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What Is Zero Waste?
The systems and practices that make up one of the most important ways to fight climate change.
Zero waste, or waste minimization, is a set of principles focused on waste prevention that encourages redesigning resource life cycles so that all products are repurposed (i.e. “up-cycled”) and/or reused. The goal of the movement is to avoid sending trash to landfills, incinerators, oceans, or any other part of the environment. Currently 9% of global plastic is recycled.[1] In a zero waste system, all materials are reused until the optimum level of consumption is reached.
Zero waste refers to waste prevention as opposed to end-of-pipe waste management.[2] It is a “whole systems” approach that aims for a massive change in the way materials flow through society, resulting in no waste.[2] Zero waste encompasses more than eliminating waste through reducing, reusing, and recycling. It focuses on restructuring distribution and production systems to reduce waste.[3] Zero waste provides guidelines for continually working towards eliminating waste.[2]
According to the Zero Waste International Alliance (ZWIA), Zero Waster is the conservation of all resources by means of responsible production, consumption, reuse and, recovery of all products, packaging, and materials, without burning them and without discharges to land, water, or air that threaten the environment or human health.
Advocates expect that government regulation is needed to influence industrial choices over product and packaging design, manufacturing processes, and material selection.[4]
Advocates say eliminating waste decreases pollution and can also reduce costs due to the reduced need for raw materials.
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