Transcript Organizing For ZW In Our Communities GRRN ZW Action Conference Portia M. Sinnott July 30, 2011

Organizing For ZW In
Our Communities
GRRN ZW Action Conference
Portia M. Sinnott
July 30, 2011
My Communities
 Sonoma County, CA and Lake County, CA
 Bay Area, California, EPA Region 9, US
 North America and EU
 North/Developed, South/Less Developed
 The Earth
 Parent, Live in Cohousing
 Activist, Voter
 For Profit, Business Owner
 Non-profit, Environmental Activist …
The Zero Waste Brain Trust
The Zero Brain Trust is an informal coalition
of resource management professionals and
other parties committed to the transition to
a world without waste.
Starting in California, we are creating a worldwide collaborative network that supports the
development of systems that work well
for all stakeholders.
Who Is The Brain Trust?
 Core Team - varies by project and event
 Advisory Board
 You: The folks that step up to participate in one
way or another including the:
Document Review Team
Blog: http://zwbraintrust.wordpress.com/
Elist: [email protected]
ZWBT Advisory Board
Organizations listed for reference only.
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Annette Puskarich, SoGo Ventures
Arthur Robinson Boone, Total Recycling Associates
Gary Liss, Gary Liss and Associates
John Moore, Henn, Etzel and Moore, Inc.
Kevin Drew & Donald Oliveira, City of San Francisco
Linda Christopher, GrassRoots Recycling Network
Mary Lou Van Deventer & Dan Knapp, PhD., Urban Ore
Portia M. Sinnott, MS+and ZW Sonoma County
Richard Anthony, R Anthony Associates /ZW San Diego
Ruth Abbe, HDR Engineering, Inc.
Skip Lacaze, City of San Jose
Stephanie Barger, Earth Resource Foundation
Tania Levy, City of Berkeley
Tedd Ward, Del Norte Solid Waste Management Authority
Teresa Bradley, Revolutionary Green Solutions
Tim Dewey-Mattia, Napa Recycling and Waste Services
2010 - 2011 Sponsors
 City and County of San Francisco
 Northern California Recycling Association
 Global Recycling Council, California
Resource Recovery Association
 Zero Waste Sonoma County
 Grass Roots Recycling Network
 Assisted by a research grant from the
Altamont Educational Advisory Board
ZWBT Related Projects
 The Zero Waste Brain Trust Summer 2010 Series
Networking, Three ZW Contracting Brainstorms,
Stakeholder Roundtable, Website and Best Practices
- very well received by over 103 participants.
 NCRA Zero Waste Best Practices Survey:
Global Best Practices Research, Outreach and Focus
Groups – 2010 and 2011.
 EPA Region 9 Zero Waste Franchise eGuide:
Targeted ZW Contracting Research and Outreach,
Case Studies, Prioritization, Decision Tree, Contract
Language and eGuide.
Survey: NCRA Zero Waste Best
Practices Survey
Funded by NCRA and a grant from the Altamont
Educational Advisory Board (EAB), now collecting
municipal zero waste contracting information and
document links from around the world:
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Game changing ideas
Strategic tweeks to existing systems
Links to municipal zero waste pages
Document links – goal statements, resolutions, policies,
ordinances, strategic plans, work plans, etc
More at: www.zwbraintrust.wordpress.com
Survey: Results To Date
WEB RESEARCH - EMAIL CONFIRMATION REQUESTED
60+ North American municipalities working toward zero waste:
X % - Good intentions, not much progress
X % - Progress but slow
X% - Really moving forward
X % - Websites mention “zero waste”
X % - Contracts mention “zero waste”
X % - Contracts maximize diversion and zero waste concepts
regardless of the wording
X% -
e-Guide: EPA Region 9 ZW
Franchise e-Guide Project
Members of the ZWBT Team, working under the umbrella of HDR
Engineering and Micro Services Plus, are creating an on-line
EPA eGuide to help local governments develop service provider
agreements that support Zero Waste goals and policies. The 75+
e-Guide will include:
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Public Private Partnerships(10)
Best Contracting Practices (25)
Sample Language and Templates
Document links – goal statements, resolutions, policies,
ordinances, strategic plans, work plans, etc
More at: www.zwbraintrust.wordpress.com
ZW System Design Optimization
City Revenue
Legal Test:
Prop 218 &
26,
CEQA
Waste
Reduction
Incentives
Rates
• How established,
structured, adjusted
• Billing: (e.g., who bills
– hauler or city)
• Bad debt (e.g., who
assumes; disposition
[lien process?])
PARKING LOT!!!
ZWIA Definition
Zero Waste is an ethical, economical, efficient and visionary
goal that guides people to emulate sustainable natural
cycles in which all discarded materials become resources
for others. Zero Waste means:
Designing and managing products and processes to
systematically avoid and eliminate the volume and toxicity of
materials and waste.
Conserving and recovering all resources - not burning or
burying.
Eliminating all discharges to land, water or air, as they are a
threat to our planet and human, animal and plant health.
ZWIA – Zero Waste International Alliance, www.zwia.org
Transition Zero Waste. . .
 Landfilling reduced by 90%.
 Health and safety issues addressed.
 Costs minimized.
 Service providers and workers paid fairly
 Jurisdictions overseeing process - but no longer
managing programs.
Transition Zero Waste. . .
 Residuals sorted into discrete material types utilized
as resources that stimulate jobs and economic
development.
 Much of the value, usefulness and embodied energy
conserved.
 Many consumer goods redesigned – for reuse, repair,
remanufacture and ultimately composted or recycled.
 A strong, healthy marketplace evolving in which zero
waste is a top priority in all new products.