8. incineration is poorly and unscientifically monitored

8. Incineration is 8. Incineration is poorly and poorly and unscientifically unscientifically monitoredmonitored

YOU NEED THREE THINGS TO PROTECT THE PUBLIC FROM TOXIC EMISSIONS.

YOU NEED THREE THINGS TO PROTECT THE PUBLIC FROM TOXIC EMISSIONS.

STRONG REGULATIONS

YOU NEED THREE THINGS TO PROTECT THE PUBLIC FROM TOXIC EMISSIONS.

STRONG REGULATIONS

ADEQUATEMONITORING

YOU NEED THREE THINGS TO PROTECT THE PUBLIC FROM TOXIC EMISSIONS.

STRONG REGULATIONS

ADEQUATEMONITORING

TOUGHENFORCEMENT

YOU NEED THREE THINGS TO PROTECT THE PUBLIC FROM TOXIC EMISSIONS.

STRONG REGULATIONS

ADEQUATEMONITORING

TOUGHENFORCEMENT

IF ANY LINK IS WEAK THE PUBLIC IS NOT PROTECTED

“Even if we made incineration safe we would never make it sensible.

“Even if we made incineration safe we would never make it sensible.It simply does not make sense tospend so much money destroying resources we should be sharing with the future.” (PC)

The modern incinerator is The modern incinerator is attempting to perfect a bad ideaattempting to perfect a bad idea

At the At the industrial level industrial level our task in the our task in the 21st Century is not to find better 21st Century is not to find better ways to destroy discarded materialsways to destroy discarded materials

But to stop making packaging and But to stop making packaging and products that have to be destroyed!products that have to be destroyed!

And at the And at the personal level personal level to search to search for a lifestyle beyond consumerismfor a lifestyle beyond consumerism

The Waste problem will not be The Waste problem will not be solved with better solved with better technologytechnology

But withBut withBetter Better organizationorganizationBetter Better educationeducationand better and better industrial industrial

designdesign

3. The ZERO WASTE 3. The ZERO WASTE

2020 2020 strategystrategy

ZERO WASTE ZERO WASTE IS A IS A NEWNEW

DIRECTIONDIRECTION

NO to INCINERATORS

NO to LANDFILLS

THE THE BACK ENDBACK END

OF OF WASTEWASTE

MANAGEMENTMANAGEMENT

NO to INCINERATORS

NO to LANDFILLS

THE THE FRONT ENDFRONT END

OFOFRESOURCERESOURCE

MANAGEMENT,MANAGEMENT,INDUSTRIAL INDUSTRIAL

DESIGNDESIGN&&

POST-CONSUMERISMPOST-CONSUMERISM

THE THE BACK ENDBACK END

OF OF WASTEWASTE

MANAGEMENTMANAGEMENT

Zero Waste can be Zero Waste can be approached with a series of approached with a series of

simplesimple steps steps

which arewhich arePracticalPracticalCost effective Cost effective andandPolitically acceptablePolitically acceptable

““The Fantastic 3”The Fantastic 3”

The San Francisco systemThe San Francisco system

I “Fantastici 4”I “Fantastici 4”

Capannori, ItaliaCapannori, Italia

CapannoriCapannori

LUNEDILUNEDI ORGANICOORGANICO

MARTEDIMARTEDI MULTIMATERIALEMULTIMATERIALE

MERCOLEDIMERCOLEDI CARTACARTA

GIOVEDIGIOVEDI FRAZIONE FRAZIONE RESIDUARESIDUA

VENERDIVENERDI ORGANICOORGANICO

SABATOSABATO MULTIMATERIALEMULTIMATERIALE

The importance of The importance of CompostingComposting

1)1) Returns nutrients to the soilReturns nutrients to the soil

2)2) Increases soil’s retention of waterIncreases soil’s retention of water

3)3) Retains carbon (vs. Global warming)Retains carbon (vs. Global warming)

4)4) Makes it easier for cities to handle the Makes it easier for cities to handle the recyclables (jobs and businesses!)recyclables (jobs and businesses!)

5)5) But to use compost in agriculture you But to use compost in agriculture you MUST have it clean – which means you MUST have it clean – which means you MUST have DOOR-TO-DOOR collection.MUST have DOOR-TO-DOOR collection.

Organic Fraction Organic Fraction heirarchyheirarchy

1) Food to humans (in time 1) Food to humans (in time marketing, Prof. Andrea Segre, marketing, Prof. Andrea Segre, Facolta di Agraria, U. Bologna)Facolta di Agraria, U. Bologna)

2) Food to animals (bones, meat etc)2) Food to animals (bones, meat etc)

3) Backyard composting3) Backyard composting

4) Community composting (e.g. 4) Community composting (e.g. Zurich, Switzerland)Zurich, Switzerland)

5) Co-composting with local farmers5) Co-composting with local farmers

6) Centralized composting facility.6) Centralized composting facility.

CompostingCompostingFacilityFacility

1 2 3

Composting plant for San Composting plant for San FranciscoFrancisco

Local farmers are using the Local farmers are using the compost to grow fruit and compost to grow fruit and vegetables for San Franciscovegetables for San Francisco

CompostingCompostingFacilityFacility

MaterialsMaterialsRecoveryRecovery

FacilityFacility

1 2 3

at Pier 96

MATERIALS RECOVERY FACIILITYMATERIALS RECOVERY FACIILITY

RecyclingRecyclingPlantsPlants

CompostingCompostingPlantsPlants

CitiesCities Rural areasRural areas

5. Reuse,5. Reuse,RepairRepair

&&DeconstructionDeconstruction

Reusable itemsReusable items

Value of Los Angeles discarded Value of Los Angeles discarded materialsmaterials

Reuse, Repair & Reuse, Repair & DeconstructionDeconstruction

Urban Ore, Berkeley, CaliforniaUrban Ore, Berkeley, California

Grossing $3 million per yearGrossing $3 million per year 27 full-time well-paid jobs27 full-time well-paid jobs

Urban Ore Urban Ore operating for operating for 30 years30 years

VIDEOS ONLINEVIDEOS ONLINE

www.AmericanHealthStudies.org

Examples of Reuse and Repair Examples of Reuse and Repair Centers from California, Vermont, Centers from California, Vermont, Nova Scotia and AustraliaNova Scotia and Australia

Reuse and Repair Reuse and Repair CentersCenters

Can be used for:Can be used for:1. Job training (Burlington, 1. Job training (Burlington,

Vermont, see video)Vermont, see video)

2. Community building2. Community building

3. Support High St. Charity Shops3. Support High St. Charity Shops

4. Research for better industrial 4. Research for better industrial designdesign

RREEUUSSEE

REPAIRREPAIR

JOBJOBTRAININGTRAINING

COMMUNITCOMMUNITYY ACTIVITIESACTIVITIES

BUILDING BUILDING MATERIALSMATERIALS

YARD YARD

COMMUNITY COMMUNITY COMPOST/COMPOST/COMMUNITY GARDENSCOMMUNITY GARDENS

RR EE SS EE AA RR CC HH

Reuse, Repair &Reuse, Repair & Community CenterCommunity Center

Resource Recovery Resource Recovery ParkPark

Reuse, Repair, Reuse, Repair, Research & Research &

Community CenterCommunity Center

Resource Recovery Resource Recovery ParkPark

Building Building deconstruction deconstruction

businessesbusinesses

Reuse, Repair, Reuse, Repair, Research & Research &

Community CenterCommunity Center

Resource Recovery Resource Recovery ParkPark

Building Building deconstruction deconstruction

businessesbusinessesMaterials Recovery Materials Recovery

Facility for both domestic Facility for both domestic waste and commercial waste and commercial

and non-hazardous and non-hazardous industrial wasteindustrial waste

Reuse, Repair, Reuse, Repair, Research & Research &

Community CenterCommunity Center

Resource Recovery Resource Recovery ParkPark

Building Building deconstruction deconstruction

businessesbusinessesMaterials Recovery Materials Recovery

Facility for both domestic Facility for both domestic waste and commercial waste and commercial

and non-hazardous and non-hazardous industrial wasteindustrial waste

Construction & Construction & Demolition Demolition

Waste RecyclingWaste Recycling

Reuse, Repair, Reuse, Repair, Research & Research &

Community CenterCommunity Center

Resource Recovery Resource Recovery ParkPark

Building Building deconstruction deconstruction

businessesbusinessesMaterials Recovery Materials Recovery

Facility for both domestic Facility for both domestic waste and commercial waste and commercial

and non-hazardous and non-hazardous industrial wasteindustrial waste

Construction & Construction & Demolition Demolition

Waste RecyclingWaste Recycling

Reuse, Repair, Reuse, Repair, Research & Research &

Community CenterCommunity Center

Resource Recovery Resource Recovery ParkPark

Building Building deconstruction deconstruction

businessesbusinessesMaterials Recovery Materials Recovery

Facility for both domestic Facility for both domestic waste and commercial waste and commercial

and non-hazardous and non-hazardous industrial wasteindustrial waste

Construction & Construction & Demolition Demolition

Waste RecyclingWaste Recycling

Reuse, Repair, Reuse, Repair, Research & Research &

Community CenterCommunity Center

Resource Recovery Resource Recovery ParkPark

Building Building deconstruction deconstruction

businessesbusinessesMaterials Recovery Materials Recovery

Facility for both domestic Facility for both domestic waste and commercial waste and commercial

and non-hazardous and non-hazardous industrial wasteindustrial waste

Construction & Construction & Demolition Demolition

Waste RecyclingWaste Recycling

Reuse, Repair, Reuse, Repair, Research & Research &

Community CenterCommunity Center

Resource Recovery Resource Recovery ParkPark

Reuse, Repair, Reuse, Repair, Research & Research &

Community CenterCommunity Center

Building Building deconstruction deconstruction

businessesbusinessesMaterials Recovery Materials Recovery

Facility for both domestic Facility for both domestic waste and commercial waste and commercial

and non-hazardous and non-hazardous industrial wasteindustrial waste

Construction & Construction & Demolition Demolition

Waste RecyclingWaste Recycling

Businesses using Businesses using recovered recovered secondary secondary

materials to make materials to make new productsnew products

EconomicsEconomics

““Economically, incineration Economically, incineration represents ONE BIG BLACK BOXrepresents ONE BIG BLACK BOX

The Zero Waste strategy The Zero Waste strategy represents 100’s of LITTLE GREEN represents 100’s of LITTLE GREEN BOXES” BOXES”

(Ted Ward, Zero Waste, Del Norte (Ted Ward, Zero Waste, Del Norte County, California)County, California)

CompostingCompostingFacilityFacility

MaterialsMaterialsRecoveryRecovery

FacilityFacility

1 2 3

ResiduaResiduallFractionFraction

ResiduaResiduallFractionFraction

Reuse, Repair Reuse, Repair andand

DeconstructionDeconstruction

We have to minimize We have to minimize the residual fraction the residual fraction with…with…1) Waste reduction 1) Waste reduction initiativesinitiatives

2) Economic incentives2) Economic incentives