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Zero Waste Strategies and Programs in the U.S.
Ruth Abbe, PresidentZero Waste USA
Zero Waste Communities in the U.S.
Zero Waste Plans & Resolu0ons 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 Hawai’i, HI Kaua’i, 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 U.S.
Zero Waste Infrastructure
Zero Waste Infrastructure
Physical Infrastructure
Zero Waste Infrastructure
Social Infrastructure
Physical Infrastructure
Reuse & 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
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, California
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, Kaua’i Hawai’i
Social Infrastructure
Political Support, Los Angeles, San Jose, San Francisco, California
We are Making Progress
http://zerowaste.swana.org/
Managing and Transforming Waste Streams – A Tool for Communities http://www2.epa.gov/managing-and-transforming-waste-streams-tool-communities
Zero Waste Communities are Passionate about Zero Waste
But it’s not enough
Seabirds are crashing
http://www.theguardian.com/environment/radical-conservation/2015/sep/22/after-60-million-years-of-extreme-living-seabirds-are-crashing
Seabirds are crashing
http://www.theguardian.com/environment/radical-conservation/2015/sep/22/after-60-million-years-of-extreme-living-seabirds-are-crashing
And We are the Problem
http://www.theguardian.com/environment/radical-conservation/2015/sep/22/after-60-million-years-of-extreme-living-seabirds-are-crashing
But Zero Waste can be Part of the Solution
Join the Albatross Coalition
Become an Endorsing Organization
Email [email protected]
We need to inspire all communities to embrace and
achieve Zero Waste!
