Residents urge Ithaca City to add zero-waste measures to Climate Action Plan; commission agrees to explore language

Residents and local advocates told the Ithaca City Sustainability Commission on Nov. 5 that the city—s draft Climate Action Plan should explicitly include zero-waste and solid-waste reduction measures. Speakers said such steps are low-cost, locally implementable and would yield visible community engagement even if waste accounts for a small share of city greenhouse-gas emissions.