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    • Overview >
      • Climate Ready Missoula Plan
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      • Heat + Health Risks
      • Staying Cool
      • Shade
    • Smoke + Wildfires >
      • Health Risks
      • Clean Indoor Air
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      • Mental Health
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Zero Waste

Home ReSource, Zero Waste Missoula, and City of Missoula have led a community-wide effort to publish a ZERO by FIFTY Missoula website, our community's one-stop shop for all things waste. Check it out for information on the plan, service providers, events, and a tool to answer all of your "how do I recycle this?" questions.   

And so you know, our pals at Home ReSource are the zero waste experts. Check out what they do here.
Waste is responsible for ~ 5% of our community's greenhouse gas emissions.


 Some Important Takeaways from the ZERO by FIFTY Plan:
  • Missoula has a major need to improve its waste system – we recover only 20 percent of our total waste.
  • The major challenge: lack of competition among trash services. Republic Services serves a majority of Missoula and operates the only landfill. “Lack of competition creates little incentive to offer lower rates or expand services.”
  • A grassroots coalition called Zero Waste Missoula generated momentum for the Mayors declaration of Moving Missoula to Zero Waste Month. Grassroots mobilization can achieve institutional change!
  •  Zero Waste Missoula drafted a Zero Waste resolution that was adopted by the council in February 2016. The policy commits the City to creating a Zero Waste plan to achieve 90% waste reduction by 2050, with interim goals of 30% by 2025 and 60% by 2040.
  • To draft the plan, City staff and a community nonprofit partner Home ReSource formed the ZERO by FIFTY leadership team. 
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Interested in learning more about the ZERO by FIFTY process? Check out the full report here.  
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