
Austin’s 2015 Community Diversion Study
To achieve Austin’s Zero Waste Goal by 2040, the community needs to divert more than 90% of discards from being burned or buried.
In order to measure Austin’s progress towards zero waste, Austin Resource Recovery hired a third-party engineering firm (CB&I) to conduct a comprehensive study of recycling, composting, reduction, donation and other diversion activities at both residences and commercial businesses. View the full 2015 Diversion Report.