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More information about community development through reuse and recycling is available through ILSR's Waste to Wealth program.

Deconstruction Report

Building a Deconstruction Company: A Training Manual for Facilitators and Entrepreneurs
This May 2001 report provides an excellent resource for anyone interested in starting a deconstruction company. From setup and funding, planning, deconstruction, and material resale, this book is for you!Building a Deconstruction Company The report is $25 (plus S&H) and is available by contacting ILSR

Businesses and Environmentalists Allied for Recycling, a project of Global Green USA, is a coalition dedicated to increasing the national recycling rate for used beverage containers to 80%.

GrassRoots Recycling Network (GRRN)


The New Rules Project - Environment Sector Rules

Zero Waste

The national recycling rate (including composting) is hovering around 30 percent. Hundreds of communities have surpassed this level and dozens report waste reduction levels above 50 percent. More can and will be done to decrease the amount of materials in our waste streams. Increasing numbers of cities, counties, states and private businesses are making commitments and goals towards "zero waste."

Ther Zero Waste International Alliance provides a definition of the term, "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."

More Background:

RULES:

  • Oakland, CA, Zero Waste Resolution
    Oakland, California (pop. 400,000) passed a zero waste resolution on March 7, 2006. The city directed its public works department to come up with a strategic plan to meet the zero waste goal by 2020. More...
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