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Climate Change and Waste: Reducing Waste Can Make a Difference
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Rising levels of gases in the Earth's atmosphere are causing changes in our climate, and some of these changes can be traced to solid waste. The manufacture, distribution, and use of products—as well as management of the resulting waste—all result in emissions of atmospheric gases that affect the Earth's climate. Waste prevention and recycling are real ways to help control climate change.
This folder and its series of fact sheets address the links between climate change and municipal solid waste management.
- Climate Change and Waste: Reducing Waste Can Make a Difference [Kit Folder] (PDF) (6 pp, 284 KB)
- Cover Up with Compost [Fact Sheet] (PDF) (2 pp, 469 KB)
- Cutting-Edge Software to Cut Emissions [Fact Sheet] (PDF) (2 pp, 470 KB)
- Getting on the Books with Waste Reduction [Success Story] (PDF) (2 pp, 456 KB)
- Pay-As-You-Throw: A Cooling Effect on Climate Change [Program Snapshot] (PDF) (2 pp, 263 KB)
- Recycling the Hard Stuff [Fact Sheet] (PDF) (2 pp, 459 KB)
- Turning Garbage into Gold [Success Story] (PDF) (2 pp, 424 KB)
- WasteWise:
Climate Benefits from Reducing Waste [Program Snapshot] (PDF) (2 pp, 111 KB)