{"id":15051,"date":"2014-12-15T10:10:31","date_gmt":"2014-12-15T15:10:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ilsr.org\/articles\/training-the-zero-waste-workforce\/"},"modified":"2024-05-01T17:32:32","modified_gmt":"2024-05-01T17:32:32","slug":"training-waste-workforce","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/ilsr.org\/es\/article\/composting-for-community\/training-waste-workforce","title":{"rendered":"Training The Zero Waste Workforce"},"template":"","migration":[],"article_type":[134],"initiatives":[15],"topics":[121],"impact_areas":[],"authors":[605],"class_list":["post-15051","article","type-article","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","article_type-article","initiatives-composting-for-community","topics-zero-waste","authors-neil-seldman"],"acf":{"details":{"featured_image":8000,"background_color":"","article_type":[134],"initiative":15,"display_event_fields":false,"display_case_study_fields":false,"start_date":null,"end_date":null,"start_time":null,"end_time":null,"time_zone":"America\/New_York","virtual_event":false,"location":"","locality":"","state":"","topics":[121],"impact_areas":false,"abstract":"<p>Community Environmental Services, part of Portland State University, trains and employs students to offer zero waste management services to companies, institutions and public agencies. CES works in the private sector with clients such as supermarkets to establish a baseline for material flow and then deliver specific recommendations for reducing waste. The movement for zero waste in &hellip; <a class=\"kt-excerpt-readmore\" href=\"https:\/\/ilsr.org\/training-waste-workforce\/\" aria-label=\"Training The Zero Waste Workforce\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","authors_tax":[605]},"sidebar":{"title":"\u00cdndice"},"page_layout":[{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_wysiwyg","_acfe_flexible_toggle":null,"component_wysiwyg":{"content":"<div class=\"ttr_start\"><\/div><p>Community Environmental Services, part of Portland State University, trains and employs students to offer zero waste management services to companies, institutions and public agencies. CES works in the private sector with clients such as supermarkets to establish a baseline for material flow and then deliver specific recommendations for reducing waste.<\/p>\n<p>The movement for zero waste in the U.S. has literally exploded in the last few years in both theory and practice. Scores of communities have resolved to start on the pathway to zero \u2014 defined as reducing waste generated by 90 percent or more. Cities taking strong steps to achieve this goal within the next decade include Austin (Texas), San Francisco and Los Angeles. Elsewhere, Alachua County, Florida, Portland, Oregon and Seattle have implemented zero waste (ZW) programs without formally announcing a ZW goal. The learning curve for cities and counties that may follow has been made easier by new resources such as the Zero Waste Business Plan adopted by the Resource Recovery Department in Austin, and the statements on Extended Producer Responsibility issued by the Global Recycling Council of the California Resource Recovery Association (CRRA) and the Zero Waste International Association. Paul Connett\u2019s recently published book, The Zero Waste Solution, is the newest asset now available for zero waste planners and advocates.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biocycle.net\/2014\/11\/17\/training-the-zero-waste-workforce\/\">Read the full article on CES<\/a> by ILSR\u2019s Neil Seldman, appeared in the November 2014 issue of Biocycle.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ttr_end\"><\/div><a class=\"synved-social-button synved-social-button-share synved-social-size-16 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-facebook nolightbox\" data-provider=\"facebook\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Compartir en Facebook\" 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