The government announced that the city would be zero-carbon, powered entirely by renewable energy, car-free, and produce net-zero waste.
Mike Rumbles MSP, Scottish Liberal Democrat environment spokesman, said that the SNP Government should work towards a zero waste Scotland.
From its zero waste goals to eco-friendly vehicles like the Chevy Volt, GM is keeping its eye on eco-friendly innovation.
Mr Harper said without the proper leadership and commitment from the Scottish government the Zero Waste Plan would be "a waste of paper itself".
Lights in the warehouse are now green fluorescents, scraps and rainwater runoff are reused, and the LEED-certified factory is aiming for zero waste.
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The principle of zero waste includes persuading participants to buy materials which can be repaired, reused or recycled and not buying goods which are overly-packaged.
She said it announced a waste review last summer that still had not been published and added the Conservatives had abandoned any hope of achieving a "zero waste" Britain.
The plan aims to reduce the amount of waste Scotland produces, encourage the reuse of valuable resources and increase recycling levels in an effort to become a zero waste society.
Today, as an organising member of the Zero Waste International Alliance, his campaign to encourage recycling and waste reduction has led to 117 municipalities across Italy closing incinerators and committing to zero-waste strategies.
Liberal Democrat MSP Liam McArthur tabled an amendment in which he regretted the delay in the publication of the Zero Waste Plan and recognised the necessity of meeting EU landfill diversion targets in order to avoid potentially punitive fines.
Rossano Ercolini convinced Naples - a city gripped by a long-running waste crisis - to adopt zero-waste goals.
Waitrose, the U.K.-based supermarket chain, in October achieved its goal of sending zero food waste to landfills.
The second thing I noticed: Meals were pretty much zero-waste, with reusable plates and real silverware offered to all diners.
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They decided to give it to Desso Aviation, a carpet company with a zero-waste, 100% biodegradable approach known as "cradle-to-cradle".
An environmental campaigner, considered to be the driving force behind Italy's zero-waste movement, is one of the winners of the 2013 Goldman Prize.
Wal-Mart, the world's biggest retailer, set up an ambitious programme in 2005 with the long-term aim of becoming a zero-waste, renewably powered enterprise.
Achieve zero chemical waste to landfill by 2020.
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Customers want immediate results, and they waste zero time tweeting or posting their frustrations.
When completed, it will be one of the first net-zero energy and net-zero water-waste buildings in the country.
The end game is 100% for things like recycling and other positive attributes, and zero for bad attributes like waste, CO2 emissions, etc.
Atlantis is also carrying up to a million microscopic worms as part of an experiment to help scientists understand why human muscles waste away in zero gravity.
Like the first book, the new book surveys the hot spots in the clean tech space, which include net-zero energy green buildings, advanced waste heat technologies for combined heat and power and several other technologies.
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Spend zero time trying to win them over, she says, as is just a total waste of headspace.
Tesco says the "Buy One, Get One Free Later" is part of a wider goal to turn it into a zero carbon business by 2050 and increase low carbon choices for customers, reducing the amount of household waste.
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