Zero Waste Conference to be held in Atlanta May 7th and 8th

Learn how you can 'create value through zero waste' at the 3rd annual US Zero Waste Business Council conference.

A few highlights:

• Zero Waste Business Successes
• Metrics and Measuring Zero Waste
• Vendor Relations for Zero Waste
• Marketing Zero Waste
• Developing Zero Waste Infrastructure
• How to Certify your business Zero Waste through USZWBC

Check out the full program here.

And find out how to certify your zero waste business though the USZWBC.

It is not zero fat, but at least it is zero waste

Using recycling and waste-to-energy programs, Hershey has attaned "Zero-Waste-to-Landfill" (ZWL) at 4 of its facilities, inculding 3 manufacturing plants.

General Motors has nearly 80 landfill-free manufacturing facilities, Kraft has 36, and now the Hershey Company is building a portfolio of zero-waste-to-landfill sites. As of this month, the company has four zero-waste facilities in Pennsylvania.

Read more at GreenBiz

Read the press release at Hershey