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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
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