I received my MassPirg newsletter today and their front page touted "Zero Waste is the Solution"

Checking out their website also unearthed some interesting information. Check out these links to their articles.

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle: The Zero Waste Solution

Twelve thousand citizens ask DEP Commissioner Burt to Reduce/Reuse/Recycle

The wording of the petition, which garnered 12,000 signatures over the summer, is as follows:

“I want the 10 year Solid Waste Master Plan to take steps to eliminate the needless waste generated in Massachusetts and find ways to reduce, reuse and recycle the rest. We should implement the programs and common-sense methods already in use in many communities….to waste much less, with the goal of one day cutting down Massachusetts’ waste to zero. Please get us started down that path now, by crafting a plan that helps us reduce, reuse and recycle more waste while sending far less to landfills and incinerators.”

Activists back recycling, not landfills