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- ABCD (Bridgeport,
Connecticut). This is the largest CAP agency in the state of Connecticut.
ILSR develops deconstruction programs and worker recruitment and training
programs for low-income residents of Bridgeport
- Beyond
Waste, Inc. (Santa Rosa, California). Women-owned building
deconstruction business. ILSR assisted in development of joint venture
between Beyond Waste and San Francisco Community Recyclers (see below).
- BioCycle
Magazine (Emmaus, Pennsylvania). This highly respected,
pioneering trade journal promotes proper use of organic waste and
covers other recycling issues. ILSR shares research and writes articles
for the journal.
- Blue Mountain Center
(Blue Mountain, New York). Located in the Adirondacks, this
organization provides facilities for coalitions to meet and develop
programs. ILSR has coordinated several retreats held at the center
for the national recycling movement.
- Blue Ridge Environmental Defense League
(Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina). ILSR advises the League and its member grass roots organizations in the areas of landfill sitings and expansions, and model zero waste communities.
- California Coastal Commission (Sacramento, CA). ILSR assisted the
Commssion and other organizations in planning a special conference to
explore ways to reduce the flow of plastic waste to the ocean and coast
line.
- California
Resource Recovery Association (Sacramento). This is the
first state recycling association in the United States that has had
a significant impact on national recycling policy. ILSR has been a
long time associate of the CRRA and worked on many of its projects.
- Calvert Fund. The
Calvert Fund provided ILSR with a loan for purchase of property which was
renovated for low/moderate income housing in Ivy City section of Washington, DC.
- Carver Terrace CDC
(Washington, DC). This Community Development Corporation serves four
communities in Northeast Washington, DC: Trinidad, Ivy City, Carver
Terrace and Langston Dwellings. ILSR has helped the CDC implement
business and job development programs, and a real estate acquisition,
rehab and resale program for low-income families.
- Center
for Watershed and Community Health (Portland Oregon). This
organization undertakes research and implementation for ecologically
and economically sustainable developmentthat preserves the environment
of threatened watersheds and their communities. ILSR undertook research
and prepared technical reports for the organization.
- Citizens for the Environment
of Aguada (Aguada, Puerto Rico). This organization is fighting
the implementation of numerous garbage incinerators on the island.
ILSR is preparing technical reports comparing the economics of incineration
vs. recycling.
- Connecticut Institute for
Municipal Studies (Hartford, Connecticut). This state agency
develops polices and programs for economic development in poor urban
communities. ILSR assists the agency in recruiting businesses that
provide joint-venture opportunities for community development organizations.
- Container
Recycling Institute (Arlington, Virginia). This non-profit
is the national voice for expanding beverage container deposit systems.
ILSR sits on CRI’s board of directors; the two organizations
work together on a number of issues.
- Community Resources, Inc.
(Baltimore, Maryland). This organization provides technical assistance
and organizing support to neighborhoods, small contractors, and government
agencies. It focuses on deconstruction, residential environmental
problems such as lead and asbestos, renovation and restoration training,
and program design and implementation. ILSR works with Community Resources
in creating training materials and programs.
- Corporate to Community, Inc.
(Reston, Virginia). This for-profit company arranges for surplus computers
and other equipment to be donated to non-profit organizations. ILSR
has assisted in the development of a collaborative computer recycling
enterprise involving for-profit and non-profit companies.
- DC Housing Authority (Washington,
DC). ILSR assisted in the training of 29 residents of public housing for construction
trade jobs through the deconstruction of housing units at Stanton Terrace housing
complex. ILSR also identified healthy building materials for use in the Authority's
unit remodeling program.
- DeConstruction Services/Building
Center (Portland, Oregon). These sister organizations combine
deconstruction of houses with resale of building materials. ILSR shares
information on training and sources of funding.
- Department of Public Works,
Bureau of Sanitation, Solid Resources Citywide Division.
(Los Angeles). City agency responsible for increasing recycling and
waste prevention to the 70% level. ILSR trained key staff and shares
information and strategies on an on-going basis.
- Earth Resources Foundation (Orange County, CA). ILSR assists this organization in its Campaign Against the Plastic Plague (CAPP) program. ILSR staff serve on the CAPP advisory committee.
- Friends
of the Earth (Washington, DC). ILSR works with the DC Program
of this national organization. ILSR and the organization formed the
DC Environmental Agenda, which successfully pressured for changes
in the recycling and waste transfer station laws of the city.
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GAIA (Washington, DC). Global Anti-Incineration
Network/Global Alliance for Incineration Alternatives, is an international
alliance of individuals, NGOs, community-based organizations, academics,
and others working to end the incineration of all forms of waste and
to promote sustainable and just waste prevention and discard management practices.
GAIA members work through regional networks, collaborating with colleagues
worldwide on issues including municipal discards/zero waste, hazardous
waste, and medical waste. ILSR provides training for GAIA activists,
and has completed an anti-incineration guidebook for the GAIA network.
- GrassRoots
Recycling Network(Athens, Georgia). This is a North American
network of community-based activists dedicated to achieving a sustainable
economy based on the principle of zero waste. ILSR helped found this
organization and sits on its Board of Directors.
- Green Institute (Minneapolis,
Minnesota). This organization is a model of how a community can successfully
fight against improper siting of garbage transfer stations and then
start building materials resale and deconstruction enterprises to
serve the community. ILSR works with the Green Institute on training
projects and promotion of deconstruction programs throughout the country.
- Hartford Housing Authority
(Hartford, Connecticut). ILSR designed the Stowe Village public housing
deconstruction training and placement program under the Authority’s
family reunification and employment program.
- INFORM,
Inc. (New York City). This organization undertakes research
and documentation of waste reduction and recycling. ILSR shares information
and strategies with Inform and works with it on New York City recycling
issues.
- Ivy City Patriots (Washington, DC).
ILSR assisted in the formation and incorporation of this organization which provides food,
clothing, appliances and assistanceto low income families. The Patriots also co-sponsored ILSR's
affordable housing program which renovated 8 units of housing adjacent to a new community park.
- Jubilee Enterprises of Greater
Washington (Washington, DC). This church-based organization
provides housing and job training assistance. ILSR works with the
organization to promote affordable housing projects and policies that
extend these programs.
- L.A. Shares (Los
Angeles). This organization is one of the most effective reuse programs
in the United States, transferring over $10 million annually in corporation
surplus property to schools and non-profit organizations. ILSR has
provided assistance in program development and fundraising.
- Lower East Side Ecology Center/Outstanding
Renewal Enterprises, Inc. (New York, New York). This company
provides vermi-composting services to residents and restaurants on
the lower east side of the Big Apple. ILSR has arranged low-interest
loans for the company to acquire a truck and other equipment.
- Materials
for the Future Foundation (San Francisco). Funds research
and implementation of non-profit recycling enterprises. ILSR assisted
in raising $500,000 for a small lumber mill to process wood recovered
from deconstruction projects operated by community organizations in
the San Francisco Bay Area.
- Mid-Atlantic Consortium of Recycling and Economic Development Officials
(MACREDO) (Philadelphia). Encompassing Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania,
Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia, MACREDO identifies,
promotes, and implements projects and programs that enhance recycling
and economic development opportunities on a regional basis. The U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency, Region 3, funds ILSR to provide technical
and administrative support to the group.
- National
Recycling Coalition (Alexandria, Virginia). This is the
national association for recycling professionals. ILSR was one of
its original founders and has served on its Board of Directors. One
project ILSR spearheaded was NRC’s Recycling to Build Community
project, a joint project of NRC and AmeriCorps' VISTA. The project
placed dozens of AmeriCorps' VISTA members in low-income communities
to boost recycling and recycling-based economic development. ILSR
has also prepared for the NRC a report on financing sources and strategies
for recycling enterprises.
- Northern California Recycling
Association (San Francisco). This recycling association
represents community-based recycling organizations. ILSR has been
a long-time ally in promoting progressive policies at the local and
state level.
- ReCycle
North (Burlington, VT ). Since 1991, ReCycle
North has provided the residents of Vermont with a host of services,
including job skills training, poverty relief, and has created a marketplace
for reusable and repaired items. In addition, it operates several
enterprises, including a household goods retail store, building materials
center, and a deconstruction service. ILSR and ReCycle North have
worked together on program development in the Northeast, as well as
hands-on projects in Washington, DC; and Springfield, MA; and Minneapolis,
MN.
- Reuse
Development Organization (ReDO) (Indianapolis). ReDO is
a national and international non-profit organization promoting reuse
as an environmentally sound, socially beneficial, and economic means
of managing surplus and discarded materials.ILSR and ReDO share information
on technical issues and financing.
- San Francisco Community Recyclers.
Non-profit enterprise on contract with the city of San Francisco to
provide recycling services. ILSR assisted in raising capital for a
joint venture with Beyond Waste, Inc.
- Silicon
Valley Toxics Coalition (San Jose). This coalition provides
research and technical assistance in managing hazardous waste generated
in the computer and electronics fields. ILSR works with the organization
to promote extended producer responsibility in the computer industry.
- Solid Waste Management Authority
(Del Norte, California). This is the first county in the country
to establish a zero waste goal. ILSR assisted in the research and
development of its Zero Waste Plan.
- Sustainable Community Initiatives
(Washington, DC). This organization provides technical assistance
to community groups in Ward 5 of Northeast DC. SCI is also currently
working with groups in Metro Washington on community indicators, green
mapping, and socially responsible tax projects. SCI’s mission
is to develop collaborative community projects and public education
programs that promote community sustainability. ILSR works with SCI
on deconstruction, neighborhood development, and affordable housing
programs.
- Sustainable
Jobs Fund (Durham, North Carolina and Philadelphia). This
Fund is a 17 million community development venture capital fund that
invests in enterprises that need equity and that benefit low-income
communities by creating jobs. ILSR sits on the Fund’s board of
advisors.
- Tequity, Inc. (Washington,
DC). This organization establishes computer repair and distribution
programs in DC high schools and their feeder schools. ILSR assists
Tequity in the development of a full-scale computer reuse enterprise.
- Urban Corps of San Diego.
This organization provides an opportunity for a high school diploma,
and special certificates and training for "at-risk" young adults (18-23)
for jobs in the urban environment such as recycling, waste prevention,
and urban beautification. ILSR assists in the development of a waste
exchange enterprise and a deconstruction enterprise.
- U.S. Department of Health
and Human Services Office of Community Services. This federal
agency provides funds for community enterprises. ILSR undertakes research,
technical assistance, and prepares training documents for the agency.
- U.S.
EPA Office of Solid Waste. This federal agency provides
research and technical assistance and funding for recycling and waste
prevention programs. Under a series of grants, ILSR has researched
and prepared technical documents that EPA has published and distributed.
- Washington Interfaith Network
(Washington, DC). This church network lobbies the city on issues developed
by local congregations. ILSR is a technical assistant to the group
on environmental and community development issues.
- Waste
Not Newsletter (Canton, New York). This organization
publishes a valuable newsletter on incineration, dioxin, and related
solid waste issues. ILSR has provided technical assistance to groups
that contact Waste Not for further information and assistance.
- Wood Resource Efficiency
Network (Portland, Oregon). This organization provides technical
assistance and conducts research for groups involved with wood salvage
and value-adding re-crafting. ILSR shares information with the organization
on training, enterprise development, and deconstruction.
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