Info/Links

We will update this page with links to additional resources relevant to Zero Waste concepts and practices.

Background

• From Organic Waste to Garden Gold: How Composting Works
• Recycling Saves Energy

Alternatives

• In-Vessel Composting: An Innovative Process in Food Waste Management
  Bacterial digestion raises the temperature of compost naturally which is the “thermophilic” part of the process (ATAD – autothermal thermophilic aerobic digestion). Thermophilic describing bacteria that work best at higher temperatures (c. 110-130 degrees F). The same effect is gotten with any large scale composting such as the County facility.

Informational Websites

• Zero-Waste International Alliance
• Eco-Cycle
• GAIA – Global Anti Incineration Alliance
• Grass Roots Recycling Network
• Institute for Local Self-Reliance
• Zero Waste Alliance (USA)
• Zero Waste America
• United States Environmental Protection Agency – Product Stewardship
• San Francisco Environment
• Resources for the Future
• The Bottle Bill Resource Guide

Videos

• CNN: The Greenest University in America
  The University of Colorado-Boulder is one of the most planet-conscious schools in the U.S. CNN’s Jim Spellman reports.
• CNN: Downtown Atlanta recycles self into a Zero Waste Zone
  Last year, downtown Atlanta lost a convention to another Southern city because the visiting group perceived the other city as "greener" than Atlanta. The loss propelled Holly Elmore into action.
• NBC Nightly News Report on Zero Waste
  Video report about Zero Waste.

Stories

• Starbucks expanding recycling program with coffee cups in Chicago
  This fall, the Seattle coffee company will send cups used at its Chicago stores to Green Bay, where a Georgia Pacific paper mill will turn them into Starbucks napkins. The effort is a major push by Starbucks to create a commercial market for its used cups, which include 1 billion plastic cups for cold drinks.
• Nudging Recycling From Less Waste to None
  Though born of idealism, the zero-waste philosophy is now propelled by sobering realities, like the growing difficulty of securing permits for new landfills and an awareness that organic decay in landfills releases methane that helps warm the earth’s atmosphere.
• Carroll-Frederick incinerator plan brings unlikely allies together against it
  Toward the end of his presentation last month about the cost of building a waste-to-energy incinerator, Bruce Holstein brought out two large pieces of poster board that listed the "winners" and "losers" if the project is built.
• Board of Commissioners candidates discuss the Carroll-Frederick waste-to-energy incinerator
  Candidates for the Carroll County Board of Commissioners discuss whether they support the waste-to-energy incinerator proposal.
• Frederick, Carroll countians debate, ask questions about proposal in e-mail chain
  While public discussions by elected officials about the incinerator have been less frequent since both Carroll and Frederick voted to go forward with a shared incinerator, a debate among residents in both counties has continued to boil in e-mails.