Zero Waste Cities: Urban Strategies from San Francisco and Singapore

With expanding urban populations and evolving consumption patterns, cities are faced with challenges pertaining to waste management. Traditional approaches centered on collection and disposal currently seem inadequate in the face of serious environmental concerns and resource scarcity. Waste management has become a focused topic to address, being introduced as a key strategy towards circular economies. The Zero Waste concept hopes to transform the way cities manage urban waste and build supportive cultures around it.

Zero Waste Cities: Urban Strategies from San Francisco and Singapore
Gardens by the Bay and Marina Bay Sands in Singapore. Image © monticello via Shutterstock Gardens by the Bay and Marina Bay Sands in Singapore. Image © monticello via Shutterstock

With expanding urban populations and evolving consumption patterns, cities are faced with challenges pertaining to waste management. Traditional approaches centered on collection and disposal currently seem inadequate in the face of serious environmental concerns and resource scarcity. Waste management has become a focused topic to address, being introduced as a key strategy towards circular economies. The Zero Waste concept hopes to transform the way cities manage urban waste and build supportive cultures around it.

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