Zero Waste: USA
Governmental San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors have adopted a Zero Waste policy, setting a target of diverting 75% of its discarded waste by 2010. It currently diverts 46% of its waste. California, Del Norte County Zero Waste Plan (adopted 2000) California, Santa Cruz County Zero Waste Resolution (adopted 1999) Washington, City of Seattle - Zero Waste goal in Seattle’s Solid Waste Plan (adopted 1998) North Carolina, Carrboro - Zero Waste Resolution (passed 1998) Georgia was the first US state to introduce a Zero Waste goal legislation (introduced 1997 - not passed) Oregon Department of Environmental Quality Strategic Plan 2000 - Vision includes Zero Waste
Non-Governmental Grass Roots Recycling Network (GRRN) is a North American network of recycling and community-based activists who advocate policies and practices to achieve zero waste, to end corporate welfare for waste, and to create sustainable jobs from discards. http://www.grrn.org/ The Zero Waste Alliance is a non-profit organization of universities, government, businesses and other organizations working to investigate the use of Zero Waste as a strategy to obtain cost savings, competitive advantages and reduced environmental impacts. http://www.zerowaste.org/ SWANA (Solid Waste Association of North America) has been the leading professional association in the solid waste field for over 40 years. 'Pushing the Envelope on Waste Reduction and Recovery' sets forth SWANA's strategy for significantly increasing the rates of municipal solid waste reduction and recovery in North America and makes a series of policy recommendations that would remove barriers to and provide incentives for achieving higher levels of waste reduction and recovery. http://www.swana.org/pdf/swana_pdf_48.pdf
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