A World Without Landfills? It’s Closer than You Think
http://www.nationofchange.org/world-without-landfills-it-s-closer-you-think-1366465711
There is a growing global movement to significantly reduce the amount of trash we produce as communities, cities, countries and even regions. Its called the zero-waste movement, and it received a major boost this week as two of its leaders were awarded the prestigious Goldman Environmental Prize.
Nohra Padilla and Rossano Ercolini are two of the winners of this years Goldman Prize, which awards $150,000 to each of six grassroots environmentalists who have achieved great impact, often against great odds. On the surface, Padilla and Ercolini seem to have little in common. Padilla is a grassroots recycleralso known as a waste pickerfrom the embattled city of Bogotá, Colombia. Ercolini is an elementary school teacher from the rustic farmlands of Capannori, Italy.
Though their experiences are different, they share a common cause: organizing to reduce the amount of trasheverything from cans and bottles to cell phones and apple coresthat ends up buried in landfills or burned in incinerators.