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Re: Waste Reduction Programs with Results
2015-06-18 12:13:25 UTC
MaryEllen, reuse and upcycling, re-purposing and repair have all but been abandoned as more and more items, products and packaging, go into Stewardship/EPR (Extended Producer Responsibility) programs. Some in Stewardship now are involved in the fake Zero Waste, in Canada, that is being promoted. And the international Zero Waste community addressed this very thing not all that long ago http://tinyurl.com/Bogus-Zero-Waste
If we are to foster and create true Zero Waste in Canada, that focuses more on sustainability and better design, not disposal/recycling, we as a nation can lead the world in sustainable Zero Waste Community Action Planning.
Connie Boyce, I would like to direct you to an organization in Berkeley California, Urban Ore, that has for several decades practiced not only waste reduction, but also have been leaders in the reuse and salvage sector and as well are great mentors on how authentic Zero Waste actually works. http://urbanore.com/
Please feel free to contact us at Zero Waste Canada, as we have access to many such initiatives from around the globe.
Buddy Boyd
Zero Waste Canada
www.zerowastecanada.ca
Buddy Boyd
Director
Zero Waste Canada
Canada
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Re: Waste Reduction Programs with Results
2015-06-18 10:30:08 UTC
Interesting. Did "WE" the people of Canada create this National "Zero Waste" Council? Or did the regional government of Metro Vancouver, with the help of a lot of entrenched insiders and with a lot of Canadian taxpayer's dollars, create this top down "Zero Waste" group?
It is interesting to note that the National Zero Waste Council includes no members of Zero Waste Canada, though we have tried to become involved with this "organization" but have been rebuffed.
So Bonnie Boyce, can you please tell us if the National "Zero Waste" Council is strongly against the proliferation of garbage incinerators, as all authentic Zero Wasters are, from around the globe? And as we have tried to get this National "Zero Waste" Council to sign onto the internationally recognized Zero Waste Hierarchy, to date they have refused.
And in Canada, no level of government is trying harder to stick Canadians, especially in British Columbia, with their full speed ahead garbage incinerator agenda, disguised as Zero Waste, than Metro Vancouver Regional Government.
It is truly sad to see this form of garbage incinerator flim flaming here in Canada, trying to high-jack the Zero Waste brand, using taxpayer's monies! So let us be clear here, the version of Zero Waste being promoted by some in Canada, includes garbage incinerators! Just ask the head of Metro Vancouver's "Zero Waste" Committee?
http://www.rcbc.ca/files/u7/con2014_brodie.pdfhttp://bit.ly/1N5XIXs
And if you are seriously looking for existing functioning programs that practices 'Waste Reduction" on a daily basis, may I direct you to our local community Resource Recovery Center, using the principles of authentic Zero Waste and not one penny of taxpayer's money, to create. This is our Social Enterprise experiment we created a dozen years ago and was part of our presentation at the Zero Waste Hong Kong conference last week. https://www.dropbox.com/s/vkqp3fjlp39icgp/ZW%20Hong%20Kong.mp4?dl=0
I urge everyone who reads this to thread to know that in Canada, when it comes to Zero Waste, not everything is as it seems!!! And knowing how to spell Zero Waste is not a qualifier to operate a Zero Waste organization, especially using taxpayer's money!
Buddy Boyd
Zero Waste Canada
www.zerowastecanada.ca
Buddy Boyd
Director
Zero Waste Canada
Canada
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