![]() Zero Waste means designing and managing products and processes to systematically avoid and eliminate the volume and toxicity of waste and materials, conserve and recover all resources, and not burn or bury them. Zero Waste is a goal that is ethical, economical, efficient and visionary, to guide people in changing their lifestyles and practices to emulate sustainable natural cycles, where all discarded materials are designed to become resources for others to use. Seattle Public Utilities, Washington - 2004 Planning Group of the Zero Waste International Alliance Reduce Waste, Toxicity, Consumption, and Packaging.Extended Producer Responsibility and Product Redesign. ![]() NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that The United States Conference of Mayors adopts a definition of Zero Waste, and set of Zero Waste principles, that recognizes a Hierarchy of Material Management as follows: ![]() WHEREAS, while industry and the federal government have variously defined and categorized zero waste strategies, it behooves the nation's cities, with primary responsibility for waste management, to devise a definition that encourages shared fiscal responsibility and legislative innovations, WHEREAS, materials management through zero waste can begin to shift the fiscal burden of waste and empower industry to embrace resource responsibility by rewarding stewardship through purchasing and economic development incentives and WHEREAS, the concept of zero waste goes beyond recycling and composting at the end of a product's life cycle, to encompass the entire life cycle of a product, beginning with product design, and envisioning the use and management of materials in ways that preserve value, minimize environmental impacts, and conserve natural resources and Conference of Mayors: In Support of Municipal Zero Waste Principles and a Hierarchy of Materials Management. Conference of MayorsĮxcerpts from 2015 Adopted Resolution - U.S. Note: This definition was updated in December of 2018. Government agencies that have referenced or recognized this definition include: Austin, TX Baltimore, MD Hawai’i County, HI Boston, MA Boulder, CO Chula Vista, CA Dallas, TX Delaware County, PA Los Angeles, CA Missoula, MT Montgomery County, MD Oakland, CA Oceanside, CA Palo Alto, CA San Diego, CA Washington, DC, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands and many other U.S. Peer-Reviewed, International Definition of Zero Waste: "The conservation of all resources by means of responsible production, consumption, reuse, and recovery of products, packaging, and materials without burning and with no discharges to land, water, or air that threaten the environment or human health." The following examples share how some municipalities and other organizations have described zero waste. Zero waste has been described in various ways by different entities. ![]() An example of why one community chose to establish a zero waste goal and plan is explained in the Executive Summary of the City of Fort Collins Road to Zero Waste Plan (PDF) (December 2013). Many communities across the country and around the world are working towards zero waste. ![]()
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