What does a Zero Waste future actually look like? Maine is providing the answer. Discover how the state is tackling food waste, making reuse easier, and rejecting false solutions to build one of the country’s most comprehensive waste reduction systems.
How Maine is quietly becoming a national leader in Zero Waste Read More
Entities prioritize profit over people, and polish over truth. Greenwashed 2025 breaks down five key greenwashing tactics – greencrowding, greenlabeling, greenlighting, greenrinsing, and greenshifting – giving you the vocabulary and the lens to recognize deception when you see it.
Everyday trash and plastic waste worsen extreme weather events. Learn how waste affects the climate – and what we can do to reduce the impact.
How everyday trash fuels extreme weather Read More
Zero Waste model legislation is a powerful tool for solving the complex and messy problems associated with our take-make-waste society. But real solutions don’t come in a one-size-fits-all package. The communities we work with at Just Zero each face different realities. That’s why we decided to build something better: Interactive, customizable toolkits.
Our model legislative toolkits: Powering community-led Zero Waste solutions Read More
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) estimates that the country produces about 300 million tons of household and commercial waste each year; and that we bury about half of all that waste in landfills. But, as it turns out, those numbers significantly underestimate the scope of the problem.
Landfills and Injustice: The State of Burying Trash in the United States Read More
