Cities and regions approaching zero waste (with Andrew Marr & Joâo Bernardo Casali)

More and more cities and regions across the planet choose to go for zero waste. In this episode, you'll learn more about the challenges and solutions of two of those places: Vancouver, Canada and the Noronha, Brazil. Guests are Andrew Marr of Metro Vancouver and Joâo Bernardo Casali (@jbcasali) of Ionica (@ionicalab). Andrew Marr, Metro Vancouver gives us a better picture of the types of challenges that generally pop-up on a city's zero waste journey. Joâo Bernardo Casali of the B-corp Ionica shares the journey of Noronha, the first Brazilian territory to ban all single-use plastic items - at once. Learn more about critical actions as cities and regions turn to zero waste: the importance of public-private partnerships (and a textbook example of a successful one!); of gathering key stakeholders under one vision; moving beyond the traditional EPR (extended producer responsibility) and pushing for more far-reaching bans and legislations; as well as the challenges of reaching beyond the low-hanging fruits of waste-diversion and much more. ======== CALL TO ACTION! - Read this publication "The Zero Waste Masterplan - A Guide to Building Just and Resilient Zero Waste Cities" by GAIA US and Canada. https://www.paperturn-view.com/us/gaia/gaia-zero-waste-masterplan?pid=MTE115576 - Listen to our Zero Waste Trends in Europe podcast episode. Especially with the interview with Juan Marc Simon. He talks about reuse being an essential part of the zero waste vision. https://soundcloud.com/lovezerowaste/zero-waste-trends-in-europe ======== THANK YOU! Thank you to Raiffeisen Nachhaltigkeits-Initiative / Raiffeisen Sustainability Initiative for supporting the making of this episode! Your support means a lot to us! Thank you! Read more about their work here, https://www.raiffeisen.at/nachhaltigkeit/de/start.html. ======== SOURCES Metro Vancouver food loss and waste strategy for Canada, http://www.metrovancouver.org/metroupdate/issue-43/611/NZWC%20releases%20food%20loss%20and%20waste%20strategy Metro Vancouver waste management, http://www.metrovancouver.org/services/solid-waste/recycling-programs/food-scraps-recycling/residents/Pages/default.aspx Regulatory approaches for priority plastic wastes, http://www.nzwc.ca/Documents/RegulatoryApproachesforPriorityPlasticWastes.pdf Ionica's website, https://www.ionica.cc Noronha Plastico Zero’s website, http://www.noronhaplasticozero.com.br/ "25 cities committed to going zero waste", The Guardian https://api.nationalgeographic.com/distribution/public/amp/travel/lists/zero-waste-eliminate-sustainable-travel-destination-plastic "From no recycling to zero waste: how Ljubljana rethought its rubbish" Ljubljana, Slovenia (The Guardian) https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2019/may/23/zero-recycling-to-zero-waste-how-ljubljana-rethought-its-rubbish "'No-waste' Japanese village is a peek into carbon-neutral future" Kamikatsu, Japan (The Guardian) https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/20/no-waste-japanese-village-is-a-peek-into-carbon-neutral-future Capannori, Italy (Zero Waste Europe) https://zerowasteeurope.eu/portfolio/zero-waste-italy/ "How zero waste Bandung help push for national waste targets in Indonesia", UPBB, http://ypbbblog.blogspot.com/2020/09/zero-waste-cities-dorong-target.html?m=1 ======== SUPPORT LOVE ZERO WASTE! Please, support our work by sharing it with the world! Subscribe to the show, and tell your friends to listen. To help us create more podcast episodes, consider donating through www.PayPal.me/lovezerowaste or www.patreon.com/lovezerowaste. Thank you! ======== CREDITS Hosts and creators: Malin Leth & Evelina Lundqvist Jingle: Michael Steinkellner, www.merlinnsound.com Initiators of the Love Zero Waste community: Evelina Lundqvist & Alexandra Poetz Love Zero Waste is a collaboration between Circulous, www.circulous.biz and The Good Tribe, www.thegoodtribe.com.