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Planning a Zero Waste Community: 

Planning a Zero Waste Community Richard Anthony Richard Anthony Associates San Diego, California WWW.RichardAnthonyAssociates.com

Sustainability means Zero Wasting: 

Sustainability means Zero Wasting Population increases geometrically Pollution, food per capita industrial follow Resources Decrease Value of Recycled Resources increase “Limits to Growth” Meadows. Mend our ways or nature will force us

Instead of cradle to grave disposal, its cradle to cradle, a closed loop economy: 

Instead of cradle to grave disposal, its cradle to cradle, a closed loop economy Black Hole

Three Principles of Zero Waste Planning : 

Three Principles of Zero Waste Planning Matter and energy are constants E=MC2 There is no “away” No such thing as a free lunch

Three Goals of Zero Waste Planning: 

Three Goals of Zero Waste Planning Zero Waste goals (efficiency) Create Jobs from Discards (Jobs) End Welfare for Wasting (level the playing field)

New Millennium Rules : 

New Millennium Rules 6 “R’s” Reduce (source reduction) Redesign Repair (fix) Reuse (durable vs. single use i.e., cameras, napkins) Recycle (everything else) Regulate

Zero Waste planning includes places for new jobs and industries: 

Source: Institute for Local Self-Reliance, Washington DC, 1997; “Wasting and Recycling in the United States 2000”; GrassRoots Recycling Network, Prepared by Brenda Platt and Neil Seldman Zero Waste planning includes places for new jobs and industries

All Discards can be sorted into Twelve Categories: 

This version of the chart ©1998 Daniel Knapp and Mary Lou Van Deventer. Excerpted from Total Recycling: Realistic Ways to Approach Ideal, in progress; to be published by the University of California Press. All Discards can be sorted into Twelve Categories

All 12 categories are feedstocks for Recycling and Composting Industries: 

All 12 categories are feedstocks for Recycling and Composting Industries

Jobs and Revenue from Materials Sorted into the Twelve Categories: 

Jobs and Revenue from Materials Sorted into the Twelve Categories

Prepare a Zero Waste Strategic Plan (Palo Alto Plan): 

Prepare a Zero Waste Strategic Plan (Palo Alto Plan)

Palo Alto Zero Waste Strategic Plan Continued: 

Palo Alto Zero Waste Strategic Plan Continued

Palo Alto Zero Waste Strategic Plan Continued: 

Palo Alto Zero Waste Strategic Plan Continued (1) http://www.grrn.org/zerowaste/business/

Palo Alto Zero Waste Strategic Plan Continued: 

Palo Alto Zero Waste Strategic Plan Continued (2) Whenever referenced, also includes food contaminated paper (e.g., pizza boxes and frozen food containers) and assumes CIWMB hierarchy for food scrap management is followed, to (1) prevent food waste, (2) feed people, (3) convert to animal feed and/or rendering, and (4) compost (see http://www.ciwmb.ca.gov/FoodWaste/).

Palo Alto Zero Waste Strategic Plan Continued: 

Palo Alto Zero Waste Strategic Plan Continued (3) http://www.crra.com/irc/guide.html

Palo Alto Zero Waste Strategic Plan Continued: 

Palo Alto Zero Waste Strategic Plan Continued

Palo Alto Zero Waste Strategic Plan Continued: 

Palo Alto Zero Waste Strategic Plan Continued

Palo Alto Zero Waste Strategic Plan Continued: 

Palo Alto Zero Waste Strategic Plan Continued

Perform a Service Needs Assessment: 

Perform a Service Needs Assessment The Service Needs Assessment will identify possible areas that would benefit from expanded services. Identify service needs by class and discard item.

Service Needs Assessment Continued: 

Service Needs Assessment Continued

Service Needs Assessment Continued: 

Service Needs Assessment Continued

Service Needs Assessment Continued: 

Service Needs Assessment Continued

Service Needs Assessment Continued: 

Service Needs Assessment Continued

Service Needs Assessment Continued: 

Service Needs Assessment Continued

Source Separation Categories/ Clusters and Destination Points: 

Source Separation Categories/ Clusters and Destination Points

Benefits and Cost of a Zero Waste Centre by Cluster* : 

* Note: These figures do not include the impacts of expected economic multipliers. ** Amortization: 20 years for buildings and paving, 6 years for equipment and fixtures. *** £49 per tonne savings by avoiding landfilling costs. Benefits and Cost of a Zero Waste Centre by Cluster*

Site Plan For Resource Recovery Park: 

Site Plan For Resource Recovery Park