Flore Berlingen- Zero Waste Cities: From Collaboration to Transition

Flore Berlingen

• Flore Berlingen • Zero Waste France/OuiShare• @FloreBerlin

Zero Waste Cities: From Collaboration to Transition

Zero Waste Cities:From

Collaboration To Transition

Flore Berlingen @FloreBerlin @ZeroWasteFR

More Acceptable?

More Acceptable?“Unacceptabl

e!”

“How can one be so

disrespectful?”

“They need a proper waste management system”

“Crisis”“Mafia”

Problem solved?

More Acceptable?

30% of EU municipal waste

(our garbage bins)

Any better?

Toxic residues from the purification of fumes : From 25 to 50 kg /ton

Residues from incineration (clinker) ≃ 300 kg / ton

© E

xposition Matière G

rise, 2014

Peak oil,Peak minerals,

Peak… everything.

To a RESSOURCES crisis

From a WASTE crisis

From a RESSOURCES crisis To a CLIMATE

crisis Less

ressources available

(especially metal)

More energy needed to

extract them

More energy needed

More ressources (especially metal) needed to produce

it

© R

eporterre

Zero Waste

RedesignReduce ReuseRecycle

“If we can not reuse it, compost it or recycle it, then we should not be making it”

RETHINK | Ecodesign + modularity

REDUCE | Zero packaging shops

REUSE | Deposit systems

RECYCLE | Sorting + Separate collection

COMPOST | also in urban areas

Good news! It’s already

happening…

TREVISO 53

kg/hab/year.

CAPANNORI -57% in 5

years

HERNANI A revolution

within 2 years

SAN FRANCISCO recycles/

composts 80%

Cooperative principles

From a wastepickers group...

… to an employee-owned company

A monopoly controlled by citizens

Collaborative dynamics

we need everyone.

ZERO WASTE Cities

TRANSITION Towns

Main goal : Zero Waste - mastering what goes in and

out

Main goal : Resilience, in response to energy and climate

crisis

Action plan - first step approach

Positive appeal

Inclusion

Contact :Flore Berlingen - +33 6 16 543 770 flore@zerowastefrance.org@FloreBerlin

Join us at the first Zero Waste

Festival! June 30th, July 1st and 2nd

2016Cabaret Sauvage