Government Waste Contacts

The list below gives contacts for questions about waste, or if you are looking for additional information and resources. You can click on a contact below to be linked directly to the organization’s website.

Air and Waste Management Association

Alliance of Foam Packaging Recyclers

Aluminum Association

American Beverage Association

American Chemical Society

American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA)

American Plastics Council

Association of Home Appliance Manufacturers

Association of State & Territorial Solid Waste Management Officials

Automotive Recyclers Association

Battery Council International

Bureau of Energy & Recycling

Can Manufacturers Institute

Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning

Chicago Recycling Coalition

City of Chicago Department of Environment

Container Recycling Institute

Cook County Dept of Environmental Control

Corrugated Packaging Council

Energy Federation, Inc.

Environmental Defense

Environmental Industry Associations (EIA)

Environmental News Network

Flexible Packaging Association

Foodservice Packaging Institute

Glass Packaging Institute

Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO)

Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA)

Illinois Recycling Association (IRA)

Illinois Sustainable Technology Center (U of I)

Institute for Local Self-Reliance

Institute of Packaging Professionals

Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries, Inc.

Keep America Beautiful, Inc.

Municipal Waste Management Association

National Association for PET Container Resources (NAPCOR)

National Association of Counties

National Association of State Procurement Officials (NASPO)

National Association of Towns & Townships / National Center for Small Communities

National Demolition Association

National League of Cities

National Oil Recyclers Association

National Solid Waste Management Association Midwest Region (NSWMA)

National Wooden Pallet & Container Association

Natural Resources Defense Council

Paperboard Packaging Council

Petroleum Packaging Council

Plastic Loose Fill Council

Plastic Lumber Trade Association

RCRA Online (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act)

Society of the Plastics Industry

Solid Waste Agency of Lake County (SWALCO)

Solid Waste Agency of Northern Cook County

Solid Waste Association of North America

South Suburban Mayors & Managers Association

Steel Recycling Institute

Tire Industry Association (TIA)

University of Illinois Natural Resources Dept / Natural Resources Environmental Science Systems Admin Office (Champaign/Urbana)

United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) Region V (IL, IN, MI, MN, OH, WI)

United States Federal Government

U.S. Conference of Mayors (Affiliate group: National Resource Recovery Association)

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

West Cook County Solid Waste Agency

Workforce Development Council