Zero Waste Consultants LLC

05/13/2020

I don't post here too often, as you can clearly see. I have been busy with the work I have been doing in Seattle - until Covid-19 stalled any interest in the process.

I know it is asking a great deal from grocery stores who are struggling with the increase in business. Their front of the store collection bins is an important effort. I hope the stores realize the significance. While I understand that customers are reluctant to take back your plastic bags, film, and wrap to stores fearing that they may not collect it because of a fear about the safety of their workers.

It has all of us concerned. Please encourage your local grocer to continue their efforts. They sold you the problem; they need to take responsibility for it.

I had innovated a new process that had only just begun to operate when the pandemic shut the world down. I have several early adopters and several committed to the future - when things calm down. Will they calm down? Or do we have to innovate on top of the innovation?

So, now I am attempting to innovate on top of the process I had recently developed. I believe the future is with gig workers, along with cooperation from local waste districts, and the focused concern of people who live in the area.

I am still working on the concept. And, keep in mind, I do not have a need to participate in the entrepreneurial end of the idea. Consider this thinking for an somewhere.

I'm thinking that Instacart drivers and the business itself might be perfectly positioned to be the new storefront recycler.

For a fee, they could return plastic bags, film, and wrap to stores for recycling, or to a local transfer station. That's it. IN Seattle, I have the details of what to do with the material once it is picked up. All I need is a way to get it.

At this point, the interface is undeveloped. Is might be an add-on feature Instacart offers shoppers? Or is it the result of something standalone designed in the mind of a brilliant app developer?

Can we create a new world of contact-free recycling of hard-to-recycle items like soft plastic? I think so! -19

01/08/2020

Currently excited about the progress our group is making with this project. We’ve reengaged all of the major retailers and they should be up-to-speed by February 1. And, even more exciting, I have a solution to bring 150 new outlets on board with a process they have never had.

Recycling right in the new year means no plastic bags or wrap in curbside bins, and keeping recycling empty, clean and dry January 6, 2020 Summary To improve the quality of recycling in Seattle and King County in the new year, customers are asked to keep plastic bags and wrap out of curbside recycli...

10/25/2018

And this is how I save the world - and the companies trying so hard to do the right thing.

Zero Waste: A Possibility or Lip Service? October 21, 2018 zwconsultants Leave a comment Readers might find this title somewhat ironic considering my suggestion that I can help you achieve your zero waste goals.… Continue Reading → Filed under: commercial food waste bans, economic, plastic bag b...