Zero Waste Strategies and Programs in the U.S. Ruth Abbe, President Zero Waste USA

Formed in 1996 Campaign for Zero Waste Promote Jobs from Discards End Corporate Welfare for Wasting grrn.org

1996 2002 2009 2011

GRRN renamed Zero Waste USA in 2014 Envision a World Without Waste Strive for Zero Waste No Burn, No Bury, No Toxics zerowasteusa.org (not zerowasteusa.com)

Zero Waste Communities in the U.S. Zero Waste Plans & Resolutions Urban Environmental Accords Signatories

Zero Waste Plans and Resolutions Alameda, 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

NEW Physical Infrastructure Universal Collection, Portland Oregon

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 https://youtu.be/0fgpgkerrcu Social Marketing, Austin, Texas

Social Infrastructure https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7nu8lr8jgs Social Marketing, Austin, Texas

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

National Acceptance of Zero Waste http://zerowaste.swana.org/ SWANA and CRRA Form Zero Waste Course and Certification Partnership

National Acceptance of Zero Waste 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

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

Endorsing Organizations