Zero Waste
The SCRD’s road map for waste reduction and waste management is guided by the goal of Zero Waste. In 2005 the SCRD adopted the ambitious, long term goal of Zero Waste as defined below:
“Zero waste is a goal that is both pragmatic and visionary, to guide people to emulate sustainable natural cycles, where all discarded materials are resources for others to use. Zero waste means designing and managing products and processes to reduce the volume and toxicity of waste and materials, conserve and recover all resources, and not burn or bury them.” Zero Waste International Alliance
The following series of fact sheets explain how the goal of Zero Waste gets applied to reducing and managing the ‘stuff’ we reuse, recycle and throw out on the coast:
Why Recycle?. . . because it’s the right thing to do.
