What is Zero Waste?

“Zero Waste: The conservation of all resources by means of responsible production, consumption, reuse, and recovery of products, packaging, and materials without burning and with no discharges to land, water, or air that threaten the environment or human health.”  
Source: Zero Waste International Alliance

 Transitioning to Zero Waste

In Baltimore, a transition towards Zero Waste has the power to transform our relationship with “stuff” from:

• Extractive - make, consume dispose, to
• Regenerative - reduce, reuse, repurpose, repair, recycle 

Transitioning to Zero Waste means 90% of all the material we send to the landfill will be diverted to other streams through reduction, reuse, repurposing, recycling, and more.