The Center for the Development of Recycling (CDR) was a university-based, non-profit, environmental research and service organization.

[3] The CDR was founded in 1989 by San Jose State Department of Environmental Studies professor Bruce Olszewski.

[4] In 1991, CDR first collaborated to provide recycling information services to Santa Clara County.

In 2023 Bruce Olszewski retired, subsequently at the end of the 2023–24 academic year, CDR was disbanded until another SJSU staff member takes over the program.

The director of CDR was a Department of Environmental Studies faculty member who adhered to University and public regulations.