[greenyes] NEWS: Zero Waste Communities Strategy adopted

[Gary Liss <gary@no.address>]

Apologies for Cross-Postings

A newly adopted Zero Waste Communities Strategy has just been posted at 
<http://www.crra.com/grc/articles/zwc.html>http://www.crra.com/grc/articles/zwc.html. 
This strategy was adopted on September 3, 2004 by the Zero Waste Task Force 
of Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties, California.  This is an ad hoc group 
that recently formed to promote Zero Waste in the South San Francisco Bay 
Area.     One of the group's intentions is to closely network with other 
communities pursuing Zero Waste in the Bay Area, across the State, 
throughout the US and around the world.

This Zero Waste Communities Strategy encourages communities to go beyond 
California's AB939 goal of 50% waste diversion by adopting a Zero Waste 
goal  and developing a tailored Zero Waste Plan.

The Zero Waste Communities Strategy recommends achieving the zero waste 
goal by enacting Key Policies and Programs , including:
   * Know Your Waste and Design It Out
   * Adopt a Zero Waste Goal and Plan for It
   * Hold Producers Responsible
   * End Subsidies for Wasting
   * Build Infrastructure Beyond Recycling
   * Create Jobs and Sustainable Communities
The Zero Waste Communities Strategy includes a resolution for communities 
to adopt, based on a model resolution from the GrassRoots Recycling 
Network: 
<http://www.grrn.org/zerowaste/zwmodel.html>http://www.grrn.org/zerowaste/zwmodel.html 


For More Information, Contact Michael Closson, Acterra (Action for a 
Sustainable Earth, Palo Alto, CA) at 650-962-9876 ext. 303, 
<<mailto:michaelc@no.address>michaelc@no.address>, Toni Stein at 
650-853-0314, <<mailto:tweil@no.address>tweil@no.address> or Gary Liss at 
916-652-7850, <<mailto:gary@no.address>gary@no.address>

Gary Liss
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