Coalition for Climate Common Sense
Position Statement: The Coalition for Climate Common Sense stands firmly against Waste-to-Energy (WTE) plants and programs, and asks the County of Kauai to eliminate the …
Position Statement: The Coalition for Climate Common Sense stands firmly against Waste-to-Energy (WTE) plants and programs, and asks the County of Kauai to eliminate the …
Unacceptable Systems and policies which encourage wasting or threaten the environment and human health. Unacceptable
Residuals Management Handling of discards that were wasted in a way that does not threaten the environment or human health. Analyze what was wasted and …
Material Recovery Any operation to salvage additional materials after the actions above. Does not include energy recovery and the reprocessing into materials that are to …
Recycle / Compost Actions by which discards are mechanically reprocessed into products or materials or biologically processed to return to the soil. Recycle / Compost
Reuse Actions by which products or components are used again for the same or similar purpose for which they were conceived. Actions that support the …
REDUCE Measures taken to reduce the quantity and toxicity of resources, products, packaging and materials as well as the adverse impacts on the environment and …
RETHINK / REDESIGN Systemic change to move towards a closed loop** model; redesign of systems to avoid needless and/or wasteful consumption. Actions that address the …
Opponents, and those who question the efficicacy of recycling, point to the disruption of the Chinese and other plastic markets as evidence that recycling is …
Closing The Loop: Recycled Plastic Becomes Remanufactured Plastic on Kauai Learn More »