The GRRN has held
two national Zero Waste conferences. The program for this conference has some of the presentations available for downloading
at: http://www.grrn.org/conference2004/index.html
The GRRN Website for Local Government actions,
provide five fact sheets that detail cutting edge solutions to urgent waste problems and offer model local government resolutions
for communities wanting to take action: http://www.grrn.org/localgov/index.html
GRRN helped to set up a Zero Waste Communities
discussion group nationally at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZeroWasteCommunities
The GRRN website on Zero Waste Businesses highlights businesses around the country that
have diverted more than 90% of their wastes from landfilling: http://www.grrn.org/zerowaste/articles/companies_zw.html
GRRN's Zero Waste Business principles site
highlights waste diversion goals for businesses to achieve: http://www.grrn.org/zerowaste/business/
Zero Waste International Alliance (including definition of "Zero Waste"),
www.zwia.org
The California Integrated Waste Management Board (CIWMB)
has a new zero waste website that provides a window into many other websites on the excellent CIWMB website for Best
Management Practices for all types of recyclable materials: www.zerowaste.ca.gov
The CIWMB also has some excellent Case Studies of Model Local
Government Recycling Programs and Policies at: http://www.ciwmb.ca.gov/LGLibrary/Innovations/, including
- Resource
Recovery Parks
- Organics Recycling
- C&D Policies
- Business Recycling Policies and Programs
- Incentives for Maximizing Waste Diversion
The CIWMB reference library includes materials that have been submitted to CIWMB by local jurisdictions, including
such documents as regional agency agreements, joint powers agreements, memoranda of understanding, solid waste ordinances,
public education materials, and petitions for reduction in diversion
mandates: http://www.ciwmb.ca.gov/LGLibrary/LocalDocs/
EPA site on Eco-Industrial Parks and Resource Recovery Parks:
http://www.epa.gov/jtr/topics/eip.htm
EPA Website on Resource Management which seeks to align
waste contractor incentives with community or business goals to foster cost-effective resource efficiency through prevention,
recycling, and recovery: http://www.epa.gov/wastewise/wrr/rm.htm
Website of the Institute for Local Self-Reliance (ILSR),
highlighting their publication, "Cutting the Waste Stream in Half: Community Record-Setters Show How" providing
detailed costs and descriptions of communities that diverted more than 50% of their waste from landfill: http://www.ilsr.org/pubs/cuttingwaste.pdf.
ILSR also has other excellent related publications on their
website, at www.ilsr.org/recycling/
A White Paper was prepared for the International Dialog
on Proper Discard Management organized by the CRRA Global Recycling Council, August 26-27, 2004. This White Paper highlights
key issues and opportunities for communities seeking to conserve wastes as resources: http://www.crra.com/grc/international/whitepaper.html
In addition, presentations by many of the speakers
at the GRC International Dialog are now posted at: http://www.crra.com/grc/international/index.html. GRC also has posted a
variety of articles and publications on Zero Waste at: www.crra.com/grc/articles/zwc.html
The Computer TakeBack Campaign works to protect the health
and well being of electronics users, workers, and the communities where electronics are produced and discarded by requiring
consumer electronics manufacturers and brand owners to take full responsibility for the life cycle of their products, through
effective public policy requirements or enforceable agreements: http://www.computertakeback.com/
Clean Production Action works with groups around the world
to develop and build technical support for policies and strategies that promote the use of products that are safer and cleaner
across their life cycle for consumers, workers and communities: http://www.cleanproduction.org/AAbase/default.htm
The U.S. Green Building Council is the nations foremost
coalition of leaders from across the building industry working to promote buildings that are environmentally responsible,
profitable and healthy places to live and work: http://www.usgbc.org/AboutUs/mission_facts.asp
Zero Waste New Zealand . Included on this website
is an excellent manual on Zero Waste Community Planning at: serve a worldwide movement of local governments to achieve tangible
improvements in global sustainability with special focus on environmental conditions through cumulative local actions. http://www.zerowaste.co.nz/
ICLEI offers Local Authorities an online self-assessment
tool for local sustainable development processes. You can use this tool free of charge to evaluate processes and progress
towards sustainable development from a local authority perspective: http://www.localevaluation21.org/
The National Recycling Coalition conducted
a groundbreaking study of the nation's recycling and reuse industry, called the National Recycling Economic Information
Project. This website the number of jobs created and the value of the recycling and reuse industry, and provides tools for
NRC members to apply this information to promote recycling efforts in your area: http://www.nrc-recycle.org/resources/rei/reihome.htm
L.A. SHARES, which operates the Materials For
The Arts Program, is a non-profit materials reuse program that takes donations of reusable goods and materials (both new and
used) from the local business community and redistributes these items FREE-OF-CHARGE to non-profits and schools throughout
Los Angeles County: http://www.lashares.org/mfa/
The Center for a Competitive Waste Industry
champions efforts to restore and maintain competition in the solid waste industry: http://www.competitivewaste.org/
City of San Francisco Zero Waste Goal Resolutions:
http://temp.sfgov.org/sfenvironment/aboutus/policy/resolution/007-02.htm and http://sfgov.org/sfenvironment/aboutus/policy/resolution/002-03.htm
