{"id":8631,"date":"2017-12-12T03:19:35","date_gmt":"2017-12-12T11:19:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/routeware.com\/blog\/recyclist-in-waste-dive\/"},"modified":"2025-05-06T12:47:14","modified_gmt":"2025-05-06T19:47:14","slug":"recyclist-in-waste-dive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/routeware.com\/en_gb\/blog\/recyclist-in-waste-dive\/","title":{"rendered":"Recyclist in Waste Dive: When and How to Use the Term &#8216;Zero Waste&#8217; \u2014 and When to Avoid It"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>While the term \u201czero waste\u201d may sound fairly straightforward, communicating the meaning of a zero waste pledge can be a bit more challenging. With numerous stakeholders \u2014 including residents, city officials, haulers and landfill operators \u2014 who may react differently to the term, how can you broach the idea of a zero waste goal? Ultimately, it\u2019s all about the context: to make a zero waste commitment stick, your messaging must resonate within your community and bring key players on board.<\/p>\n<p>In our new op-ed, out today in Waste Dive, we\u00a0spoke with several leaders who have taken divergent approaches in moving their communities toward zero waste. While they may use different language, they all share the same goal. We believe that\u2019s what matters most.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wastedive.com\/news\/zero-waste-pledge-confusion-opinion\/512638\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read the full op-ed in Waste Dive.<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While the term \u201czero waste\u201d may sound fairly straightforward, communicating the meaning of a zero waste pledge can be a bit more challenging. With numerous stakeholders \u2014 including residents, city officials, haulers and landfill operators \u2014 who may react differently to the term, how can you broach the idea of a zero waste goal? Ultimately, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":5062,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-8631","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","resourcetype-blog"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/routeware.com\/en_gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8631","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/routeware.com\/en_gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/routeware.com\/en_gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/routeware.com\/en_gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/routeware.com\/en_gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8631"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/routeware.com\/en_gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8631\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/routeware.com\/en_gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5062"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/routeware.com\/en_gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8631"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}