Reduce
Learn how to consume and throw away less.

Adbusters fronts an effort to reduce resource consumption by promoting events such as “Buy Nothing Day” the day  after Thanksgiving.  
Energystar (EPA) helps you reduce your energy consumption with EnergyStar appliances and home improvement ideas. 
Greener Cars is a source for seeing the resource consumption of specific cars. 
Home Energy Saver helps you reduce your energy consumption with economic energy solutions. 
Oklahoma Star Incentive Program (DEQ) informs you how to reduce or eliminate the creation of pollutants and waste at the source. 
Use Less Stuff (DEQ) is heading up a campaign to reduce the resource consumption of citizens across the state.

Reuse
Learn how to reuse items which keeps them out of the waste stream and doesn’t require reprocessing like recycling does.

• The Charitable Recycling Program spotlights locations for donating used cell phones for reuse.
• Donate a Car for Charity Foundation allows you to help their humanitarian mission by donating your car, boat or RV.
• Freecycle is a grassroots and nonprofit movement of people free goods in their own region.

• Abitibi (Recycled Fiber) has several fiber recycling operations in Oklahoma (See Oklahoma City and Tulsa).
• American Forest & Paper Association provides information about paper recycling.
• American Plastics Council explains some of the key issues relating to plastics in the environment.
• America Recycles Day holds an annual national awareness event to promote the social, environmental, and economic benefits of buying recycled and recycling.
• Corrugated Packaging Council provides information about corrugated cardboard and the environment.
• Earth 911 helps find your local recycling centers and other life greening tips (1-800-Cleanup).
• Electronic Industry Alliance's (EIA's) Consumer Education Initiative is a resource for consumers that wish to find local opportunities for recycling and reusing used electronics.
• Glass Packaging Institute provides instantly accessible information on glass recycling an the glass container industry.
• Global Recycling Network is a source into the world’s waste collection, disposal, and recycling marketplace.
• Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (ISRI) is a national trade association representing companies that process, broker, and consume scrap commodities, including metals, paper, plastics, glass, rubber, and textiles.
• Lacerta Group Inc. recycles of magnetic media and data media products.
• The Metropolitan Environmental Trust (M.E.T.) coordinates and promotes recycling and environmental events in the metropolitan Tulsa area.
• Midland Recycling provides a wide range of multi-material processing and recycling.
• National Association for PET Container Resources (NAPCOR) facilitates PET plastic recycling and promotes the usage of PET packaging. 
• The National Recycling Coalition is a membership organization of recycling professionals and advocates dedicated to maximizing recycling.
• Recycling (EPA) is the EPA’s recycling homepage.
• Waste Management provides comprehensive waste and environmental services across North America. 

Various recycling programs in Oklahoma:

• By City:
  • Ada 
  • Edmond
  • Lawton 
  • Mustang 
  • Norman
  • Oklahoma City 
  • Ponca City
  • Tulsa
• By University:
  • Oklahoma State University
  • University of Oklahoma
  • University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center