RESOURCES

Check out these useful resources below to learn more!

Sustainability

• Sustainable Packaging Coalition
• Operation Clean Sweep
• Federal Trade Commission – Green Guides

Recycling, Landfills, & Waste Management

• EPS & XPS Polystyrene Foam Recycling
• Environmental Protection Agency — Landfills 
• How Stuff Works — How Landfills Work
• Plastics Canada — Retention in Landfills
• The Association of Plastic Recyclers
• Keep America Beautiful: Foam Recycling
• Foodservice Packaging Recovery Toolkit
• American Forest & Paper Association
• Biodegradable Products Institute
• Compostingcouncil.org
• Dart Recycling YouTube Playlist
• About Dart Products

More About the Foodservice Packaging Industry

• Foodservice Packaging Institute
• Polystyrene Packaging (PDF)

Plastics 101

• American Chemistry Council (ACC)
• American Chemistry Council – Resin ID Codes
• Plastics Make it Possible

Plastics Industry Resources

• Plastics Industry Association
• Society of the Plastics Industry
• Plastics and Chemicals Industry
• Canadian Plastics Industry Association (CPIA)
• Association of Plastic Manufacturers in Europe
• Plastics NZ
• National Association for PET Container Resources

Styrene

• You Know Styrene
• The Styrene Information and Research Center

Life-Cycle Inventories

• Is Paper Better than Plastic? (PDF)
• Life Cycle Inventory of Polystyrene Foam, Bleached Paperboard, and Corrugated Paperboard Foodservice Products: Executive Summary
• Life Cycle Inventory of Polystyrene Foam, Bleached Paperboard, and Corrugated Paperboard Foodservice Products: Highlights
• Life Cycle Inventory of Polystyrene Foam, Bleached Paperboard, and Corrugated Paperboard Foodservice Products: Dart Insights
• Life Cycle Inventory Greenhouse Gas Emissions Study Reusable vs. Disposable Cups (PDF)

Litter & Marine Debris

• 2015 Anacostia Watershed Litter Survey
• Marinelittersolutions.com