The following publications were developed by CEISB (formerly the ISTC Technical Assistance Program). For the complete list of all ISTC publications, visit https://www.istc.illinois.edu/publications.
Case Studies & Fact Sheets
Browse our full list of technical assistance case studies and fact sheets.
Browse the collection of Coastal Management Program Publications.
Reports & Plans
Pollution Prevention & Environmental Compliance Manuals & Resources
- Pollution Prevention Guide (2025; additional resources are available in the CTAP2 Guidebook Zotero Group)
- Salvage Yard Environmental Guidebook and Self-Audit Checklist (2020)
- Illinois Small Quantity Generators’ Manual: How to Comply Effectively with State and Federal Regulations (2002)
- Printers’ National Environmental Assistance Center (PNEAC) Publications (Archived)
Newsletters
- Technology Acceleration Program (TAP) News (Click here to subscribe to this monthly email newsletter. Formerly the Technical Assistance Program News.)
- Food & Beverage Manufacturing News (Folded into Technical Assistance Program News in March 2021)
- Illinois Farm to Food Bank Newsletter (collection of past issues on IDEALS)
The Illinois Sustainable Technology Center also produces a quarterly newsletter covering research, technical assistance, and other events. Click here to subscribe to the ISTC newsletter.
Current Project & Service Flyers
- Advancing Beverage Resilience through Pollution Prevention
- Institutional Water Treatment services
- Legionella pneumophila testing
- Mississippi River Corridor Pollution Prevention
- Pollution Prevention at Food Focused Businesses within DuPage & Kane Counties
- Zero waste services
Curated Bibliographies
- End of life management of renewable energy technologies
- Plastics Impacts, Reduction, & Diversion
- Collaborative Training & Assessments in Pollution Prevention (CTAP2) Guidebook Zotero Group
Topical Blog & Website Archives
These projects are no longer active, but their websites have been archived.
- Green Lunchroom Challenge: focused on food waste prevention, reduction, & diversion for organizations with on-site foodservice operations; seehttps://hdl.handle.net/2142/128861 for comma-separated files & code. See https://wayback.archive-it.org/6086/20250528191406/https://green-lunchroom.istc.illinois.edu/ for site navigation and blog posts.
- Sustainable Electronics Initiative: focused on promoting a more sustainable system for designing, producing, using, and managing electronic devices. Seehttps://hdl.handle.net/2142/128864 for comma-separated files & code. See https://wayback.archive-it.org/org-997/20250428160215/https://sustainable-electronics.istc.illinois.edu/ for site navigation and blog posts.
- Illini Gadget Garage: focused on do-it-together repair as a way to stem the tide of electronic waste and to raise awareness about the need for sustainable product design. See https://hdl.handle.net/2142/114321 for comma-separated files & code. See https://wayback.archive-it.org/6086/20220615183342/https://illini-gadget-garage.istc.illinois.edu/ for site navigation and blog posts.