Provides an extensive listing & description of sources of financial & technical help available to Minnesota businesses working with recyclable materials. Serves as an aid in finding: grants, loans, & other financial assistance as well as technical expertise useful in developing a recycling business; suppliers of recyclable feedstock; tax incentives; & help in complying with environmental regulations. Also helps business through the process of developing a proposal to the Office of Environmental Assistance Market Development financial assistance program. Also includes a 37-page report by the Minnesota Office of Environmental Assistance, Barriers to Recyclling Corrugated Cardboard & CarpetÓ (1995).

Approximately 38% of the 29 million tires that are scrapped each year in California are landfilled, stockpiled, or illegally dumped. The sheer volume of discarded tires presents a real dilemma -- or opportunity. This conference provided up-to-date information on recycling, market developments, & management opportunities for waste tires. Designed to promote alternatives to landfill disposal of waste tires, to provide a forum for the exchange of ideas, & to solicit input for the California Integrated Waste Management Board's tire recycling program.