Zero Waste: Canada

Governmental

• Toronto set a goal of Zero Waste by 2010
• The Recycling Council of British Columbia (RCBC) is a multi-sectoral environmental organisation working towards waste avoidance and sustainability. In addition to industry product stewardship, RCBC works on many other policy issues, such as the development of zero waste policy, waste electronic equipment recovery and building deconstruction. http://www.rcbc.bc.ca
• The Regional District of Nanaimo (RDN) has a vision of Zero Waste. To see their excellent website and ’Beyond Recycling’ newsletter visit http://www.rdn.bc.ca .

Non-Governmental

• Target Zero Canada website was launched in November 2000 to promote Zero Waste solutions http://www.targetzerocanada.org
• Discarding the Idea of Waste - The Need for a Zero Waste Policy in British Columbia by Michael Jessen, May 2000.
  This report examines zero waste - the concept, its objectives and its implementation while making a case for its adoption in British Columbia.

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• A Zero Waste Fantasy Conference, Alberta
• Zero Waste North’s website is designed to be a One-Stop Recycling and Zero Waste Information Centre for community leaders, businesses and citizens in central northwestern British Columbia.
  It brings together information from zero waste campaigns all over the world and provides on-line resources for moving towards a zero waste goal. http://www.footprintbc.com/zerowastenorth