What We Do                        Reminder - NE Ohio program ends Sept. 5th

ZeroLandfill is an award winning beneficial reuse program held in NE Ohio that supports the supply needs of local artists and arts educators while reducing pressure on local landfill capacity.  Since 2006, the ZeroLandfill project team has assisted the architectural and interior design community in identifying, diverting from local landfills, and re-purposing back into the community thousands of pounds of specification samples that hold value for other audiences.  As a community of practice, ZeroLandfill projects inspired by the NE Ohio experience are at work in a number of cities across the country this year.  

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What We Need

Expired specification samples such as :  

CARPET TILES and BOOKS                   

PAINT DECKS and LAMINATE CHIPS       

UPHOLSTERY SWATCHES  and MEMOS

VINYL and RUBBER FLOORING SAMPLES

BRICK - TILE - STONE  SAMPLES

WALLCOVERING BOOKS and MEMOS

THREE RING BINDERS                                  

GLASS and METAL SAMPLES

Who We Serve 

Historically, expired specification samples   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 to collect these materials and then identifies local audiences who find value in these materials as studio supplies or classroom materials.  

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
2008 Donors and Recipients