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What Does Zero Waste Mean?

October 24, 2024 by Sari Leave a Comment

Zero waste—Are you kidding me? How is that even a thing? But it is, and it’s not as crazy as you may think.

Filed Under: Blog, Featured, Working Groups, Zero Waste Tagged With: circular economy, composting, consumption, recycle, reduce, reuse, zero waste

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