Zero Waste Workshop with Gary Liss- FREE! 

GENERAL COURSE DESCRIPTION

This class is intended to provide a solid foundation of understanding the broad features and issues of zero waste, the foundation to resource management. The impetus in the industry is towards zero waste management, and practitioners need to know and understand the application of zero waste principles to real world problems of wasting.  

Zero Waste Businesses are leading the way for Zero Waste and have diverted over 90% of their waste from landfill and incineration. Zero Waste Communities have adopted Zero Waste goals and plans to implement those goals. Join us to understand how Zero Waste can be a key part of community and business sustainability plans and help contribute to reducing greenhouse gases and global cooling.

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Specific topics will include:

Intro to Zero Waste

• Definition of Zero Waste
• Connections between Zero Waste and Climate Change
• Communities that have adopted Zero Waste as a goal
• Zero Waste Businesses that divert over 90% of their waste from landfills or incinerators

Intro to Zero Waste Businesses

Intro to Zero Waste Communities

Developing Zero Waste Community Plans

CLASS PROJECT 
In class, students will break into groups. Each group will explore possibilities for Zero Waste at their
business or community. The team will choose one example and develop a Zero Waste Plan for them based on the principles and examples learned in class. Each team will present their analysis to the rest of the class.  

COURSE MATERIALS 
Participants should download this list of Zero Waste websites and review and comment on them as part of the class. We will show sample documents in class, including Zero Waste Business Principles, Zero Waste Community Strategies and Plans, Sample Resource Recovery Park designs and useful references on Extended Producer Responsibility. Copies of instructor PowerPoints will be provided. 

INSTRUCTOR:  

Gary Liss is a leading advocate of Zero Waste and has helped more communities develop Zero Waste plans than anyone else in the United States. Click here for more information.

This course is made possible by grant from the Colorado Governor’s Energy Office and the U. S. Department of Energy. Such support by GEO and DOE does not constitute their endorsement of the views expressed in the training or this webpage.