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Our model legislative toolkits: Powering community-led Zero Waste solutions

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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.

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Landfills and Injustice: The State of Burying Trash in the United States

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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.

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