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WasteWise Communities Campaign
Welcome to WasteWise Communities!
WasteWise Communities is a WasteWise campaign in support of local governments to reduce residential municipal solid waste and its impact on climate change.
Waste prevention and recycling conserve valuable natural resources, including:
- land by diverting waste from landfills;
- water by minimizing water-intensive production processes; and,
- trees for paper products and the other "disposable" materials we use in our daily lives.
Waste reduction also helps to mitigate global climate change. Every stage of a product's life cycle—extraction, manufacturing, distribution, use, and disposal—contributes directly or indirectly to climate change. WasteWise works with municipalities to decrease greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by providing tools and resources that help communities seeking economically-viable solutions that reduce waste and the impacts of climate change.
