Forest Certification Resource Center - The FCRC certified forest product search tool allows you to find products certified under the Canadian Standards Association (CSA), Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) and Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI) programs.
Get With Green - The green product resource for your home remodel.
Green Building Concepts - Supplies information exchange on a more resource and energy efficient lifestyle
Green Building Pages - A sustainable building materials database and design tool for the environmentally and socially responsible designer, builder and client.
Green Seal - A nonprofit dedicated to safeguarding the environment and transforming the marketplace by promoting the manufacture, purhcase, and use of environmentally responsible products and services.
Greenerbuilding - A nonprofit website with building products (with ratings), local dealers, and programs
USGBC Green Home Guide - What makes a home green, remodeling guides lines, news and events and resources.
GreenHomeGuide - Community-based resource of tips, case studies, expert Q&A articles, and regional directories of green products and services
GreenSpec Menu - BuildingGreen's product information service with over 2,000 environmentally preferable building products. BuildingGreen are the publishers of Environmental Building News, GreenSpec, EBN Archives, and Green Building Advisor.
inhabitat website - Inhabitat.com is a weblog devoted to the future of design, tracking the innovations in technology, practices and materials that are pushing architecture and home design towards a smarter and more sustainable future.
MTS Website- The institute for market transformation to sustainability.
The Green Building Resource Guide - Database of over 600 green building materials and products selected specifically for their usefulness to the design and building professions, rather than merely their green material content
WNC Green Building Directory - Published bi-annually by the WNCGBC, information on local and regional green businesses and suppliers as well as articles written by green building professionals
National Geographic The Green Guide - Green living tips, products reviews and environmental health news.
Selecting Green Products - Three Basic Steps to High Performance Product Selection
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American Builder Surplus - This on-line trading website based in Georgia has been designed for today's construction worker to buy or sell excess or salvaged materials and equipment, and for consumers who want to save money on construction supplies and hard to find salvaged materials.
Asheville Habitat for Humanity Home Store - Since 1990 this non-profit run retail store has been selling donated items to the general public. Donate anything from building materials, appliances, tools, or flooring and keep thousands of pounds of materials out of the landills. Free pick-up within Buncombe County!
Asheville-Freecycle (TM) - Provides individuals and non-profits in the Asheville, NC area an electronic forum to "recycle" unwanted items. EVERYTHING posted must be for FREE TANGIBLE ITEMS.
Hazardous Waste Disposal in Buncombe County - Buncombe County's guide to disposing of household hazardous waste (HHW)
Recycling in Asheville
Recycling in Buncombe County
US EPA Wastes HHW - Steps to safe management of HHW
US EPA Municipal Solid Waste HHW - HHW overview, facts, figures, and ways to reduce, reuse, recycle, and dispose of HHW
