Zero Waste Territories

The Zero Waste Territories practical guide is aimed at all citizens who wish to reduce waste and the waste of resources at the local level and offers them all the keys to understanding and acting in this direction. Based on feedback from experience in France and abroad, the Zero Waste France association offers a complete and ambitious vision of the revolution to be carried out to better manage our waste and analyzes all the opportunities or obstacles that may be encountered. the different actors of the territories during their approach: responsibilities, costs, jobs, etc. Illustrated with numerous testimonies, the book presents with pedagogy the steps and actions allowing to register a territory in a zero waste perspective. As such, it will be a valuable resource for future candidates for municipal elections, and for all those who wish to get involved with them. THE AUTHORS AND THE ASSOCIATION Flore Berlingen, Laura Châtel and Thibault Turchet work for the association Zero Waste France, whose mission is to decipher the environmental, health and economic issues related to waste management. Relay of citizen vigilance, Zero Waste France is also a force of proposal which goes to meet citizens and elected officials to make known the most ecological management methods. The Zero Waste France website SUMMARY PART 1 — Why? Visible and invisible problems; Waste-related pollution; The waste that we see, and that which we do not see; The economic and social cost of waste PART 2 — Zero Waste Territories, instructions for useThe essentials of a zero waste policy; Create the conditions for change; Structural reorganizations; Go even further in waste reduction PART 3 — Collateral benefits! Economic and social advantages of a Zero Waste approach; What is the cost of transitioning to a Zero Waste policy? ; The potential for local job creation PART 4 — First steps/practical knowledgeCitizen or future elected official, how to take action? ; Analyze the performance of its territory; Know the regulations applicable at the local level; Identify resources to move forward with implementation In partnership with The first “.zero waste, zero waste” practical guide for local players.