GAIA Zero Waste MasterPlan - Flipbook - Page 89
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Guarantee equitable access to all resources.
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Shift decision-making power to communities,
particularly those most impacted by injustice.
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Create jobs for workers that pay familysustaining wages and benefits.
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Guarantee occupational safety and health
at recycling sorting operations, compost
facilities, collections, and throughout the
local waste system.
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Generate cultural changes towards
sustainability and respect for resources.
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Ensure that interventions in one community
do not harm a community somewhere else.
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Understand current patterns of consumption
and disposal as part of a larger extractive
supply chain.
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Engage communities in a way that meets
them where they are, physically and in
terms of background knowledge on waste,
sustainability, and city planning.
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Make accommodations for disability and
access.
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Hold polluters - particularly those who cause
disproportionate harm - accountable for
course-correcting their actions.
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Embody values of shared responsibility,
justice, and sustainability.
©Breathe Free Detroit
Zero waste is far more
than just a means
towards environmental
goals, but rather, a
holistic tool of social
intervention towards
well-being for all.
This chapter examines the role of zero waste in
building a just transition and outlines actions
that municipalities can take in ensuring their
transition to zero waste is grounded in justice.
