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Resources for Zero Waste
Our original intent was primarily education: to expand the public’s awareness of the potential of Zero Waste Management to more effectively manage our discards, rather than employ incineration as a primary strategy… and it worked!
The Zero Waste Hierarchy describes a progression of policies and strategies to support the Zero Waste system, from the highest and best to lowest use of materials.
ZWK Resource Guide
Zero Waste Hierarchy of Highest and Best Use 8.0
Context All over the world, in some form or another, a pollution prevention hierarchy is…
Zero Waste Event Training
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Zero Waste Eats
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Zero Waste Definition
“The conservation of all resources by means of responsible production, consumption, reuse, and recovery of…
Zero Waste
Efforts to reduce solid waste generation waste to nothing, or as close to nothing as…
The Case for Curbside Recycling on Kaua`i
Shopping Zero Waste
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Resources for Zero Waste
Repurpose Projects
Reforest hawaii: capture the carbon
Come join us Saturday June 17th at 7:00 AMHelp us reestablish the native coastal forest…
Movie Night
ZWK partnered with Kauai Community College to put on a number of public environmental and…
How to provide Testimony (general)
THREE WAYS TO PROVIDE TESTIMONY Email your testimony to counciltestimony@kauai.gov and copy the mayor at Mayor@kauai.gov. Reference Item…
For Hawaii State Legislature
Go to https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov and “register” or “sign in” at the top of the page. In the “Bill Status/Measure…
Farmers’ Market
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Event Coordination
A major element of our project has been to promote waste reduction and diversion at…
EPA Spurns Trump-Era Effort to Drop Clean-Air Protections For Plastic Waste Recycling
Affirming long-standing incineration regulations, the Biden administration has withdrawn a plan to help ease the…
Closing The Loop: Recycled Plastic Becomes Remanufactured Plastic on Kauai
Opponents, and those who question the efficicacy of recycling, point to the disruption of the…
Biogas Recovery
Biogas is created when animal waste or manure, decomposes. Capturing biogas from cattle, hog and…
Become a Better Recycler
When China closed its market for recycled plastic and paper in 2018, one of the…
“What a Waste!” Powerpoint
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