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Referenced Organizations and Web Sites

  
  This is a collective list of organizations and websites that are discussed somewhere on Las Vegas Green List. They contain a wealth of information and resources and are worth a visit.  
   
     
 
Battery Solutions www.batteryrecycling.com
 
  Battery Solutions, Inc. provides cost-effective fully-managed battery-recycling kits, systems, and services to corporations, governments, municipalities, and households across the country to serve environmentally conscious individuals and businesses and satisfy compliance with government regulations.

We are a large-quantity universal waste handler with EPA certification, a professional-level of environmental expertise, and the recycling know-how needed to continually remain in complete compliance with all applicable environmental laws. 		 
   
 
The Blind Center of Nevada www.blindcenter.org
 
  The Blind Center of Nevada is a non-profit organization dedicated to assisting blind and visually impaired persons of all ages in reaching their highest physical, social, intellectual, and economic potential.
The challenges associated with blindness are many. With your help, they may be overcome with determination, education, training, and opportunity. The Blind Center of Nevada provides high quality professional computer recycling services. We have developed recycling and computer waste solutions that focus on assured data privacy, maximization of raw material extraction and customer satisfaction		  
   
 
The Campaign for Safe Cosmetics www.safecosmetics.org
 
  The Campaign for Safe Cosmetics is a national coalition of nonprofit health and environmental organizations. Our collective goal is to protect the health of consumers and workers by requiring the personal care products industry to phase out the use of chemicals linked to cancer, birth defects and other serious health concerns, and replace them with safer alternatives.

The Campaign for Safe Cosmetics is working with endorsing organizations, responsible businesses and thousands of citizen activists to shift the cosmetics market toward safer products and to advocate for smarter laws that protect our health from toxic chemicals and encourage innovation of safer alternatives. 		 
   
 
CD Recycling Center of America www.cdrecyclingcenter.org
 
  The Compact Disc Recycling Center was founded in 2006 to provide consumers and companies education, awareness, and options for easy CD and DVD recycling. Their website offers a range of articles, research, products and member profiles of the growing number of supporters and members, to be applauded by the recycling conscious good people of the earth.  
   
 
Energy Star www.energystar.gov
 
  Energy Star is a joint program of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Energy helping us all save money and protect the environment through energy efficient products and practices.  
   
 
Environmental Protection Agency www.epa.gov
 
  EPA leads the nation's environmental science, research, education and assessment efforts. The mission of the Environmental Protection Agency is to protect human health and the environment. Since 1970, EPA has been working for a cleaner, healthier environment for the American people.  
   
 
Environmental Working Group www.ewg.org
 
  The mission of the Environmental Working Group (EWG) is to use the power of public information to protect public health and the environment. EWG is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, founded in 1993 by Ken Cook and Richard Wiles.

In 2002, we founded the EWG Action Fund, a 501(c)(4) organization that advocates on Capitol Hill for health-protective and subsidy-shifting policies.

EWG specializes in providing useful resources (like Skin Deep and the Shoppers' Guide to Pesticides in Produce) to consumers while simultaneously pushing for national policy change.

Organizational Goals include to protect the most vulnerable segments of the human population—children, babies, and infants in the womb—from health problems attributed to a wide array of toxic contaminants, and to replace federal policies, including government subsidies that damage the environment and natural resources, with policies that invest in conservation and sustainable development.		  
   
 
Hybrid Cars www.hybridcars.com
 
  HybridCars.com is the Internet’s premier website dedicated to hybrid gas-electric vehicles and the full range of consumer information and tools about cars, energy, and the environment. Car reviews, interactive tools, news, and user forums are designed to help car shoppers make informed purchase decisions. Content from HybridCars.com is syndicated to Yahoo!Autos, Autotrader.com, Automart.com, BusinessWeek Online, and numerous newspaper, television, and radio station websites. HybridCars.com works closely with R. L. Polk to produce its Hybrid Market Dashboard, and with academic institutions and industry analysts to conduct research related to the emerging market for hybrid, alternative fuel, and electric cars.  
   
 
Nevada Energy Star Partners www.thinkenergystar.com
 
  Nevada Energy Star partners is a coalition of local residential developers and business partners in collaboration with EPA – who, for the seventh consecutive year, come together annually to promote ENERGY STAR brand. [See our interview with Annette Buback in People Watch]  
   
 
Skin Deep - Cosmetics Database www.cosmeticsdatabase.org
 
  It's our mission at the Environmental Working Group to use the power of information to protect human health and the environment. Often, that means building databases. EWG's data gives you practical solutions to protect yourself and your family from the health risks we all face from everyday exposures to myriad industrial chemicals.

In 2004 we launched Skin Deep, an online safety guide for cosmetics and personal care products. Our aim was to fill in where companies and the government leave off: companies are allowed to use almost any ingredient they wish, and our government doesn't require companies to test products for safety before they're sold. EWG's scientists built Skin Deep to be a one-of-a-kind resource, integrating our in-house collection of personal care product ingredient listings with more than 50 toxicity and regulatory databases.		  
   
 
Springs Preserve www.springspreserve.org
 
  The Springs Preserve is a 180-acre non-gaming cultural and historical attraction designed to commemorate Las Vegas' dynamic history and to provide a vision for a sustainable future.

This exciting attraction offers a unique cultural experience for people of all ages. The Springs Preserve experience includes colorful desert botanical gardens, museum galleries, outdoor concerts and events, an indoor theater, a historic photo gallery and a series of walking trails that meander through a scenic wetland habitat.		  
   
 
State of Nevada – Dept. of Conservation and Natural Resources Division of Environmental Protection http://ndep.nv.gov
 
  This website contains information designed to help individuals, companies, and governmental entities comply with environmental laws and regulations contained in the Nevada Revised Statutes (NRS) and the Nevada Administrative Code (NAC). Our mission is to preserve and enhance the environment of the state in order to protect public health, sustain healthy ecosystems, and contribute to a vibrant economy.