| Resource Recovery and Reuse
Resource Recovery and Reuse Building Materials Distributor Ted Reiff
1708 Cactus Road
San Diego, CA 92173
619-661-7181
BMD is a nonprofit corporation with three purposes: to divert usable building materials from US. landfills; to provide these materials to low income families; to assist the economic development of each community in which it operates by providing jobs which are sustainable and have upward mobility. BMD is a licensed deconstruction contractor with the expertise to deconstruct large commercial/industrial/military buildings as well as multi- and single family homes.
Resource Recovery and Reuse California Integrated Waste Management Board Public Affairs Office
8800 Cal Center Dr.
Sacramento, CA 95826
916-255-2296
This California state agency is responsible for working with local governments to develop markets for California's landfill waste, to work toward fulfilling landfill reduction mandates, and to assure that there are safe and adequate landfill facilities available. The office maintains a recycling information hotline as a free service to California residents, to supply assistance in locating convenient recycling centersfor unused oil and other recyclable materials. The Hotline also functions as a publications clearinghouse. The agency also has their annual Waste Reduction Awards that recognizes businesses that have adopted good recycling programs.
Resource Recovery and Reuse CALMAX (California Materials Exchange Program) Kevin Taylor
8800 Cal Center Drive
Sacramento, CA 95826
916-235-2369
CALMAX is a free service provided by the California Integrated Waste Management Board. It is designed to help businesses find markets for materials they have traditionally discarded. The Board is responsible for developing strategies for the amount of waste generated in California. The goal of CALMAX is to conserve energy, resources and landfill space by helping businesses and organizations find alternatives to the disposal of valuable materials or wastes. CALMAX benefits California's businesses and communities in many ways: New markets for excess materials will be encouraged and facilitated; Disposal costs are reduced and there is even the possibility of selling materials you once threw away; Economic development will be promoted by helping start-up businesses find free or inexpensive materials; Environmental enhancement will occur as we conserve resources and landfill space by finding uses for materials rather than discarding them; Communities will benefit as schools, art groups and non-profit organizations discover the wealth of free or inexpensive materials available to them.
Resource Recovery and Reuse City of Los Angeles, Integrated Solid Waste Management Office Kelly Ingalls
200 North Main Street, Room 1450 CHE
Los Angeles, CA 90012
213-237-0143
They provide resource guides and technical assistance to the City of Los Angeles, other localities and private sector building industry professionals on construction, demolition and landclearing materials recycling, recycled-content building materials and space allocation for recycling. Guides are available free of charge.
Resource Recovery and Reuse Community Recycling and Resource Recovery, Inc. Alex Dmitriew
P.O. Box 1082
Sun Valley, CA 91352
818-767-6000
Community Recycling operates a 1,200 ton per day mixed waste processing facility that recovers metals, plastics and paper from waste, as well as a construction and demolition debris and wood recycling facility. Community also operates the largest supermarket composting program where supermarket waste from over 400 stores is mixed with yard trimmings and composted to create a nutritious soil amendment.
Resource Recovery and Reuse County of Santa Barbara/ Recycling Market Development Zone Jennifer LeMay
123 E, Anapamu St.
Santa Barbara, CA 93101
805-681-4068
The Santa Barbara Regional Recycling Market Development Program (RMDZ) offers incentives to businesses located in the County of Santa Barbara that manufacture with recyclable meterials. The Santa Barbara Zone offers technical, financial, and permitting assistance in addition to a state low-interest loan program. The program's goal is to substantially increase markets for recyclable materials, thereby supporting waste reduction efforts while promoting a sustainable economy through recycling-based economic development.
Resource Recovery and Reuse L. A. Shares Bert Ball
3224 Riverside Dr.
Los Angeles, CA 90027
213-485-1097
L.A. Shares is a non-profit reuse program which takes corporate and individual donations of reusable materials, manufacturer overages and discontinued items and makes them available at no-cost to non-profit groups and schools throughout Los Angeles County. In addition to receiving tax deduction for items contributed, donors save the disposal cost of unwanted items. L.A. Shares picks up materials from donors by appointment at no charge.
Resource Recovery and Reuse Re-Sets David Isaac
17230 Knapp St.
Northridge, CA 91325
818-896-7573
Re-Sets provide resource recovery for movie production studios by disassembling used set designs. They have a warehouse that houses the sets and set materials that can then be rented or sold.
Resource Recovery and Reuse Sheri Eiker-Wiles Associates Sheri Eiker-Wiles
6890 Shepard Mesa
Carpinteria, CA
805-684-8976
Sheri Eiker-Wiles is a solid and hazardous waste management consulting firm. This certified WBE business has been in operation since August 1993. Sheri has been involved in the waste management industry since 1982. Her primary work has been in AB 939 planning and analysis, research, operations, permitting, proposal writing and program development for government, non-profit and private industry.
Resource Recovery and Reuse State of California, Department of Conservation B. G. Tackett
801 K Street, MS 18-55
Sacramento, CA 95814
800-RECYCLE
The Department of Conservation's Marketing Development Section's mission is to promote recycling and remanufacture of post-consumer materials into new products, thereby creating jobs to support California's economy. Examples of their leadership role in moving to a more sustainable community include publications, programs and implementation od recycled content material construction projects. | 
