Government

Federal

EPA main office
www.epa.gov

EPA regional offices (locate from this page)
www.epa.gov/epahome/locate2.htm

Office of Solid Waste
www.epa.gov/epaoswer/osw
contains information of interest to those in the recycling and solid waste field including: a list of manufactures and suppliers of park and recreation products containing recovered plastic and rubber and a catalog related to the Comprehensive Procurement Guidelines on recycled products.

www.epa.gov/epaoswer/general/orientat
Location of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) Orientation Manual which reviews RCRA program requirements and policies for solid waste including tires and rubber

National Institute of Government Purchasers
www.nigp.org
for information on government procurement

State

to access US state web sites follow the following example, inserting the state initials of the state you are looking for (you will type this in your url window)

http://www.state.ct.us takes you to Connecticut's website
http://www.state.ca.us takes you to California's website - you get the idea

Regional Associations

Tire Industry Association (TIA)
www.itra.com

Rubber Division of American Chemical Society
www.rubber.org

Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (ISRI)
www.isri.org

Rubber Manufacturers Association (RMA)
www.rma.org

Tire Retread Information Bureau (TRIB)
www.retread.org

Rubber Pavements Association
www.rubberpavements.org

Bureau of International Recycling (BIR)
www.bir.org
contains information on the Basel Convention including rubber and tires

Councils

Scrap Tire Management Council
www.rma.org

Northeast Recycling Council (NERC)
www.nerc.org

Recycling Council of Ontario
www.rco.on.ca

The County of Los Angeles Rubberized Asphalt Concrete Technology Center (RACTC) www.rubberizedasphalt.org

Labs

Beta Analytic
www.betalabservices.com

Directories

for a comprehensive listing please see our
Scrap Tire and Rubber Users Directory

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