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zero waste

Facing Mexico’s zero-waste challenge

February 28, 2022 by Diana Leon

Grassroots organizations in Mexico are promoting inclusive recycling by helping usher trash pickers, or pepenadores, into the salaried workforce. In the endeavor, they draw on positive experiences around the developing world.

Categories Act: Inspiration, Act: Inspiration featured, Environment, Environment featured Tags circular economy, recycling, waste pickers, zero waste Leave a comment

From Trashing Black Lives to Treasuring Each Other: A Journey From Incineration Toward Zero Waste

January 28, 2022 by Hasan Alquaid

One way we can all help the people of Chester and all around the world is to promote and support the zero-waste resolution.

Categories Energy, Energy featured, Environment Tags air quality, building resilient communities, environmental racism, incineration, zero waste Leave a comment

Toward an age of low tech for a more resilient and sustainable society

November 3, 2020 by Philippe Bihouix

I believe ‘high’ technology will not solve global problems and propose a different ‘low tech’ approach to building a more resilient, equitable and sustainable society.

Categories Economy, Economy featured Tags appropriate technology, building resilient societies, conviviality, low tech, new economy, zero waste Leave a comment

Could You Live Zero Waste for a Year? Jenny did…

December 15, 2020January 20, 2015 by Rob Hopkins

The theory is, less stuff coming in means less stuff going out.

Categories Environment Tags personal resilience, powering down, reducing waste, zero waste Leave a comment

Leading San Francisco’s Quest To Recycle All Trash by 2020

December 15, 2020May 23, 2014 by Cheryl Katz

San Francisco, the first urban area in the nation to mandate recycling and composting and begin outlawing items like Styrofoam food containers, aims to completely eliminate the trash it sends to landfills by 2020.

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Share N Save: Putting “avoid” ahead of reduce, reuse and recycle

December 15, 2020December 19, 2013 by Cat Johnson

To truly get to zero waste, you’d need to go beyond recycling into reduce and reuse. In South Australia, they’re experimenting with how to take this one step further by adding “avoid” to the top of the waste management hierarchy.

Categories Environment Tags Consumption & Demand, Waste, zero waste Leave a comment

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