Other Zero Waste Organisations
Zero Waste SA is part of the national and international momentum for adopting and implementing zero waste approaches.
Australian organisations
Australia’s states and territories are steadily developing and implementing strategies guided by the zero waste philosophy.
VIC: The Towards Zero Waste Strategy guides the zero waste actions of Sustainability Victoria.
ACT: Territory and Municipal Services has information on residential collections, recycling and waste services, and waste management for business and industry.
NSW: The Department of Environment and Climate Change recently released a draft NSW Waste Avoidance and Resource Recovery Strategy 2006, updating the 2003 strategy.
QLD: The Environmental Protection Agency has developed the Waste Management Strategy for Queensland.
TAS: The Environment Division of the Department of Tourism, Arts and theEnvironment has developed a Draft Waste Management Strategy for Tasmania.
WA: The Waste Management Board develops waste strategy and policy delivered through its agency Towards Zero Waste.
NT: Waste Management and Resource Recovery in Department of Natural Resources, Environment and The Arts is the Northern Territory’s agency for waste management.
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International Organisations
Zero Waste approaches have also been adopted in many regions, organisations and countries, around the world:
Zero Waste New Zealand: a charitable trust supporting waste minimisation and recycling
New Zealand Business Council for Sustainable Development: focused on achieving zero solid waste in industry
Zero Waste Kovalam Project: a program of Thanal Conservation Action and Information Network, a voluntary public interest research, action and advocacy group based in Kerala, India
Recycling Council of British Columbia: Canada's oldest Recycling Council, has led British Columbia's progressive policy of extended producer responsibility (EPR) programs and other initiatives towards zero waste
Zero Waste International Alliance: working towards a world without waste through public education and practical application of Zero Waste principles (lists more zero waste communities)
Zero Waste Alliance: a US-based non-profit partnership of universities, government, business and other organizations working to develop, promote and apply zero waste strategies
California Integrated Waste Management Board: the State agency designated to oversee, manage, and track the 92 million tons of waste generated each year in California
California Resource Recovery Association: a non-profit membership organization for resource conservation by the people of California
Eco-cycle: working to build zero waste communities since 1976 in Boulder County, Colorado USA
Institute for Local Self-Reliance: the Waste to Wealth program helps communities across the USA solve waste problems
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