The Global Action Plan (GAP) Community Lifestyles Campaign is targeted at households. A group of friends or neighbors get together eight times over 4 months. At each of these meet…
Washington State used market research to identify the primary barriers to buying recycled products. Although concerns about price and quality were not addressed during this campai…
To reduce waste, as well as promote recycling, many communities in Pennsylvania have implemented an incentive-based program known as Pay-As-You-Throw, or PAYT. With this program, …
In California, businesses generate more than half the state's waste and thus, can play a significant role in helping local governments reduce the amount of garbage being diverted …
Waste Wise is a free, voluntary program set up by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) which attempts to eliminate costly municipal solid waste. Waste Wise targ…
Our county is attempting to find a way to compensate/incentivise local trash haulers for reducing the amount of waste that is taken to the local landfill. In the past the haulers …
The City of Oakland in the State of California, USA, passed a Zero Waste resolution March 7, 2006. Oakland is a port city in the San Francisco Bay Area, with a population of 400,0…
The Canadian Centre for Pollution Prevention (C2P2), through the support of the Ontario Trillium Foundation, has developed a booklet for youth on the topic of sustainable consumpt…
Hi there,
In my small office (30ish staff) we're starting to look at steps we can take to increase awareness about energy efficiency/ sustainability and to promote behaviour …
Does anyone know of waste generation data collected on a household by household basis, providing raw data (need median and std deviation) for a region, with number of occupants in…