zero waste strategies and programs in the...

Zero Waste Strategies and

Programs in the US

Ruth Abbe President

Zero Waste USA

grrnorg

Formed in 1996

Campaign for Zero Waste

Promote Jobs from Discards

End Corporate Welfare for Wasting

1996

2009

2002

2011

GRRN renamed Zero Waste USA in 2014

Envision a World Without Waste

Strive for Zero Waste

No Burn No Bury No Toxics

zerowasteusaorg(not zerowasteusacom)

Zero Waste Communities in the US

Zero Waste Plans amp Resolutions

Urban Environmental Accords Signatories

Zero Waste Plans and ResolutionsAlameda CA

Anchorage AK

Arkadelphia AR

Atlanta GA

Austin TX

Berkeley CA

Boone NC

Boulder CO

Boulder County CO

Burbank CA

Carrboro NC

Castro Valley CA

Central Vermont Waste Management District

Chicago IL

Culver CA

Dallas TX

Del Norte County CA

El Cajon CA

Fort Collins CO

Fresno CA

Glendale CA

Hawairsquoi HI

Kauarsquoi HI

Key West FL

Logan County OH

Los Angeles CA

Marin County CA

Mecklenburg County NC

Minneapolis MN

Mountain View CA

New Palz NY

New York NY

Northampton MA

Oakland CA

Oceanside CA

Olympia WA

Orange County FL

Palo Alto CA

Pasadena CA

Saco ME

Sacramento CA

San Antonio TX

San Diego CA

San Francisco CA

San Jose CA

San Luis Obispo County CA

San Ramon CA

Santa Cruz County CA

Santa Monica CA

Seattle WA

Sedona AZ

Summit County CO

Sunnyvale CA

Telluride CO

Washington DC

Urban Environmental Accords Signatories

Austin (USA)

Berkeley (USA)

Burbank (USA)

Burien (USA)

Capitola (USA)

Chicago (USA)

Denver (USA)

Durham (USA)

Inglewood (USA)

Las Vegas (USA)

Marina (USA)

Moab (USA)

Moro Bay (USA)

Monterey (USA)

Mount Vernon (USA)

New Paltz (USA)

Novato (USA)

Oakland (USA)

Pacific Grove (USA)

Pasadena (USA)

Portland (USA)

Richmond (USA)

Rochester (USA)

Sacramento (USA)

Salinas (USA)

Salt Lake City (USA)

San Francisco (USA)

San Jose (USA)

Santa Monica (USA)

Seattle (USA)

Signal Hill (USA)

Syracuse (USA)

Highlights from

around the US

Zero Waste Infrastructure

Zero Waste Infrastructure

Physical Infrastructure

Zero Waste Infrastructure

Social Infrastructure

Physical Infrastructure

Reuse amp Repair Berkeley California

Physical Infrastructure

Reuse amp Repair Berkeley California

Physical Infrastructure

Universal Collection Portland Oregon

Physical Infrastructure

Universal Collection Portland Oregon

NEW

Physical Infrastructure

Resource Recovery Park El Cerrito California

Physical Infrastructure

Resource Recovery Park El Cerrito California

Physical Infrastructure

Closed-Circle Composting San Francisco California

Physical Infrastructure

Construction Debris Processing Los Angeles California

Social Infrastructure

Social Marketing Alameda California

Social Infrastructure

Social Marketing Alameda California

Social Infrastructure

Social Marketing Austin Texas

httpsyoutube0fgpGkErRCU

Social Infrastructure

Social Marketing Austin Texas

httpswwwyoutubecomwatchv=N7nu8lR8Jgs

Social Infrastructure

Artist-in-Residence San Francisco California

Social Infrastructure

Artist-in-Residence San Francisco California

Social Infrastructure

Multifamily Organics Outreach Oakland California

Social Infrastructure

Zero Waste Events Kauarsquoi Hawairsquoi

Social Infrastructure

Political Support Los Angeles San Jose San Francisco California

National Acceptance of Zero Waste

httpzerowasteswanaorg

SWANA and CRRA Form

Zero Waste Course

and Certification Partnership

National Acceptance of Zero Waste

Managing and Transforming Waste Streams ndash A Tool for Communitieshttpwww2epagovmanaging-and-transforming-waste-streams-tool-communities

Zero Waste Communities are

Passionate about Zero Waste

But itrsquos not enough

Seabirds are crashing

httpwwwtheguardiancomenvironmentradical-conservation2015sep22after-60-

million-years-of-extreme-living-seabirds-are-crashing

Seabirds are crashing

httpwwwtheguardiancomenvironmentradical-conservation2015sep22after-60-

million-years-of-extreme-living-seabirds-are-crashing

And We are the Problem

httpwwwtheguardiancomenvironmentradical-conservation2015sep22after-60-

million-years-of-extreme-living-seabirds-are-crashing

But Zero Waste can

be Part of the Solution

Endorsing Organizations