Urban Ore is a mission-driven, for-profit, reuse enterprise located in Berkeley, California. Urban Ore started with no capital and has developed a system for handling 230 categories of reusable goods, delivered to its facility by over 100 vehicles per day. Materials are sorted quickly, cleaned as needed, and put out for sale. Current income from reuse … Read more
ZWY USA is the San Francisco Bay Area Chapter of the international organization Zero Waste Youth. We are a group of students and young professionals aiming to develop and promote concepts for a Zero Waste future through waste reduction, reuse, and source separated recycling and composting to conserve our natural resources. This organization strives to … Read more
The Michigan Recycling Coalition fosters sustainability by leading, educating, and mobilizing business, government, nonprofit, and individuals to advance their own and collective resource use and recovery initiatives in Michigan. https://www.michiganrecycles.org/
The National Stewardship Action Council (NSAC) is a network of committed proponents comprised of governments, non-government organizations, businesses, and consumers who advocate that producers fairly share responsibility in a circular economy. NSAC supports Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) to conserve resources, reduce costs to local governments, create jobs in remanufacturing, and provide a circular economy. NSAC’s … Read more
Race to Zero Waste is a nonprofit that brings the vision of Zero Waste to reality by putting sustainability in action! Race to Zero Waste (R20W) is devoted to education and outreach on zero waste principles through straightforward actions such as reuse, source reduction, re-earth, and avoidance of single-use plastics. R20W is committed to upholding … Read more
Zero Waste Hawai’i Island is a community group whose mission is to promote equitable waste reduction through education, advocacy and system (re)design. https://www.facebook.com/groups/1866349176732419
The Indiana Recycling Coalition is a statewide not-for-profit organization, founded in 1989, with the mission to strengthen the circular economy in Indiana through waste reduction, reuse, recycling, and composting. https://indianarecycling.org/
Upstream was founded in 2003 as a public-interest, non-profit organization by a group of Zero Waste activists in the US and Canada. While working together in the 1990s, these leaders felt too many environmental groups were only focused on “downstream” or “end of pipe” solutions like recycling and composting. But they knew we can’t recycle … Read more
The Illinois Recycling Association (IRA), a not-for-profit organization, was formed in 1980 as the Illinois Association of Recycling Centers. The name was changed to IRA in 1990. In 2020, the Association successfully split into two united but separate organizations to better address members’ needs: The Illinois Recycling Association remains the 501(c)6 legislative division, working on … Read more
Upcyclers Network is to amplify the impact of businesses and organizations that transform recycled, recovered, and discarded material into value added products and materials. This UPcycler industry drives the market PULL that is integral to the health of and continued investment in our resource recovery infrastructure and lays the foundation for the circular production model … Read more