Many regions of the U.S. and Canada are striving to achieve ambitious improvements in waste disposal reduction, especially in response to the adoption of zero waste policies as discussed in my May and June 2014 columns ("When nothing is something, parts 1 and 2"). One key strategy for achieving these goals is to identify segments of a community that have underperforming waste recovery programs or don't have access to the services these programs require for success. A prime example: multi-family dwellings, especially those with five or more housing units.
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