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Used Motor Oil and other Automotive Wastes

The California Integrated Waste Management Board has an enormous website filled with resources about used motor oil recycling.  There is some basic information at www.ciwmb.ca.gov/UsedOil/Public/   including a link to a database of used oil recycling locations that can be searched by zip code, city or county.

The US Environmental Protection Agency has a campaign to encourage recycling of motor oil called “you dump it, you drink it.”  There are various resources including art for download and publications in English and Spanish.
www.epa.gov/epaoswer/hazwaste/usedoil/#ydiydi

For more information on automotive wastes, here is a site geared to automotive professionals.  It is very user-friendly, including an interactive “virtual shop” with links to information on proper handling and disposal of many materials.
www.ccar-greenlink.org/

A Bay Area organization called Sustainable Conservation has a project on auto recycling.  Some materials are aimed at workers in the auto dismantling industry and include information in Spanish.
www.suscon.org/autorecycling/index.asp

For general information on how to change motor oil and filters, 2 good sites:  
www.ehow.com/how_11_change-motor-oil.html
www.earth911.org/master.asp?s=lib&a=oil/doityourself.asp

What set of car resources would be complete without Car Talk, National Public Radio’s very funny and informative call-in show?  The web site has a lot of useful as well as funny material, including songs about cars: www.cartalk.com/

General Recycling and other Environmental  Information

The California Integrated Waste Management Board site has so much information it can be overwhelming.  From the home page www.ciwmb.ca.gov/   one useful area of the site is “Choose a material” (found in the menu on the left side of the page).  Another is “Publications” (found in the menu on the right side of the page).  A more user-friendly way into this site is through www.zerowaste.ca.gov/ where there are a number of helpful recycling links as well as current hot topics.

The California Department of Conservation, Division of Recycling site is www.conservation.ca.gov/DOR/index.htm There are resources for educators in the menu on the left side of the page, and links about recycling bottles and cans on the right side.

The US Environmental Protection Agency has educational materials on recycling including activities and games for three levels of kids.  Some of these may be useful for ESL adult learners as well.  Some materials are also in Spanish.
www.epa.gov/epaoswer/education/index.htm

www.earth911.org has all kinds of environmental information including locators searchable by zip code.  There’s also a section of educational resources including games and activities.

The Northern California Recycling Association www.ncrarecycles.org is a professional organization of people in the recycling field.  The site includes an excellent page of “Resources” with links to regional, state, and national information.

The State of Minnesota has developed an environmental curriculum for ESL learners. It includes downloadable materials at www.moea.state.mn.us/ee/esl.cfm 

There are many on-line environmental publications.  Some good ones:
www.grist.org/
www.earthisland.org/
www.emagazine.com/

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