Trash Talking: Why Zero Waste matters for people & the planet
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Waste systems in the US cost us dearly, with communities around trash incinerators and landfills dealing with air, soil, and water pollution and planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions. We pay the price (literally and figuratively) with damage to our environment and impacts on our health. Zero Waste is the solution but government at every level is failing to act.
What is Zero Waste? How do we achieve it? What are the barriers and how do we overcome them?
Cancer researcher and environmental activist Dr. Courtney Williams will talk about the health and environmental impacts of continuing to incinerate and landfill municipal trash. She’ll also discuss industry myths, greenwashing, zero waste strategies, and how we can push for systemic change. For years, Courtney has led a movement to shut down the large 40 year old Wheelabrator incinerator in Peekskill where she lives. She holds a PhD, and is founder of Westchester Alliance for Sustainable Solutions (WASS) which advocates for the closure of Westchester County's largest industrial air polluter, the Wheelabrator trash incinerator in Peekskill, NY.
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Photo credit: Jim Striebich/PeekskillHerald.com