Zero Waste and The Circular Economy
Memorandum in Opposition – Ban of Carryout Bag Fees
An act to ament the general city, in relation to prohibiting the imposition of any tax, fee or local change ...
Zero Waste Europe policy paper on EPR
Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) is a tool used to promote circular economy practices. This position paper goes over six different ...
Break Free From Plastic Key Principles of EPR
Break Free From Plastic developed a list of principles as a resource for organizations and allies working on developing Extended ...
Austin Zero Waste Plan
The City of Austin's Zero Waste Master Plan seeks to implement zero waste practices on the municipal level. In order ...
Austin Zero Waste Master Plan – Economic Development
AUSTIN Zero Waste Master Plan - Economic Development ...
Zero Waste Policy Discussion – Austin Resource Recovery
Zero Waste Policy Discussion Presentation v5all w BG edits ...
Austin Cost Benefit – Zero Waste Activities
Austin Resource Recovery has made public their cost to providing zero waste activities FY 2014-15. [pdf-embedder url="https://library.nrcrecycles.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Austin-Cost-Benefit-Zero-Waste-Activities.pdf" title="Austin Cost Benefit ...
Austin Zero Waste Audit Report
The Austin Resource Recovery (ARR) has adopted a comprehensive plan to achieve the City's zero waste goals. However, ARR does ...
NRC Policy Document #40: Zero Waste
The National Recycling Coalition definition of Zero Waste [pdf-embedder url="https://library.nrcrecycles.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/41-Zero-Waste.pdf" title="41 -Zero Waste"] ...
Job Benefits of Zero Waste
The study shows that the solid waste hierarchy, repair and reuse create more local jobs than landfilling and incineration do ...
Intro to Recycling Course
Author: Northern California Recycling Association, 2005. Gary Liss, Instructor NCRA offers this course to help train people who would like ...
A Call to Design Solar Panels for Recyclability
For the circular economy to take off, industry players are calling for rules to mandate the recycling of solar panels. ...
Primer for Producer Responsibility
Author: Producer Responsibility Meeting This primer provides definitions pertaining to products and producer responsibility. In this primer, the Product Stewardship ...
Extended Producer Responsibility: A Materials Policy for the 21st Century
Author: Bette Fishbein Addresses materials use and its environmental impacts worldwide; EPR policies and programs in the United States; e-commerce ...
Using Compostable Plastics to Enhance Food Scraps Collection
Author: Jack Macy 2015 webinar designed to help you understand the role of Compostable Plastics and provide you with some ...
Beyond Recycling: Composting
Author: Center for competitive waste industry 110 page consultant report to the US EPA, Region 9. Examined data from 120 ...
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
Author: IPCC The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is the United Nations body for assessing the science related to ...
Contribution of native forests to climate change mitigation – A common approach to carbon accounting that aligns results from environmental-economic accounting with rules for emissions reduction
Author: H.Keith Discusses how forests help significantly reduce carbon emissions, as trees take in carbon and in turn provide oxygen ...
From Waste to Wonder: Using Compost to Restore Carbon to Soil
Author: Nicole Block Discusses how composting can mitigate climate change by capturing carbon and restoring it to soil. Explains how ...
Climate change: 11 policy ideas to protect the planet in 2019
Author: Post Opinion Staffs Last year’s report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change sounded the alarm: The world has ...
Global Climate Change
Author: NASA NASA takes a scientific perspective to highlight the importance of Climate Change through evidence, causes, effects, vital signs, ...
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Greenhouse Gas Emissions From Management of Selected Materials in Municipal Solid Waste
Author: EPA U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 1998 [EPA530-R- 98-013] Click here to view the document: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Greenhouse ...
Stop Trashing the Climate
Author:Eco cycle nstitute for Local Self-Reliance, 2008 Highlights the connections between Zero Waste and climate change Click here to view ...
Does Recycling Actually Make A Difference?
Author: Robin Hilmantel This article discusses why we recycle, how recycling actually works, issues with the recycling process, and the ...
Research to Inform Recycling in the Workplace, Research to Inform Improved Recycling, Behavior-Change Effectiveness Study, A Guide to Workplace Composting
Author: KAB Keep America Beautiful emphasizes three guiding factors in its work in order to get people to understand the ...
Global Recycler’s Network
Author: GAWP The Global Alliance of Waste Pickers is a networking process supported by WIEGO, among thousands of waste picker ...
Boycotts and Procotts for Zero Waste
Author: Jack Debell Presentation to the 2015 US Zero Waste Business Council conference. Includes examples of strategies and tactics Click ...
Responses to Attacks on Recycling
Author: Bob Hollis Released by the National Recycling Coalition in response to John Tierney's New York Times editorials. Click here ...
Federal Trade Commission Environmental Marketing Guidance
Author: Federal Trade Commission The FTC publishes guidelines about environmental marketing claims that manufacturers and consumers can use. The FTC ...
Do Energy Efficiency Strategies Outperform Recycling in GHG Mitigation and Job Creation?
Author: SERA This paper challenges the apparent hierarchy for GHG sources and shines compelling light on the currently undervalued role ...
State of the United States Circular Economy
Author: Circular CoLab The State of the Circular Economy in America delivers the first United States focused scan of the ...
Eco-Cycle’s Zero Waste Events Calendar
Author: EcoCycle EcoCycle has a calendar that lists upcoming Zero Waste events, as well as those, has been held in ...
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