The Waste Policy Center offers a number of helpful publications on environmental and related subjects. These include the vest-pocket booklets Trash Facts and Biotech Facts, as well as reports on Recycling in America, Utilities and the EPA Toxic release Inventory, Environmental and Public Health Aspects of Disposable Food Service Packaging, and a color diagram on global climate change.

TRASH FACTS

Trash Facts is a vest-pocket booklet packed with useful data on the U.S. Municipal solid waste situation. It analyzes the components of trash, summarizes key regulations, and outlines major waste management systems, including recycling, land filling, and waste-to-energy combustion.

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BIOTECH FACTS

Biotech Facts notes that the US, Canada, Argentina, Australia, and China are the major ag-biotech players with a total of 100 million acres of biotech crops worldwide. The booklet also outlines the USA federal regulatory processes of FDA, EPA, and USDA for biotech crops, contains a brief glossary of key terms, and summarizes environmental factors releated to ag-biotechnology.

Finally, the new booklet summarizes some key biotechnology developments which provide various health and nutritional benefits. These include production of rice with more iron and Vitamin A to prevent childhood blindness in developing countries, creation of allergen-free foods, and increases in food antioxidant levels to protect against cancer and heart disease.

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OTHER PUBLICATIONS

1. Recycling in America
   
   The overall status of recycling in the United States is summarized in this 35-page report. It describes recycling both by operations (e.g. curbside collection) and by material (e.g. plastic or paper).
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2. The Complex Science of Global Climate Change
   This 11" x 25" color diagram draws from the IPCC's extensive report, the Science of Climate Change. It illustrates the roles and uncertainties associated with "feedbacks" from clouds, the hydrological cycle, land surfaces, oceans, and ice and snow. The roles of aerosols and greenhouse gases are also outlined.
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Environmental and Public Health Aspects of Reusable and Disposable Foodservice Packaging

In this 20-page report selected literature on reusable and disposable packaging is analyzed from an environmental standpoint. The primary focus is on American and European foodservice packaging.

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