Let's Race to Zero Waste!
- Jeanne Rosenmeier
- Jul 10
- 1 min read
Let's talk recycling from a little different angle. Meet Race to Zero Waste! I guarantee you will get answers to some of your recycling questions.
You've seen them at events, helping educate attendees about recycling. That's not all they do!
Check out their website!
Excellent podcast. 2 comments. 1. Years ago, when managing The Athenian School in Danville, I realized that even intelligent human beings are mostly confused about how to sort waste. Eventually a pretty good job was done with paper, cardboard, glass, aluminum. Plastics were tricky, as the podcast pointed out. Construction waste was depressing. Composting everything onsite was a huge success, combined with a vegetable garden run by the students. 2. My Danish wife took me to the waste management facility in Copenhagen. 180⁰ opposite approach. In a handsome modern structure all waste other than wood, paper, cardboard, glass and aluminum is burned to power steam turbines which produce municipal hot water and electrical power. Long ago it was realized that…