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Earth Day Part 1: DC isn't achieving its sustainability goals wrt waste diversion

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

I've written about DC's waste practices for years (" More on zero waste practice and DC ," 2015). Detached housing neighborhoods tend to generate a lot more yard waste than rowhouse neighborhoods. It's important, but hard to do at scale when you only focus on food waste. It's boutique, not substantive.

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Master planning for solid waste | Creating a VV equivalent for solid waste management and service operating at the metropolitan scale

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

In solid waste, it means that the agency only plans wrt residential waste pickup for houses of 1-4 units. In terms of overall waste reduction planning, it's essential to include all properties in a jurisdiction within planning (" More on zero waste practice (and DC) ," 2015). WRT solid waste and recycling it's pretty much the same.