Zero Waste Communities: SF Bay Area Update

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Zero Waste Communities SF Bay Area Update

• Presented to Northern California Recycling
  Association
  
• Recycling Update 2006, Oakland, CA
• April 4, 2006
• by Gary Liss, Loomis, CA916-652-7850,
  Gary_at_GaryLiss.comwww.GaryLiss.com

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Zero Waste Worldwide(www. ZWIA.org)

• Eurobodalla Council, Australia
• Willoughby Council, Australia
• South Australia State Government
• Canberra, Australia
• The State of Western Australia
• The State of Victoria, Australia
• South Africa (Natl. Waste Summit 2001)

• NZ Entire Country
• Over 50 of NZ Cities
• Buenos Aires, Argentina
• Doncaster, UK
• Bath, UK
• Blaenau Boro, UK
• NE Somerset District, UK
• Candon City, Philippines
• Kamikatsu, Japan
• Kovalam, India
• Kanchrapara, India

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Zero Waste North America

• Halifax, Nova Scotia
• Nelson, BC
• Regional District (RD) Kootenay Boundary, BC
• RD Central Kootenay, BC
• RD Nelson, BC
• RD Cowichan Valley, BC
• Sunshine Coast RD, BC
• Smithers, BC
• Nanaimo, BC
• Toronto, Ontario

• Seattle, WA
• Boulder County, CO
• Summit County, CO
• Carrboro, NC
• Central Vermont Waste Management District
• New York City (Citizens ZW Plan developed, but
  not adopted by City)

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CA Zero Waste Communities

• CIWMB Strategic Plan
• San Luis Obispo County
• Del Norte County
• Burbank (informally)
• San Bernardino County Zero Waste Communities
  (informally)

• SF Bay Area
• San Francisco
• Santa Cruz City
• Santa Cruz County
• Berkeley
• Palo Alto
• Sonoma County LTF

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Bay Area 50 Diversion 2002
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Bay Area ZW Communities

• Informal Working Group
• Share Info
• Work Together on Common Solutions (e.g., U-Waste,
  EPR)
  
• Meet Monthly
• zerowastecommunities_at_ecologycenter.org

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Key Lessons for Zero Waste

• Someone Has to ASK to Adopt ZW
• Environmental Group (e.g., GRC-CIWMB, Berkeley
  Ecology Center, ZWTFSoBay, New Zealand ZW
  Trust)
  
• Elected or Appointed Official (Palo Alto)
• Staff (San Francisco)

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Key Lessons for Zero Waste

• Businesses Leading the Way
• www.grrn.org/zerowaste/articles/companies_zw.html
  
• Zero Waste Communities Strategy
• www.crra.com/grc/articles/zwc.html

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Funding for Zero Waste

• Zero Waste Landfill Fee 20-40/ton
• Credit Local Fees
• Half to Public/Private ZW Programs
• Half to State Bonds
• State Bonds Local Govt. Match
• Proportional to use of Reused, Recycled or
  Compost Materials

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Key Lessons for Zero Waste

• Connect with Other Programs
• Waste Water Treatment
• Stormwater Runoff
• Energy
• Urban Environmental Accords
• Climate Change Sustainability
• Green Business
• Pollution Prevention
• Environmental Justice

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Upcoming Zero Waste Events

• Counting Down to Zero Waste Workshop, San Rafael
  (Marin Co.), 4/18/06, 630-9 pm,
  www.noexpansion.org/
  
• Zero In on Zero Waste Dont Let Your Bottom Line
  Go to Waste, Anaheim, 6/8/06,
  
• www.earthresource.org/
• CRRA Conference, San Jose, 8/6-9, 2006,
  www.crra.com