The Measurement Matters Summit provides the following consolidated resource past efforts to a single location. These resources will aid attendees in preparing for the Measurement Matters Summit and as a valuable resource for you in the future.
The Measurement Matters Summit staff will post presentations and outcomes to this page in the future. So please stop by frequently!
Pre-Summit Materials:
Day 1 – States
- SMP Four Year Review
- SMP Reporting Trends 2012 to 2015
- State Measurement Program FAQ’s
- State Measurement Program (SMP) Pathways Diagram
Day 2 – Stakeholders and States
- 2016 United States National Postconsumer Plastic Bottle Recycling
- Texas Study on the Economic Impacts of Recycling
- NRDC/Tellus Institute Report “From Waste to Jobs: What Achieving 75 Percent Recycling Means for California”
- SPC’s Centralized Study on Availability of Recycling (the access study)
- EPA Facts and Figures
- The Recycling Partnership State of Curbside Report
Post-Summit Materials:
- How to Make Measurement Matter
- Day One (February 27) Outcomes Summary
- Day Three (March 1) Outcomes Summary
Web links:
EPA data and measurement related websites:
- State Measurement Program Measurement for the states by the states with EPA facilitation
- State and Local Waste and Materials Characterization Reports website with links
- Materials and Waste Management in the United States Key Facts and Figures key facts and infographic
- Advancing Sustainable Materials Management: Facts and Figures Report full report
Data Collection and Sharing Tools:
- Re-TRAC Connect Waste and recycling measurement tool
- RecycleSearch State Measurement Program reports
- Energy Star Portfolio Manager Waste Tracker Building and Institutional measurement tool
- Materials Discard in the US Municipal Waste Stream, 1960 to 2009 (Dataset)
- Measuring Recycling: A Guide for State and Local Governments (1997)
Recycling Infrastructure Status Reports and NGO efforts:
- 2015-16 Centralized Study on Availability of Recycling Sustainable Packaging Coalition (SPC) report
- The 2016 State of Curbside Report The Recycling Partnership report
- AMERIPEN 100 Cities Findings Packaging Industry Initial Report
- ASTRX: Applying Systems Thinking to Recycling
- Closed Loop Partners Three funding partners investing in sustainable consumer goods, advanced recycling technologies and development of the circular economy
- The Recycling Partnership Nonprofit transforming recycling in American towns
- Keep America Beautiful Nonprofit with numerous Improve Recycling Initiatives
- National Recycling Coalition Nonprofit focused on promotion and enhancement of recycling in the U.S.
Reuse and Recycling: Economy and Jobs Connection:
- Recycling Economic Information (REI) Report EPA (2016)
- ISRI Recycling Impact webpage
- Recycling WORKS! (2011)
- REI NERC Study Update (2009) PDF
- SERDC Regional Demand Map and Links to State Recycling Economic Impact Reports
- Institute for Local Self-Reliance Waste to Wealth and Recycling Means Business website
- Beverage Container Recycling Jobs Container Recycling Institute website and report
Community Planning and Policy Tools:
Managing and Transforming Waste Streams Tool
Municipal Tool Kit
Materials Management
Sustainable Materials Management (SMM) – EPA website