{"id":15809,"date":"2016-08-02T10:06:03","date_gmt":"2016-08-02T14:06:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ilsr.org\/articles\/zero-waste-to-landfill\/"},"modified":"2024-05-01T18:00:11","modified_gmt":"2024-05-01T18:00:11","slug":"zero-waste-to-landfill","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/ilsr.org\/es\/article\/composting-for-community\/zero-waste-to-landfill","title":{"rendered":"Zero Waste to Landfill?"},"template":"","class_list":["post-15809","article","type-article","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","article_type-article","initiatives-composting-for-community","topics-incineration","topics-zero-waste","authors-neil-seldman"],"acf":{"details":{"featured_image":6546,"background_color":"","article_type":[134],"initiative":15,"display_event_fields":false,"start_date":null,"end_date":null,"start_time":null,"end_time":null,"time_zone":"America\/New_York","virtual_event":false,"location":"","topics":[87,121],"impact_areas":false,"abstract":"<p>All incinerators need landfills despite the myth of &#8220;zero waste to landfill&#8221; put forward by garbage incineration proponents. Citizens in Saugus, MA, have been trying to close an ash landfill for 14 years. The need to expand the facility to take more incinerator ash gives them a new opportunity. Zero waste sends less materials to landfill &hellip; <a class=\"kt-excerpt-readmore\" href=\"https:\/\/ilsr.org\/zero-waste-to-landfill\/\" aria-label=\"Zero Waste to Landfill?\">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>All incinerators need landfills despite the myth of &#8220;zero waste to landfill&#8221; put forward by garbage incineration proponents. Citizens in Saugus, MA, have been trying to close an ash landfill for 14 years. The need to expand the facility to take more incinerator ash gives them a new opportunity.<\/p>\n<p>Zero waste sends less materials to landfill than an incinerator.<\/p>\n<p>See <a href=\"https:\/\/wwlp.com\/2016\/07\/26\/saugus-incinerators-request-for-more-landfill-space-sparks-environmental-protests\/\">Saugus incinerator\u2019s request for more landfill space sparks environmental protests<\/a> &#8211; from Katie Lannan, WWLP, Chanel 22 News.<\/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\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Filsr.org%2Fwp-json%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fposts%2F43605&#038;t=Zero%20Waste%20to%20Landfill%3F&#038;s=100&#038;p&#091;url&#093;=https%3A%2F%2Filsr.org%2Fwp-json%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fposts%2F43605&#038;p&#091;images&#093;&#091;0&#093;=https%3A%2F%2Filsr.org%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2016%2F08%2Fsaugus-incinerators-request-for-more-landfill-space-sparks-environmental-protests.jpg&#038;p&#091;title&#093;=Zero%20Waste%20to%20Landfill%3F\" style=\"font-size: 0px;width:16px;height:16px;margin:0;margin-bottom:5px;margin-right:5px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Facebook\" title=\"Compartir en Facebook\" class=\"synved-share-image synved-social-image synved-social-image-share\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" style=\"display: inline;width:16px;height:16px;margin: 0;padding: 0;border: none;box-shadow: none\" src=\"https:\/\/ilsr.org\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-media-feather\/synved-social\/image\/social\/regular\/32x32\/facebook.png\" \/><\/a><a class=\"synved-social-button synved-social-button-share synved-social-size-16 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-twitter nolightbox\" data-provider=\"twitter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Compartir en Twitter\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet\/?text=Zero%20Waste%20to%20Landfill%3F&#038;url=https%3A%2F%2Filsr.org%2Fwp-json%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fposts%2F43605\" style=\"font-size: 0px;width:16px;height:16px;margin:0;margin-bottom:5px;margin-right:5px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"twitter\" title=\"Compartir en Twitter\" class=\"synved-share-image synved-social-image synved-social-image-share\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" style=\"display: inline;width:16px;height:16px;margin: 0;padding: 0;border: none;box-shadow: none\" src=\"https:\/\/ilsr.org\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-media-feather\/synved-social\/image\/social\/regular\/32x32\/twitter.png\" \/><\/a><a class=\"synved-social-button synved-social-button-share synved-social-size-16 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-reddit nolightbox\" data-provider=\"reddit\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Compartir en Reddit\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/submit?url=https%3A%2F%2Filsr.org%2Fwp-json%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fposts%2F43605&#038;title=Zero%20Waste%20to%20Landfill%3F\" style=\"font-size: 0px;width:16px;height:16px;margin:0;margin-bottom:5px;margin-right:5px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"reddit\" title=\"Compartir en Reddit\" class=\"synved-share-image synved-social-image synved-social-image-share\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" style=\"display: inline;width:16px;height:16px;margin: 0;padding: 0;border: none;box-shadow: none\" src=\"https:\/\/ilsr.org\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-media-feather\/synved-social\/image\/social\/regular\/32x32\/reddit.png\" \/><\/a><a class=\"synved-social-button synved-social-button-share synved-social-size-16 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-mail nolightbox\" data-provider=\"mail\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Compartir por correo electr\u00f3nico\" href=\"mailto:?subject=Zero%20Waste%20to%20Landfill%3F&#038;body=Share:%20https%3A%2F%2Filsr.org%2Fwp-json%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fposts%2F43605\" style=\"font-size: 0px;width:16px;height:16px;margin:0;margin-bottom:5px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"mail\" title=\"Compartir por correo electr\u00f3nico\" class=\"synved-share-image synved-social-image synved-social-image-share\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" style=\"display: inline;width:16px;height:16px;margin: 0;padding: 0;border: none;box-shadow: none\" src=\"https:\/\/ilsr.org\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-media-feather\/synved-social\/image\/social\/regular\/32x32\/mail.png\" \/><\/a>","":null,"settings":[]}}]},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Zero Waste to Landfill? 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