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Fortune.com
28-Jul-2011

6 Green leaders in red states – Ei founder & ZWZ director Holly Elmore is one of six green leaders featured in the profile series. Refer to the ZWZ Blog post, FORTUNE.com Honors Green within the Red, for an article overview.

Earth911.com
12-Jul-2011

Are Your Recyclables Being Recycled? Author Alison Lara explains the underlying reasons for challenges in recycling systems across the nation and why too often the final destination is a landfill. ZWZ Director Holly Elmore is quoted on taking the holographic approach to developing successful recycling systems. Holly also emphasizes the importance of staying optimistic and taking baby steps.

New York Times Front-Page Article
10/20/09

Nudging Recycling From Less Waste to None - Features Steve Simon with Fifth Group and Jon Johnston with Region IV EPA and dedicates a paragraph to Green Foodservice Alliance and ZWZ.

CNN Video and Article
04/06/09

City Aims for Zero Waste - The Zero Waste Zone - Downtown Atlanta is featured in a story that aired prime-time in Europe, Asia and North America markets during Earth Week 2009. On the Saturday before Earth Week the story was list on the CNN.com’s home page. The video received over 132,000 viewings; most stories receive around 30,000 viewings.

National Restaurant Association News Hub
10-Jan-2012

 Sustainability takes off at Atlanta Airport – chronicles the progress made on the Sustainable Food Court Initiative Pilot at the Atlanta Airport.  Emphasizes the magnitude of the compostable packaging provision in the new airport concessionaire contracts.

Nation’s Restaurant News
24-Oct-2011

Atlanta operators reduce waste – Highlights three ZWZ Champions how they found zero waste initiatives easy to implement into operations.

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National Restaurant Association News Hub
24-Oct-2011

Aiming for zero waste brings increased sales to caterer – profiles ZWZ Champion Patrick Cuccaro on how zero waste practices are good for business.

National Restaurant Association News Hub
03-Oct-2011

Sustainable initiative aims to green food courts – features the Sustainable Food Court Initiative with an emphasis on HMSHost’s participation and amazing sustainability commitment.

National Restaurant Association News Hub
07-Oct-2011

Atlanta operators help SC peers aim for zero waste – Gives the macro and micro perspectives on the SC hospitality Atlanta ZWZ tour.

National Restaurant Association News Hub
21-Mar-2011

 NRA, Environmental Group Join Forces for 'Zero Waste' Initiative- The NRA is working with Elemental Impact's Zero Waste Zones to help its members save money by reducing the amount of trash sent to landfills.

Earth911.com
06/07/11

 Why Aren’t Restaurants Recycling?– In his article quotes, Chris Moyer, National Restaurant Association Conserve Program Director, communicates restaurants do want to recycle and education is key to success recycling program participation.  ZWZ Director Holly Elmore is also quoted in the article on the potential cost-savings inherent in recycling the heavier materials, organics and glass.

NRA News Blog
04/25/11

Composting No Longer Fringe Activity for Restaurants - A major deterrent to composting has been the lack of facilities that accept organic restaurant waste and allow it to decompose.  But that obstacle is disappearing as demand soars and many areas speed up the permitting process, explains Holly Elmore, CEO of Zero Waste Zone, an initiative to reduce what’s dumped in landfills.

Audubon Magazine
03/15/11

Kick the Can - Thanks to Atlanta’s Zero Waste Zones food and organic scraps are transformed into nutrient-rich compost used to rejuvenate the soil.

Table 12, the Online Restaurant Community
03/01/11

National Restaurant Association and Elemental Impact’s Zero Waste Zone to Work Together on Restaurant Waste Diversion and Reduction - Joint effort will provide resources for restaurant operators looking to enhance recycling and composting efforts.

Foodservice Equipment Reports
03/01/11

NRA Zeroes in On Waste, Sustainability - Under the umbrella of its “Conserve: Solutions for Sustainability” environmental initiative, the National Restaurant Association has teamed up with an Atlanta-based nonprofit program and a Chicago culinary school in separate efforts to lower restaurant waste and expand sustainability efforts.

Restaurant News Resource
02/24/11

National Restaurant Association and Elemental Impact's Zero Waste Zone to Work Together on Restaurant Waste Diversion and Reduction - Joint effort will provide resources for restaurant operators looking to enhance recycling and composting efforts.

QSRweb.com
02/24/11

NRA Collaboration Aims for Zero Waste - The National Restaurant Association is collaborating with the Atlanta-based Zero Waste Zone program to identify best practices, create resources and measure the impact of perishable organics waste-management efforts in the restaurant industry.

National Restaurant Association: Washington Report
02/24/11

NRA Introduces New Initiative To Reduce Organic Waste - A new National Restaurant Association initiative will help restaurants reduce organic waste and enhance recycling and composting practices. (page four on the pdf)

National Restaurant Association
02/24/11

NRA to Work with Zero Waste Zone to Reduce Organic Waste - A new National Restaurant Association collaboration will help restaurants reduce organic waste and enhance recycling and composting practices.

FastCasual.com
02/24/11

NRA Collaboration Aims for Zero Waste -  The National Restaurant Association is collaborating with the Atlanta-based Zero Waste Zone program to identify best practices, create resources and measure the impact of perishable organics waste-management efforts in the restaurant industry.

Drinks Media Wire
02/24/11

National Restaurant Association and Elemental Impact’s Zero Waste Zone to Work Together on Restaurant Waste Diversion and Reduction - Joint effort will provide resources for restaurant operators looking to enhance recycling and composting efforts.

NRDC.com
12/16/10

Waste is Money Down the Drain - Zero Waste Zones are used as an example of zero waste going large scale. 
Check out the ZWZ Blog post on the article.

Waste & Recycling News
09/22/10

Company’s program plans to increase organics recycling - Announces Harvest Power’s SSO Superhero program. Holly Elmore, ZWZ Director, is featured as the first Superhero profile. SSO = Source Separated Organics

National Restaurant Association News Hub
01-Sep-2010

Compost Your Way to Zero Waste - Discusses the goals of a zero waste restaurant. Holly Elmore, ZWZ Director, is quoted about the first step involved: survey the available resources.

QSRweb.com
06/01/10

The Future of Compostable Packaging for QSRs - ZWZ Director Holly Elmore is cited as an industry expert about the current status and future of compostable packaging in the foodservice industry.

National Restaurant Association News Hub
01-Jun-2010

How Restaurants Minimize Waste - Discusses how waste minimization results in cost-savings. ZWZ Director, Holly Elmore, is prominently quoted about how zero waste initiatives make good business sense.

Waste Age Magazine
04/01/10

Naught ‘lanta - A zero-waste convention zone and ambitious recycling plans show Atlanta is serious about landfill diversion - features the ZWZ-DA with many quotes from Holly Elmore.

Earth911.com
07/13/09

Cities of Change - Atlanta is included in one of five cities of change along with San Francisco, Seattle, Portland and Austin.  Zero Waste Zones are the sole reason for Atlanta’s included in the article.

Comment on the article:
On behalf of the City of Atlanta, we are thrilled to be included in this list. We applaud the incredible work that is being done by Holly Elmore and the Green Food Alliance to realize the Zero Waste Zone. It is revolutionary and making a true difference in Atlanta.
Mandy Mahoney, Director of Sustainability, City of Atlanta

EPA Region IV Newsletter
07/01/09

Zero Waste Zone Project Summary - The article gives an in-depth summary of the ZWZ program, including sections on the Background and Performance & Impact.

Sustainicator Newsletter - July 2009 (107 KB)

EPA Region IV Newsletter
05/01/09

Green Foodservice Alliance - The article introduces the GFA and give an overview of the ZWZ program.

EPA Region IV May Newsletter (758 KB)

BioCycle Magazine
03/01/09

Atlanta Launches Zero Waste Zone - The ZWZ launch is featured in the news around the country section of the March issue.

GreenBiz.com article
02/15/09

Atlanta Declares Itself a 'Zero Waste Zone' - The Zero Waste Zone - Downtown Atlanta is featured in GreenBiz.com.

Treehugger.com article
02/07/09

First Zero Waste Zone in Southeast Announced in Downtown Atlanta - The on-line article applauded Atlanta for its ZWZ initiative and was a launch pad for blog posts around the country.