What is Zero Waste?
Zero Waste is a goal that is both pragmatic and visionary, to guide people to emulate sustainable natural cycles, where all discarded materials are resources for others to use. Zero Waste means designing and managing products and processes to reduce the volume and toxicity of waste and materials, conserve and recover all resources, and not burn or bury them. Implementing Zero Waste will eliminate all discharges to land, water, or air that may be a threat to planetary, human, animal or plant health.
In a nutshell; Zero Waste is a philosophy, a strategy, and a set of practical tools seeking to eliminate waste, not manage it.
Definition of Zero Waste as adopted by the Zero Waste International Alliance
In a nutshell; Zero Waste is a philosophy, a strategy, and a set of practical tools seeking to eliminate waste, not manage it.
Definition of Zero Waste as adopted by the Zero Waste International Alliance