Can businesses actually help solve Californias garbage problem?
California law required local governments to reduce waste by 50 percent (from 1990 levels) by the year 2000 and to maintain a 50 percent reduction level. There are approximately one million businesses in California and they generate nearly half of all of California’s waste. If all California businesses took the waste reduction steps WRAP award winners have, there would be a tremendous drop in the amount of waste going to landfills. In fact, WRAP winners in 2000 reported a reduction in landfill deliveries of more than 5.6 million tons! Because of California’s shortage of long-term landfill space, many local governments are predicting continuing increases in disposal costs. By reducing waste, businesses are avoiding millions of dollars in disposal costs.
