The Chelsea Center For Recycling and Economic Development serves many small businesses and manufacturers in Massachusetts by working to increase the use of recyclables.
Link: www.chelseacenter.org

The Southwest Public Recycling Association (SPRA) is a non-profit, member-based association dedicated to helping communities develop sustainable recycling programs. Collectively, SPRA's members command premium prices at the marketplace and receive competitive rates on trucking. The Tucson, Arizona based organization targets recycling development in the Rocky Mountain Southwest states of Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah.
Link: www.spra-recycling.org/

King County Marketing Commission

California Integrated Waste Management Board

Wisconson Market Development Board

Clean Hawaii Center
Link: www.hawaii.gov/dbedt/ert/chc/index.html

The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) was created by Congress in 1953 to help America's entrepreneurs form successful small enterprises. Today, SBA's program offices in every state offer financing, training and advocacy for small firms. These programs are delivered by SBA offices in every state, the District of Columbia, the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico. In addition, the SBA works with thousands of lending, educational and training institutions nationwide.
Link: www.sbaonline.sba.gov/intro.html

This Washington State University Small Business Development Center (WSU SBCD) site provides a host of comprehensive counseling services for small business.
Link: www.sbdc.wsu.edu/wsbdc.htm

This US EPA guide is a one-stop shop for a list of available hotlines, clearinghouses, web sites, virtual assistance centers, training, television broadcast programs, publications, guidance documents, fact sheets, brochures, newsletters and other printed publications available to help small businesses. Link: www.epa.gov/sbo/ea-resourceguide.pdf.

Inventions: The Washington Innovation Assessment Center at the WSU SBDC provides evaluations, patent searches, concept validation, and other useful resources for small businesses developing new products.
Link: http://www.sbdc.wsu.edu/innovate.htm

Additional Resources courtesy of WSU SBDC: www.sbdc.wsu.edu/links.htm

This directory, provided by the University of Washington, lists resources related to small-business operations and entrepreneurship. Link: faculty.washington.edu/krumme/207/small_business.html

Small Business Institute™
Student consulting program for small businesses, involving teams of undergraduates or graduates working with the owner during one academic quarter. The teams have access to local business mentors in a related industry. Small businesses in King County area are eligible for this program, however other academic institutions provide similar services. Over 2,000 small businesses have participated in the Small Business Institute™ program since its inception in 1976.
Link: www.seattleu.edu/asbe/ec/sbi/

The Entrepreneurship Center at Seattle University provides links to resources of interest to entrepreneurs and small business owners. Link: www.seattleu.edu/asbe/ec

Spokane Intercollegiate Research and Technology Institute (SIRTI) is a technology development & commercialization institute. SIRTI helps private companies and innovative entrepreneurs transform new technologies into products that are manufactured here in the Inland Northwest. Link: www.sirti.org/defaultjava.htm