TCE Landfills Links

Founded by Lois Gibbs who fought toxic contamination in her Love Canal community in the 1970s, CHEJ works with local groups to win environmental justice is from the bottom up through community organizing and empowerment.

  Center for Health Environment and Justice

Blog of the Fort Bend and Brazoria County group opposing the expansion of the BFI landfill in their area.

  Citizens Against the Blue Ridge Landfill Expansion

Environmental engineer Dr. Fred Lee has been working since the 1960's on landfills and has written extensively on many topics.

  Dr. Fred Lee's Scientific Research on Landfills

This manual, written by experienced organizers, is designed to assist communities that live near polluters to pressure for improvements.  Good Neighbor Campaign Handbook

Order this book to have a step-by-step practical guide about how to organize people for direct action to fight powerful interests.  Guide to Organizing

Health Care Without Harm is a national group working to improve the public health and environmental impacts of the health care sector. They have worked on medical waste issues since their inception.  Health Care Without Harm - medical waste webpage

This site has information on how landfills leak and links to photos of landfills  Information about Leaking Landfills

A treasure trove of practical information on how to reduce waste and recycle.  National Waste Prevention Coalition

Informative analyses of how the North American trash system developed and how producer takeback and zero waste strategies are critical for the future. Good comparative studies of successful Canadian producer takeback programs.  Product Policy Institute

Twenty year plan backed by dozens of groups in New York City to move towards Zero Waste.  Reaching for Zero - New York City Citizens Plan for Zero Waste

Northeast Waste Management Officials' Association (NEWMOA) Summary of Research on Mercury Emissions from Municipal Landfills   Summary of Research on Mercury Emissions from Municipal Landfills

Good resources on landfills including why landfill gas is NOT green energy  The Basics of Landfills from EJnet.org

Waste to Wealth Project - Institute for Local Self-Reliance  Waste to Wealth Project - Institute for Local Self-Reliance