Zero Waste Australia

Introduction

Zero Waste Australia Incorporated

ZWA
Inc. is a not-for-profit, non-government organisation, formed to support all
tiers of industry in achieving environmentally and economically efficient and
sustainable systems in all spheres of their activity. See ZWA Aims, Objectives and Core Values

Membership
of ZWA Inc. provides the opportunity for industry to access new economic
benefits. ZWA Inc will endorse the use
of a Zero Waste project logo for any industry project or organisation which pursues
or attempts to pursue any one or more of the Zero Waste Australia Core Values

Zero Waste International Alliance

Zero
Waste Australia Inc. (ZWA Inc.) is a member of the international Zero Waste
Network of organisations (ZWIA: Zero Waste International Alliance) which works
toward the creation of a sustainable and productive future. The ZWIA global network is comprised of
universities, national laboratories, government resources, consulting firms,
businesses, municipalities, the community at large and three tiers of
government.

ZWA
Inc and ZWIA use the following tools in pursuit of their goals: Industrial
Ecology; Life-Cycle Assessments; Design for the Environment; Systems Mapping;
Green Chemistry; Full Cost Accounting; Product Stewardship; Waste Exchanges;
and Environmental Management Systems.