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New York City "Great achievements have never happened without auspicious goals; isn’t it time New York City raised its bar on solid waste?"
San Francisco "San Francisco is the first jurisdiction in the country to adopt the ambitious goals of 75% landfill diversion by 2010 and zero waste by 2020. To accomplish these goals we must promote producer and consumer responsibility to prevent waste and take full advantage of our nation-leading recycling and composting programs."
Australia "Canberra became the first community in the world with a Zero Waste focus when it launched its ‘No Waste by 2010’ strategy in December 1996. The community investment in recycling programs returns many millions of dollars to the city as well as jobs and a better environment. Humanity must begin to redefine its attitude to waste if we are to see human generations, beyond our children go on to live fulfilling and sustainable lives. Sustainability and waste cannot co-exist. The world needs models for Zero Waste. Just as Canberra has become the model, which has led to many other Zero Waste communities in our part of the world, so New York can become the great international model. Zero Waste is a goal at the end of a highway, it is the path to the future, it is a statement of belief in the lives of our grandchildren. Once you have set the goal, all policies change, all eyes turn toward the target - it will take you time to get there, but you are on the road. All the very best from all of us for a Zero Waste New York."
Egypt "New York City needs to recognize that waste is a tremendous resource. It would spare the municipality from having to transport their waste hundreds of miles to landfills in unwelcoming communities and protect these communities from getting submerged in someone else's discards. I encourage New York City to revise its waste management policy and practice."
New Zealand "Zero Waste envisions a world where all materials are reintegrated back into the economy or harmlessly into nature. It starts by designing waste out of the system and integrating actions all the way down the supply chain for maximum materials efficiency. It challenges unsustainable patterns of production and consumption. It’s a whole system approach to a whole system crisis."
Argentina "The whole-systems approach that Zero Waste requires offers countless opportunities to improve the health of our environment, economy and democracy."
India "Zero Waste begins when we realize that there is no ‘away’ into which we can throw what we call our waste. This center is a visible demonstration of the economic and aesthetic potential of what we discard."
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