Exhibit 3.1


                             ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT
                                       TO
                           ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
                                       OF
                       RECYCLING CENTERS OF AMERICA, INC.

      Pursuant  to  7-110-106 of the Colorado Revised Statutes, the  undersigned
corporation  adopts  the  following Articles of Amendment  to  its  Articles  of
Incorporation:

     FIRST:    The name of the corporation is Recycling Centers of America, Inc.

      SECOND:   The following amendment was adopted by the shareholders  of  the
corporation  on  January  14,  2002, in the manner prescribed  by  the  Colorado
Revised  Statutes and the number of votes cast for the amendment by each  voting
group  entitled to vote separately on the amendment was sufficient for  approval
by that voting group:

     ARTICLE I was deleted and the following ARTICLE I was substituted
therefore:

                                  "ARTICLE I

                              NAME OF CORPORATION

        The  name of the corporation is Reclamation Consulting and Applications,
Inc."


     THIRD: This Amendment is to be effective as of January 16, 2002


                                             RECYCLING CENTERS OF AMERICA, INC.

                                             By /s/
                                               --------------------------------
                                                  Gordon W. Davies
                                                  President

                                             By /s/
                                               --------------------------------
                                                  Michael C. Davies
                                                  Secretary


STATE OF CALIFORNIA           )
                              ) SS
COUNTY OF ORANGE         )
On  January  23, 2002 before me, Charles Wes Howrey a Notary Public in  and  for
said County and State, personally appeared Gordon W. Davies, personally known to
me  (or  proved  to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence) to be  the  person
whose  name  is/are subscribed to the within instrument and acknowledged  to  me
that  he executed the same in his authorized capacity, and that by his signature
on  the  instrument the person, or the entity upon behalf of  which  the  person
acted, executed the instrument.

WITNESS my hand and official seal.



Signature    /s/


(Notary's Seal)



STATE OF CALIFORNIA           )
                              ) SS
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES         )

On  January  23, 2002 before me, Charles Wes Howrey a Notary Public in  and  for
said  County and State, personally appeared Michael C. Davies, personally  known
to  me  (or proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence) to be the person
whose  name  is/are subscribed to the within instrument and acknowledged  to  me
that  he executed the same in his authorized capacity, and that by his signature
on  the  instrument the person, or the entity upon behalf of  which  the  person
acted, executed the instrument.

WITNESS my hand and official seal.


Signature      /s/


(Notary's Seal)