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Thanks to everyone who helped us achieve a great result this summer. During 9 Harvest days held in MidTown Cleveland, 50,160 pounds of creative materials no longer needed by local interior design and architecture firms were diverted from the waste stream and returned to the community for use as supplies in artist studios and classrooms. Only 1.2% of… Continue

Connections are the first step to success. Through an introduction made by E4S following a June network meeting in Akron, The Taylor Companies and BeeDance began to probe new connections in the local economy to help support Taylor's goal of becoming a Zero Waste manufacturer. BeeDance's methodology of creating new material flows in the economy is based on the premise that in nature, waste is created but nothing is wasted. Taylor generates and disposes of an estimated 30,000 pounds of scrap wood… Continue

ZeroLandfill returns to Cleveland on June 19th and opens another season of material collection and distribution for local artists, arts educators, urban gardeners, and crafters. Now in its fourth year, the work of ZeroLandfill is centered on diverting from the waste stream items and materials that are misclassified as waste by one industry and repurposing them as viable economic assets for other local audiences. Learn more about the work of ZeroLandfill nationwide… Continue