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a large pile of compost against the backdrop of a grey sky
large-scale compost facility with a steaming pile being mixed
two trucks at a large-scale compost facility
a garbage truck dumping refuse into a large pile on the floor of a marine transfer station
Zero Waste products made by brands that are environmentally and socially responsible. Products made by brands that think about the afterlife of the product. Will it end up in a landfill? Is the packaging compostable? Can the packaging be repurposed or recycled? Are the ingredients ethically sourced? Are they tested in animals? I want to see a Zero Waste beauty industry with products made by people who are paid competitive salaries and with ingredients that won’t harm the environment when they end up in a landfill.
— Prim ‘N Poppin’ Interview
It’s time for society to stop treating cemeteries like landfills. Humans are part of natural cycles of life and death that can help us heal the planet instead of continuing to cause harm. With NOR humans can actually become worm food when they die, as all organic matter ultimately does, instead of source material for groundwater pollution. NOR gives people the option to help heal living soils instead of destroy them. Since we don’t just live on Earth but with Earth, the option to give back in this way allows us to really leave no trace. Only healthy soil.
— It’s Time To Stop Treating Cemeteries Like Toxic Landfills
We can all start to shift our behavior toward waste disposal by rethinking our relationship with convenience and consumption, advocating for educational campaigns, sharing our knowledge with our community, getting curious about the waste we generate, and finding or creating alternative ways to keep items in-use, recycled, or repurposed before sending them to landfill or incineration (which pollutes the air, the land, the water and the health of those living along waste transport routes and in the vicinity of incineration plants and landfills).
NRDC: SEED SERIES
The NRDC Seed Series introduced participants to key topics and issues in the world of discard studies; a growing, transdisciplinary field that centers how waste impacts our world.