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Some Waste Busters exclusive behind the scenes videos you should check out in 360 Video!  

360 Video: USCC Compost Equipment Demo Day 2017

The US Composting Council Equipment Demo Day in Los Angeles

360 Video: Compost tour of cold creek compost

Compost Facility Tour at Cold Creek Compost with Waste Busters

Passing Zero Waste Event Ordinances

Presented by the CRRA GREEN INITIATIVES FOR VENUES AND EVENTS (GIVE), Moderated by: Michael Siminitus

~ Suggested Reading ~

Lots of good info out there. Here’s a short list of our suggestions to check out. 

ZERO WASTE

www.crra.com – Home of the California Resource Recovery Association
www.zerowasteusa.org/ – Zero Waste USA
www.ecocycle.org – Working to build Zero Waste Communities
www.container-recycling.org – The Container Recycling Institute 
https://calpsc.org/California Product Stewardship Council https://www.sierraclub.org/san-francisco-bay/zero-waste SF Bay Sierra Club Zero Waste Committee

BIOMIMICRY

www.asknature.org – The Biomimicry Institute

INTERNATIONAL

www.zerowasteworld.org/ A project of GAIA, the Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives

www.zwia.org/ – Zero Waste International Alliance
www.recyclenow.com – UK recycling information

PLASTIC

www.breakfreefromplastic.org – #breakfreefromplastic
www.preciousplastic.com/DIY plastic recycling
www.greensangha.org/Plastics-Campaign – Great information about Rethinking Plastics

E-WASTE and UNIVERSAL WASTE

www.gazelle.com – Sell your used electronics online

BUY RECYCLED

www.recycledproducts.org – the Recycled Products Cooperative
www.recycledproducts.com – Weisenbach Recycled Products

TREES

www.yourtree.com – plant a tree

COMPOSTING

www.bpiworld.org – Biodegradable Products Institute and their compostable label project page
www.bpiworld.org/BPI-Public/Program.html
www.compostingcouncil.org/ – the US Composting Council

A great book with a lot of pictures is

Basic Composting: All the Skills and Tools You Need to Get Started by Eric Ebeling

For web sites with pictures try

CompostInstructions.com

CLIMATE

350.org – Organize to reduce atmospheric carbon concentration to 350 ppm
www.drawdown.org/ – Project Drawdown Paul Hawkin’s plan to reverse global warming 

GOING UP STREAM

http://www.mcdonough.com – William McDonough is an architect and globally recognized leader in sustainable development. He served as the inaugural chair of the World Economic Forum’s Meta-Council on the Circular Economy.

GOVERNMENTS and PUBLIC AGENCIES
http://www.calrecycle.ca.gov/ – California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery
stopwaste.org – Alameda County’s Waste Management Agency
sfenvironment.org – San Francisco Department of the Environment
www.oregon.gov/deq/pages/index.aspx – Oregon Department of Environmental Quality