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Job opening: Zero Waste Assistant Coordinator

Job opening: Zero Waste Assistant Coordinator

March 10, 2023

Zero Waste Assistant Coordinator   Compensation: $25-35 / hour Position: Full-time, permanent Benefits: Health spending…

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Take the Textiles Pledge: No new clothing in 2023!

Take the Textiles Pledge: No new clothing in 2023!

February 21, 2023

Due to the use of toxic dyes, fossil fuels, shipping, micro-plastic contamination, pesticide use on…

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Fast Fashion in Focus

Fast Fashion in Focus

February 21, 2023

Happy 2023! Zero Waste Yukon has been a bit sleepy in the last year, but…

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Polaris: Artist Leslie Leong Creates Costumes from Scrap

Polaris: Artist Leslie Leong Creates Costumes from Scrap

February 8, 2023

Photo courtesy Little Dipper Films Yukon isn’t exactly Hollywood, but we’ve had our share of…

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Our latest zero hero

Polaris: Artist Leslie Leong Creates Costumes from Scrap

Polaris: Artist Leslie Leong Creates Costumes from Scrap

Photo courtesy Little Dipper Films Yukon isn’t exactly Hollywood, but we’ve had our share of…

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Job opening: Zero Waste Assistant Coordinator

Job opening: Zero Waste Assistant Coordinator

March 10, 2023

Zero Waste Assistant Coordinator   Compensation: $25-35 / hour Position: Full-time, permanent Benefits: Health spending…

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Zero Waste Yukon is a loose-knit collaborative effort dedicated to helping Yukon communities reach Zero Waste. We provide education about waste reduction as well as tools and strategies for change.

We work to inspire change through advocacy, events, and support of Zero Waste initiatives in the Yukon Territory.

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What is Zero Waste?

Zero Waste is a goal that is ethical, economical, efficient and visionary, to guide people in changing their lifestyles and practices to emulate sustainable natural cycles, where all discarded materials are designed to become resources for others to use.

We accept the peer-reviewed definition of Zero Waste as defined by the Zero Waste International Alliance:

Zero Waste is “the conservation of all resources by means of responsible production, consumption, reuse, and recovery of products, packaging, and materials without burning and with no discharges to land, water, or air that threaten the environment or human health.”

 

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