Recycling in a Box Kit. (picture to left)
Our recycling in a box kit includes one Ollie CD Rom for children to learn about recycling and waste reduction (computer educational tool) and various recycled product samples and educational materials. Use to educate students, co-workers, and others about recycling. The kit includes our Where Does Your Recycling Go poster; America Recycles Day (ARD) posters that promote recycling of cans, bottles, and paper. Click here to e-mail us to tell us that you'd like a kit, and give us your shipping address. (Sent to U.S. addresses only.) FREE TO RAM MEMBERS
$20 for all non-members

"Recycling Works for Minnesota" Video *DOWNLOAD FREE!*
Fifteen minutes long and hosted by Stephan Reynolds of the Minnesota State Lottery's Environmental Journal television show, this video highlights just why recycling is so important to Minnesota. Throughout the video, we interview regular Minnesotans on the street to find out what they know about the environmental benefits of recycling. When they don't know, we fill in the blanks.

Recycling Works for Minnesota shows why recycling makes economic sense for Minnesota's business through interviews and site visits to Target's Minneapolis store. We also visit a Home Depot and a Cub Foods store to find recycled products that people buy every day. To watch the video click here.

Thanks to our video sponsors Minnesota Office of Environmental Assistance, American Plastics Council, Great River Energy, and the Weyerhaeuser Company Foundation.

Poster: "Where Does Your Recycling Go?"
This 23" x 30" color poster graphically shows some of the places in Minnesota where your recycling goes. Minnesota has more than 100 manufacturers that use recycled material as a feedstock. We feature 14 of them by listing a manufacturer's name, its product, the city in which the product is made, and a color picture of the product itself. It's great for putting by your office recycling bin or on a bulletin board in November! This item is free. Click here to E-mail us and we'll send it free.

Ink Jet Printer Cartridge/Cell Phone Recycling Box
This is one of our most popular items. Ask for a FREE box that recycles in bulk amounts: ink jets, cell phones, iPODS and digital cameras. It's a great way to keep some more stuff out of the garbage! The kit is very popular in libraries, break rooms, computer labs, and other public places. Click here and we'll ship a self mailing box to you for free if you send us an email.

Web Guides on Buying Recycled
Our nationally recognized web guides help consumers figure out just where to find recycled products. Check out our downloadable 36-page catalog of recycled products and two great web pages on finding recycled products at the grocery store and when shopping for home and garden by clicking here. Please feel free to link to these pages on your own web site.

Economic Benefits of Recycling
Did you know that the national recycling industry includes:
More than 56,000 public and private sector facilities?
1.1 million jobs?
$236 billion in gross, annual sales?
$37 billion in annual payroll?

The National Recycling Coalition (NRC) recently released the National Recycling Economic Information (REI) Study. This groundbreaking study of the nation’s recycling and reuse industry demonstrates the significant contribution recycling makes to our nation's economy. Check out the report, an executive summary, and other supporting materials here.

Minnesota's value-added manufacturers generated an estimated $93 million in state tax revenue and employ an estimated 8700 people in direct jobs. These jobs in turn support another estimated 20,000 people downstream in indirect and induced jobs. All together these jobs, which pay an estimated $1.19 billion in wages, represent a major force in the Minnesota economy. The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency has a great web page on Minnesota's Recycling Industries: Economic Activity Summary.