18 christopher - what is zero waste
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What is Zero Waste?
Definition and Dialogue forMunicipal Zero Waste
Managers
Linda Christopher
Ruth Abbe
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What is waste?
ProblemMaterials
23%
Recyclable Paperand Cardboard
18%
OtherRecyclableMaterials
21%
PotentiallyRecyclableMaterials
4%
CompostableMaterials
34%
Figures derived from Characterization of Municipal Solid Waste for the City of Los Angeles, Los Angeles Bureau of Sanitation, 2001
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Potentially Recyclable Materials
Materials that dont have vibrant markets
Hardback books
Window glass
Some plastics Textiles
Asphalt roofing
Clean gypsum board
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Problem Materials Materials that dont have markets
Composite materials (things stuck to other things) Treated wood
Some plastics
Diapers
Hazardous materials and some electronics
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Example Zero WastePractitioners
75% by 2010
Zero waste by 2020
Berkeley
75% by 2013
Zero waste by 2022
San Jose
75% by 2010Zero waste by 2020
San Francisco
73% by 2011Zero waste by 2021
Palo Alto
75% by 2010Zero waste by 2020
Oakland
80% by 2012Zero waste by 2025
Marin County
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"Zero Waste is a goal that is both pragmatic and visionary, to guide
people to emulate sustainable natural cycles, where all discardedmaterials are resources for others to use. Zero Waste means
designing and managing products and processes to reduce the
volume and toxicity of waste and materials, conserve and recover
all resources, and not burn or bury them. Implementing Zero Waste
will eliminate all discharges to land, water or air that may be a threat
to planetary, human, animal or plant health."
-- www.zwia.org
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Zero Waste is a philosophyand a design principle forthe 21st Century;
it is not simply aboutputting an end tolandfilling because aimingfor Zero Waste is not anend-of-pipe solution.
That is why it heraldsfundamental change
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Aiming for zero waste means designingAiming for zero waste means designing
products and packaging with reuse andproducts and packaging with reuse andrecycling in mind.recycling in mind.
It means ending subsidies for wasting. ItIt means ending subsidies for wasting. Itmeans closing the gap between landfillmeans closing the gap between landfill
prices and their true costs.prices and their true costs.
It means making manufacturers takeIt means making manufacturers take
responsibility for the entire lifecycle ofresponsibility for the entire lifecycle of
their products and packaging.their products and packaging.
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Zero waste efforts, just like recycling effortsbefore, will change the face of solid wastemanagement in the future.
Instead of managing wastes, we will manageresources and strive to eliminate waste.
-- Institute for Local Self-Reliance
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Zero Waste
A primary strategy is to look upstream andredesign products, materials, and systemsof resource use to keep them from enteringthe waste stream.
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Extended Producer Responsibility
The purpose of EPR is product redesign,not simply producer responsibility forphysical or financial burden of crush &
grind recycling.
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Measuring Success
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3) Zero Waste to landfill or incineration We divert more than90% of the solid wastes we generate from Landfill and Incinerationfrom all of our facilities.
No more than 10% of our discards are landfilled. No mixed wastesare incinerated or processed in facilities that operate above ambientbiological temperatures (more than 200 F.) to recover energy ormaterials.
www.grrn.org/zerowaste/businesswww.zeroheroes.biz
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