Plastic Free July
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Failing Grade
June 20, 2019Guest post written by Lillian Nakamura Maguire, June 12, 2019 For Whitehorse Star Okay…I’ll…
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Whitehorse Waste Audit highlights organics, wood, and high volumes of plastics
May 15, 2019In November of 2017 and July of 2018 the City of Whitehorse conducted a waste…
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Earth Day Reflections
April 30, 2019“The ideology of consumption is so prevalent that it has become invisible: it is the…
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The Poor Creature
“Life is for all poor creatures to enjoy. Good food helps.” If you’ve been to…
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About Us
Zero Waste Yukon is a not for profit organization 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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