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Video: The Zero Waste Climate Solution

FOCUS AREAS: Citizen Action, Community Education, Eco-Living, Plastics Pollution, Zero Waste Benefits
KEYWORDS: Apartments, Condos, multi-family complexes, Boulder County, Business, Carbon Farming, Climate Solutions, Colorado, Composting, Denver, Eco-Living, Educational Materials, Policies, Public Health, Resource Conservation, Social Justice, Videos, Zero Waste Community Planning, Zero Waste Policies

Released in 2015

One of the fastest, most cost-effective solutions to our climate crisis comes when we look in an unlikely place—our trash cans. More than 40% of our greenhouse gas emissions come from our stuff, and the way we produce, consume, and dispose of our food and products. If we go for Zero Waste, communities can take a significant bite out of their climate impacts NOW. Here’s how we get started today.