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Zero Waste

 

Links

If you want to do more reading, on the issue of zero waste, here are a few sites you may want to check out. We found a lot of our information from these sources.

To read about research conducted by St. Stephen students, go to Specialized Subjects in St. Stephen

This link will take you to information about how Sarah and Kyle are trying to create zero waste. Once you click it, scroll down to the article titled: Zero Garbage Can Do. http://nomoregarbage.wordpress.com/publicity/

A great article that gives you some background on why plastic bags are something that we CAN do without. http://www.citynews.ca/news/news_6867.aspx

This site will give you great info on what's going on in Toronto with waste management. Surf the site and you'll learn lots. We did! www.toronto.ca/garbage/index.htm

This article has some great current info about the packaging problem. www.cbc.ca/consumers/market/files/home/overpackaging

This site gives a good overview to the topic of zero waste. www.grrn.org/zerowaste/zerowaste.htm

What is Zero Waste? www.grrn.org/zerowaste/kit/event/what_is_zw.html

Paul Connett article. We focused on the part from the efficiency section down. www.grrn.org/zerowaste/articles/paul_connett_tzc_11-21-00.html

Zeroing in on Zero Waste (excellent article with good, practical and innovative solutions on how to deal with waste). www.grrn.org/zerowaste/articles/zeroing_in.html

This website gives some information about Nova Scotia's Waste Diversion program. http://www.rrfb.com/

For anyone wanting to do some extra viewing, you may want to check out the documentary done by Salt and Light T.V. - http://www.saltandlighttv.org/program_francais_focus070531_video.html
we're about five minutes into it - some good coverage given to our school - check it out if you get a chance. DVD copy is available as well.

 


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