To achieve zero waste, municipalities, companies and organizations must develop a strategic and innovative plan that will reduce waste and increase recycling. And then, they must develop an implementation plan to make their zero waste plan a reality. This is exactly what the city of Minneapolis is doing as it progresses forward with its Zero Waste Plan, which was adopted by the City Council on December 8.
The plan was created by the city’s Zero Waste Project Team, which is comprised of staff from the Mayor’s Office, Council Member’s offices, the City Coordinator’s office, the Department of Public Works and the Department of Regulatory Services, and outlines a number of strategies to meet the goal of recycling and composting 50 percent of citywide waste by 2020 and 80 percent by 2030.
