What We Do (beneficial reuse)

ZeroLandfill is a summer long beneficial reuse program held in NE Ohio that supports local artists and arts educators while reducing pressure on local landfill capacity.

Since 2005, the ZeroLandfill project team has assisted the architectural and interior design community in identifying, diverting from local landfills, and repurposing back into the community nearly 50,000 pounds of specification waste that holds value for other audiences. 

ZeroLandfill NE Ohio was recently recognized by the COSE Arts Network with an Arts, Business, and Innovation Award.

What We Need (specification waste)

CARPET SAMPLES AND BOOKS                                 

PAINT DECKS AND LAMINATE CHIPS        

UPHOLSTERY SWATCHES  AND MEMOS

VINYL AND RUBBER FLOORING SAMPLES

BRICK - TILE - STONE  SAMPLES

WALLCOVERING BOOKSAND MEMOS

THREE RING BINDERS                                                               

GLASS AND METAL SAMPLES

PAPER AND BOUND MATERIALS 

Who We Serve (artists and arts educators)

Historically, specification samples such as the items listed above have ended up in the waste stream at the end of their useful life.  ZeroLandfill collaborates with members of the interior design and architectural community and identifies local audiences who find value in these materials as supply items or feedstock sources for their work.

Recipients of ZeroLandfill materials range from local artists and arts educators to local recyclers.  The need to transport and dispose of these products in landfills is reduced dramatically or avoided altogether. In fact, less than 5% of the materials collected by ZeroLandfill in 2007 entered the solid waste stream.

2008 Project Schedule                                   2008 Project Location