One of our major initiatives is to get more people diverting food scraps from the landfill. Learn how to compost in your backyard or utilize a community drop off site on the composting page...Community Composting
This is a great collection of recycling options put together by one of our member organizations - Capital Region Creation Care Coalition (CRICCC)...Where to Recycle Items
If you are specifically looking to recycle clear glass (bottles and jars which are clean & free of plastic/metal), there is a drop off site at Honest Weight Food Co-op
Are you wondering how to donate or recycle a certain item? Check out this guide prepared by one of our community members and their daughter...New Life for Old Things
This presentation was created for 2019's Earth Day event - Down To Earth: Practical Actions You Can Take To Heal Our Planet...Are you a wishful recycler?
Tips for creating a zero waste event and ways Zero Waste CD can help you...Zero Waste Event Planning
Use these signs to create your own zero-waste station... Zero Waste Signs
Check out this presentation given by our Zero Waste Ambassadors. Everyone can pick up a zero waste tip or two from the slide or video...Zero Waste 101
I was unusually devoted to an eco-friendly brand of toilet paper. When it disappeared from the market, I had to know why... https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/28/business/tube-free-toilet-paper.html
How Big Oil and Big Soda kept a global environmental calamity a secret for decades...https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/plastic-problem-recycling-myth-big-oil-950957/
Federal and state laws provide strong liability protections for businesses (including farms) and nonprofits that provide or receive donated food...NY Legal Fact Sheet for Donating Food
Here is a collection of videos to start you on your composting journey...Composting
This page has an extensive collection of guides and articles about water waste, sustainable landscaping/gardening practices, "green" parenting, and saving money.
Zero Waste Europe has similar roots to Zero Waste CD and began as organizations started collaborating on a voluntary basis organizing events and coming together to strategist and plan for a zero waste future...https://zerowasteeurope.eu/
This page has some great tips for reducing food waste at home...https://www.epa.gov/recycle/reducing-wasted-food-home
Earth 911 is not just a website - its an active forum of constructive conversations about reducing our impact on the planet and its atmosphere. There's also a podcast and one of North America's most extensive recycling databases....Earth 911 Home Page & Recycling Database
Check out this site for content debunking misconceptions that waste-free living is depriving, time consuming and costly. Zero Waste Home offers a book, talks and a free bulk finder to easily find package-free shopping wherever you go...https://zerowastehome.com/
This blog has great content for Zero Waste beginners and presents zero waste challenges for adults and kids...https://www.goingzerowaste.com
Package Free Shop owner, Lauren Singer, breaks zero waste down for you on this site and through her youtube channel. She offers lots of easy swaps and DIY alternatives...http://trashisfortossers.com/