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US Recycling Archives Project

May 17, 2012

The other morning Michael Alexander (formerly from NERC, NRC, and now president of Recycle Away) stopped into NERC's office in downtown Brattleboro, Vermont. He was lugging a hefty book of National Recycling Coalition (NRC) records from the late 1980s. He wanted to know if we had any ideas on what to do with it. Fortunately I had read recently about the "U.S. Recycling Archives project."

This neat project was started by Neil Seldman, president of the Institute for Local Self-Reliance (ILSR), Dan Knapp, co-founder of Urban Ore, and others. The project is housed at the University of Illinois-Springfield.

The University will act as a repository for documents, videos, tapes, and books relating to the recycling movement. According to the ILSR website, "the archives will allow for future historical research and models for citizen and community based initiatives in the environmental and economic development sectors."

The U.S. Recycling Archives project is seeking documents, graphics and anything else relating to the history of recycling in the United States. Contact Neil Seldman at nseldman@ilsr.org or 202-898-1610 ext. 210 for details.

 

Athena Lee Bradley, NERC Projects Manager

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