Warren County, New York
Occasionally, someone asks "What does Zero Waste have to do with Clean Air?" Here is Tracy's answer.
The Wheelabrator Hudson Falls trash incinerator is the most polluting industrial plant in Washington and Warren County combined. Burning waste makes toxic ash (which goes to a landfill) and toxic air pollution. It's a terrible practice.
Trash incinerators, like the one in Hudson Falls, are hungry for garbage. They thrive on communities and businesses generating unlimited garbage. But with Zero Waste, the amount of stuff that goes in the trash can be greatly reduced. And more of our discarded stuff can be diverted to actually be recycled, to make quality compost, and for reuse -- all of which have value, monetarily and for society and the environment. Zero Waste saves resources, cuts pollution, and makes sense economically.
Learn about Zero Waste, the proven approach for reducing the amount of waste going for disposal and making pollution, at the first ZERO WASTE NEW YORK webinar on Wed, July 22. Register at zerowasteny/webinar. We hope to see you there.
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Our Mission, Our Vision
Zero Waste Warren County
Our Mission:
Our goal is to inspire the people and elected officials of Warren County to rethink the way we manage our materials.
Our Vision:
Zero Waste is the conservation of all resources by means of responsible production, consumption, reuse, and recovery of products, packaging, and materials without burning and with no discharges to land, water, or air that threaten the environment or human health. The aim of Zero Waste of Warren County is to make the Zero Waste approach the norm for municipalities, school systems, businesses, institutions, and individuals.
The Zero Waste Solution
Zero Waste Warren County is working to bring Warren County into the 21st Century as a Zero Waste community. This is not only a good idea -- it is also possible and necessary and ultimately we will succeed!
Even if you have never heard of the term Zero Waste, you are undoubtedly familiar with some of its elements – Refuse, Reduce, Repair, Reuse, Recycle, and Compost. The quantity of municipal solid waste from our homes, businesses, schools and institutions going to landfills or incinerators can be greatly reduced in these ways – through public policies that require and incentivize the desired behaviors, and local programs and social entrepreneurs that provide the necessary infrastructure and opportunities to make these behaviors easy and convenient.
Zero Waste saves money, creates jobs, and is an essential part of the solution to the climate crisis because excess packaging, single-use items, and other throw-away customs, including landfilling and incineration, squander finite resources and produce greenhouse gases.
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