.
Minter, Adam. Junkyard Planet: Travels in the Billion-Dollar Trash Trade. Bloomsbury Press, 2013.
Strasser, Susan. Waste and Want: A Social History of Trash. Owl Books Henry Holt & Co., 2000.
Rathje, William L. and Murphy, Cullen. Rubbish!: The Archaeology of Garbage.The University of Arizona Press, 2001.
Alternatives & Solutions for Change:
Marine Conservation Society. How to Live Plastic Free: A Day in the Life of a Plastic Detox. Headline Publishing Group, 2018.
McDonough, William and Braungart, Michael. Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things. North Point Press a division of Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2002.
McDonough, William and Braungart, Michael. The UpCycle: Beyond Sustainability—Designing for Abundance. North Point Press a division of Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2013.
Hawken, Paul, editor. Drawdown: The Most Comprehensive Plan Ever Proposed to Reverse Global Warming. Penguin Books, 2017.
Plastic Melting, Emissions, Ventilation and Safety (Technical Research Papers and Standards)
Harper, C. A. (2006). Handbook of plastic processes. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley-Interscience.
He, Z., Li, G., Chen, J., Huang, Y., An, T., & Zhang, C. (2015). Pollution characteristics and health risk assessment of volatile organic compounds emitted from different plastic solid waste recycling workshops. Environment International, 77, 85-94.
Hunt, E. J., Zhang, C., Anzalone, N., & Pearce, J. M. (2015). Polymer recycling codes for distributed manufacturing with 3-D printers. Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 97, 24-30.
Yamashita, Kyoko, Yamamoto,
Simoneit, B. R., Medeiros, P. M., & Didyk, B. M. (2005). Combustion Products of Plastics as Indicators for Refuse Burning in the Atmosphere. Environmental Science & Technology, 39(18), 6961-6970.
Tsai, Chung-Jung & Chen, M-L & Chang, Keng-Fu & Chang, Fu-Kuei & Mao, I-Fang. (2009). The pollution characteristics of odor, volatile organochlorinated compounds and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons emitted from plastic waste recycling plants. Chemosphere. 74. 1104-10. 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2008.10.041.
Yamashita, K & Kumagai, Kazukiyo & Noguchi, Miyuki & Yamamoto, Naomichi & Ni, Y & Mizukoshi, Atsushi & Yanagisawa, Y. (2007). VOC EMISSIONS FROM WASTE PLASTICS DURING MELTING PROCESSES.