Just Zero Events
Just Zero works to prevent waste, protect communities from corporate polluters, build Zero Waste systems, and forge healthy environments. These goals are interconnected, but there is no one-size-fits-all approach to confronting our waste crisis. As we see it, education, community engagement, and policy are all critical methods for establishing a Zero Waste future.
That’s why we aim to bring you opportunities to learn and engage with Just Zero staff and other prominent Zero Waste experts, activists, and communicators from across the globe.
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UPCOMING EVENTS
2025 Waste-Free Future Summit
October 28-30
Online via Zoom
Free
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Over the course of three days, you’ll have the opportunity to participate in six virtual sessions highlighting innovative tools and successful strategies that communities across the country can utilize to tackle our waste crisis. Engage with experts, advocates, and volunteers who are working to shape a more sustainable, waste-free world – including this year’s keynote speaker, Alden Wicker.
Alden Wicker is an award-winning journalist, sustainable fashion expert, and author of To Dye For: How Toxic Fashion Is Making Us Sick – and How We Can Fight Back.
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FEATURED PAST EVENTS
Women Championing Zero Waste
March 26, 2025
Women have long been catalysts for environmental change. This is especially true in the Zero Waste movement.
In this 30-minute conversation, Jo Banner from The Descendants Project, Maris Masellis from Tennessee Environmental Council, and Maria Vasco from Uvida Shop share their work to bring Zero Waste principles to life while also fighting back against corporate polluters.
Communicating About Zero Waste
November 14, 2024
As part of Just Zero’s inaugural Waste-Free Future Summit, we were joined by prominent journalists and communicators to discuss how storytelling is critical to the Zero Waste movement, as well as how various communications tools are used to build momentum for change.
PFAS in Our Waste
August 15, 2024
PFAS are a group of more than 15,000 human-made chemicals used in manufacturing, oil and gas operations, consumer products, and more. Because they don’t break down easily, PFAS have become known as “forever chemicals.”
In this 30-minute conversation, Kyla Bennett, Director of Science Policy at PEER, joins Just Zero to discuss “forever chemicals,” why they’re a problem, and what needs to change.
Getting to Zero Waste in the U.S. – What We’re Up Against
April 13, 2023
The United States is in a waste crisis. The way we produce, manage, and dispose of materials is harming public health, the environment, and our climate. We need to rethink and redesign our systems to be more sustainable. Zero Waste programs and policies can do that.
In the first episode of Just Zero’s webinar series, Getting to Zero Waste in the U.S., experts discuss three of the main issues driving our country’s waste crisis: Plastics Production, Environmental Injustice, and Corporate Agendas.