[GreenYes] Re: [ZWBusiness] [GAIA] Toronto Globe & Mail Zero Waste article

["Marjorie J. Clarke, Ph.D." <mclarke@no.address>]

At 03:04 PM 6/17/2008, Gary Liss wrote:

> of Zero Waste in all of our
> proposals, publications and talks.  We can also highlight that the
> measurement of success for Zero Waste may be achieving 90% waste
> diversion from landfills AND incinerators, as provided for in the ZWIA
> Zero Waste Business Principles 
> (
>
> http://www.zwia.org/standards.html).  Anything less than 90%
> diversion from landfills and incinerators is NOT Zero
> Waste.

I was just trying to pitch a research idea involving the reuse sector, as
part of my job, to someone who made his fortune in recycling, and I was
asked, so where has zero waste been achieved?  (I did mention the
zero waste businesses, but he was looking for communities.)  
Is there a website that keeps accurate, current tabs on the stats of the
best zero waste communities?  (i.e., stats on diversion for
composting, recycling, reuse, generation rate reduction over a base rate,
etc?)  It could just be a small online spreadsheet.

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Maggie Clarke, Ph.D.
www.MaggieClarkeEnvironmental.com
Environmental Scientist, Educator
mclarke@no.address
New York City