About WasteWise

Special Initiatives

WasteWise has several program challenges and campaigns that target specific materials or industry sectors. These initiatives promote innovative and successful approaches to waste reduction.

WasteWise has special initiatives for:

Organizations can join WasteWise to make a difference, either as a partner, endorser, or both. Partners join to change their own behavior and track their own internal waste reduction efforts, while endorsers are state and local government agencies, trade associations, nonprofit organizations, and businesses that help their members, clients, and constituents realize that reducing solid waste makes good business sense. WasteWise, launched in 1994, has more than 2700 members.

Benefits of Joining

Free technical assistance;
Access to web-based data management tracking tool (WasteWise Re-TRAC);
Opportunity to receive WasteWise Awards that recognize outstanding achievements;
Public recognition in WasteWise publications, case studies, and meetings;
Annual Climate Profile (PDF) (2 pp, 2.1MB, about PDF) describing greenhouse gas reduction;
Reduced purchasing and waste disposal costs; and
Outreach and educational materials.

Eligibility

US businesses, local governments, and non-profit organizations of all sizes and from all industry sectors can join WasteWise. WasteWise partners range from small local governments and nonprofit organizations to large, multinational corporations.

The WasteWise Endorser Program engages state and local government agencies, trade associations, nonprofit organizations, and businesses to help educate their members and constituents about the benefits of reducing solid waste.

Reporting

The WasteWise Re-TRAC System | PDF Version (2 pp, 653K, about PDF) is a new data management and reporting system for WasteWise partners to collect, organize, analyze, and report their municipal solid waste information. WasteWise partners may log into the WasteWise Re-TRAC system to view and edit organization information, track waste reduction activities, and to generate summary reports, including the WasteWise Climate Profile report.

Program Focus

WasteWise promotes the prevention and recycling of municipal solid waste and select industrial materials. Municipal solid waste includes materials that could end up in an organization's (or its customers') trash.

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