2. GAIA is a worldwide alliance of more than 600 grassroots groups, non-governmental organizations, and individuals in over 82 countries whose ultimate vision is a just, toxic-free world without incineration. Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives Also Global Anti-Incinerator Alliance
4. What is Waste? Paper, Plastic, Metals, Food Scraps Communities, Jobs, Ways of Life Cars, Computers, Homes The U.S. Consumes 30% of the World’s Resources, Emits 22% of the World’s GHG emissions and Produces 30% of the World’s Waste
5. What is Climate Justice? 4 R’s: Reduce, Re-use, Recycle, Redesign 4 R’s of Climate Justice Reduce Scale & Intensity of Industrial Systems Resist Corporate Control & False Solutions Reclaim Community Control of Resources Redesign equitable, closed - loop and community-scale economies
6. DISCARDED MATERIALS Ash Landfill MIX INCINERATE S E P A R A T E Reuse Recycle Compost Toxic Removal Screening Facility Residue Landfill BETTER INDUSTRIAL DESIGN P.I.P Fraction MIX Raw Waste Landfill
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10. INCINERATION: Burning Valuable Resources Over 90 % of discarded materials burned in incinerators or dumped in landfills can be re-used, recycled or composted The rest probably should probably not be made in the first place: toxic, poor design
19. Solutions: Turning Waste to Work Recycling provides a minimum of 10 times as many jobs as landfills/incineration Source: Institute for Local Self-Reliance, www.ilsr.org/recycling
20. Current Recycling Jobs 1.1 million jobs nationally (as of 2001) 85,000 jobs in California 37 Billion dollar industry San Francisco leading the U.S. with 75% recycling rate Aiming for Zero Waste by 2020 Source: Recycling Economic Information Study, R.W. Beck, 2001
21. Who decides ? Key Questions Two Models for Decision Making Who Are the Real Experts? Citizens & Workers Solution Ask Experts to Design Solution Citizens can live with Decision Makers Experts Solution Public Hearings PUBLIC PR etc. Persuade public that the solution is good for them
23. There are over 15 million waste workers around the world Stop the Privatization of Waste
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25. The Recycling Works! campaign brings together waste workers, community and environmental justice activists to create recycling programs that generate good jobs, combat climate change, create energy independence, and revitalize community health.
26. World’s Largest Incinerator US Social Forum Detroit Mass Demonstration In Solidarity with Communities around the World
