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City Carton Recycling
City Carton Recycling’s Quad Cities Facility provides recovery programs for recyclable cardboard, office paper, plastic, tin, aluminum, newspaper, magazines, books, outdated forms and materials.
City of Davenport: Recycling
Information from the City of Davenport on recycling.
Davenport Farmers' Market
This producer-based market has locally grown produce and bedding plants, baked goods, and heritage crafts. It also features locally produced wines and meat products.
Greatest Grains
Greatest Grains offers local and organic food, and is the largest natural products provider in the Quad Cities.
Nostalgia Farms
Nostalgia Farms focuses on raising all natural fruits and vegetables following sustainable and organic practices. They also offer a Community Supported Agriculture program.
Estes Construction
Based in Davenport, IA, Estes Construction is serving the Quad Cities, eastern Iowa and northern Illinois as General Contractor and Construction Manager. Estes' team of experienced LEED® accredited professionals assist clients with the development and implementation of strategies specific to a project in order to facilitate sustainability objectives and LEED® requirements.
Center on Sustainable Communities
An educational resource for Iowa on the subject of sustainable building. COSC’s comprehensive educational programs teach best practices that support national standards in all aspects of building energy efficient, affordable, durable, healthy and environmentally sound homes, commercial properties and civic facilities. Topics include heating and cooling, alternative energy, lighting, water conservation and storm water management, advanced framing techniques, existing home assessments, how to choose a sustainable contractor, waste management, window restoration and interiors.
Scott County Sustainability Plan
Learn more about the Scott County Sustainability Plan, including how it strives to: Recognize and continue existing sustainable practices; Enhance the existing practices; and identify new ways of becoming more sustainable to reduce waste, save resources, improve the environment, educate residents, motivate change and focus action.
Davenport CitiBus
Davenport CitiBus is the public transit system for the City of Davenport. The city-owned transit authority has a total of 20 vehicles ranging in size from twenty-nine to forty-foot coach vehicles. Visit this website to see schedules, alerts, and more!
Quad Cities Area Public Transportation
In the urbanized area, Bettendorf Transit, Davenport CitiBus, and Rock Island County’s Metro work together to provide dependable, cost-effective, and environmentally friendly fixed-route public transportation.
Quad Cities Bicycle Club
It is the mission of the Quad Cities Bicycle Club to promote, encourage, and support the safe participation in bicycle riding of all ages and abilities, as well as to anticipate and address needs and interests of all aspects of bicycling in the Quad Cities area.
Sustainability Symposium
The purpose of the symposium is to create an environmentally literate student body, prepare the workforce for competition in a global market and green economy, demonstrate how to retrofit existing facilities and construct LEED certified buildings, implement sustainable resource conservation and waste management practices, and integrate sustainability into the curriculum.
dream GREEN
Dream Green is an exciting new series of hour-long radio shows highlighting the best practices and success stories by Iowa innovators in the field of renewable energy.
Davenport Public Library, Eastern Avenue Branch
Read about the sustainable construction of the Davenport Public Library







