Breaking the Barriers to Zero Waste: The Role of the Community

Join the UK Zero Waste Alliance to end waste through community action. This conference will bring together people from across the UK to  understand how we can work together to change the way we think about “waste” and to challenge the systems that create it.   Whilst...

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Launch of Zero Waste Romania - Cluj Napoca

During October 19 and 20 an International Zero Waste meeting will take place in Cluj Napoca, Romania. This will be the first event to promote Zero Waste in the country and it aims to bring together national and local stakeholders including activists,...

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The art of Zero Waste!

Waste and art have always gone hand in hand. It was the fantastic artist Leonardo Da Vinci who 500 years ago wrote "there is no such thing as waste" and he knew what he was talking about! Artists have long been using second-hand materials, waste and...

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Florence Zero Waste Altermeeting: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle and REDESIGN

The inclusion of the 4 R to the group of the old "big 3” is one of the main conclusions of the Zero Waste Altermeeting that took place in Florence from 15 to 17 September. Indeed, more than 60 speakers of the highest level (including academia, researchers,...

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Zero Waste Week 2012 in the UK, 3 to 6 September

The Zero Wasters in the UK are celebrating their 5th year of Zero Waste weeks in which many brits pledge to improve their recycling skills and renewe their commitment for a world without waste. So far this this is a solely UK initiative but it would...

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Zero Waste Altermeeting in Florence, September 2012

The Italian Zero Waste network & GAIA  is organising a national and international conference in Florence from 15th to 17th of September 2012. The event is organised at the same time as the International Solid Waste Association (ISWA) World Solid...

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The first European university to ban bottled water?

[caption id="" align="alignright" width="400"] Ban the bottle campaign in Olympia Campus, Washington[/caption]In the US and Canada many universities have banned bottled water in their campus. Who will be the first one in Europe?In 2009 Washington University...

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How to measure sustainability?

[caption id="attachment_1181" align="alignright" width="300"] www.seppo.net[/caption]Is Zero Waste good for the economy? Sure it is! Does it show in current indicators? Mmm... not always. What’s wrong here? One of the main reasons that can explain...

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Join the 3rd of July International bag-free day!

Can you imagine a Zero Waste world in which we continue to use single-use plastic bags? It is just not possible, right? There are several reasons why we should phase out single-use plastic bags in Europe.Europeans overwhelmingly support a ban on single-use...

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David Andersen Copenhagen; designing waste out of fashion

Waste is a human invention and as such it is up to us to design it out of the system. David Andersen is a good example of how zero waste can be built into a production process and at the same time bring added value to the project.The Zero Waste philosophy...

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On the Road to Zero Waste: Lessons from around the world

Zero Waste is happening all over the world. To prove it GAIA presented a serie of success stories from around the globe in a Side Event in Rio+20 negotiations.The publication "On the Road to Zero Waste: Successes and lessons from around the world" compiles...

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The European Parliament votes in favour of almost Zero Waste for 2020!

Today -24th May 2012- the European Parliament (EP) passed a resolution on a Resource Efficient Europe which, if implemented, could put the EU on the road for Zero Waste for 2020. In this resolution the EP joins the European Commission in expressing...

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Succesful ZWE congress in Donostia!

Last weekend the Congress of Zero Waste Europe was held in Gipuzkoa. Representatives from all over Europe together with guests from the US and India came together to exchange best practices and define next steps for the Zero Waste movement in Europe.The...

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Zero Waste Europe Congress in Gipuzkoa

Program in Euskera click here.Complete program in English click here. ProgrammeFriday 10thFriday morning - visit to Usurbil & Hernani pioneer municipalities in Gipuzkoa in the implementation of door-to-door separate collection with results of...

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The Renewable Energy House in Brussels goes Zero Waste!

The Renewable Energy House (REH) headquarters 20 associations working in Brussels to promote renewable energies in front of the European Union. It currently houses 100 people and it preaches by example running the whole house completely on renewable...

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Annual Zero Waste Europe meeting in Gipuzkoa – 11-13th May 2012

The European network of Zero Waste groups will be meeting in Donosti (San Sebastian), spanish Basque country, from 11th to 13th May 2012.This meeting will bring together activists, waste experts & policy-makers from all over Europe with the participation...

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Castelbuono – the town where even donkeys’ walk the Zero Waste path

Creativity is at the core of a Zero Waste strategy. Sometimes this implies creating new processes and using innovative technologies but some other times it just requires combining the existing tools to create a low-tech win-win situation to reduce waste,...

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Zero Waste, a revolution in progress

Paul Connett, one of the Zero Waste gurus, together with the leaders of the Zero Waste network in Italy, Patrizia Lo Sciuto and Rossano Ercolini have just published a book “Rifiuti Zero, una revoluzione in corso-“ (Zero Waste – a revolution in progress).Since...

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Meeting on Zero Waste good practices in Sicily, Italy

The Italian Zero Waste network is organising a public event with politicians, experts and activists on the 24th of March in Alcamo, Italy.You can find the program of the event here.&nb...

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Zero Waste & Taxes – shift from labour to resource use

How much is your waste worth? Are prices real? Sure you’ve asked yourself how can apples that have travelled 6,000km be cheaper than apples produced 20km away... What about salaries? What does this have to do with waste? Well, waste markets, like...

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Creation of the association of Italian Zero Waste communities in Capannori, Italy

Last weekend (3-5/02/12) mayors and representatives of Italian Zero Waste municipalities met in Capannori, Italy, to formally create the association of Italian Zero Waste communities.Despite the difficult weather conditions which made it impossible for...

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Zero Waste creates many JOBS!

One of the strongest points in favour of Zero Waste is the social impact not only on education but also on job creation. In the EU we are approaching the sad figure of 24 million unemployed; in countries such as Spain almost one out of every four...

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Overwhelming support in the EU for plastic bag ban

Over 70% of respondents to a European Commission public consultation have voted in favour of a ban on the distribution of plastic bags. Green groups such as Seas at Risk and EEB say the Commission should now act on this overwhelming support and implement...

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Toxic Europe: How much is the EU doing to fight illegal waste trade – How much can Zero Waste do?

The recently awarded documentary “Toxic Europe” is a good piece of investigative journalism which uncovers a lot of dirty truths about waste management in Europe.The documentary reveals how at least 225 million tons in the whole of the European Union...

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A Zero Waste month in Sweden: 4 people = less than 1kg of waste !

How much waste do you generate in one month? Pål Mårtensson is a Zero Waster from Sweden, where he runs the famous Kretsloppsarken reuse and recycle park, who decided to check by himself how much waste does his household of four generate. During...

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