A quick glimpse through my resource-efficient lifestyle that anyone can take part in.

1. The Power of IdeasMy ‘Waste Less’
‘Share More’
Journey
Presented to RECYCLING WEBINAR
Jacquie Ottman
June 1, 2017

2. Dumpster diver, age 4
Green Marketing Expert
since 1989
Now‘NYC Zero Waste
Influencer’
Author of 5 books,
working on a 6th...
Jacquie Ottman

4. Questions, Questions, Questions
What does a resource-efficient
lifestyle that people want to live
look like?

5. …a global community living‘resource-fully’ today
Conversations and Co-Creation
for Sustainable Living
WeHateToWaste.com

16. What I’m Doing to Promote Sharing

21. How to Measure Success

23. How to Measure Success?
Recycling rate? And/Or…
Reuse Index % consumption that represents used versus new?

24. How to Measure Success?
Recycling rate? And/Or…
Product Longevity Index How long does a typical ‘basketful’ of
products last here versus other cities?

25. How to Measure Success?
Recycling rate? And/Or…
Sharing Index % of products used in a household over the
course of a year are not owned but shared, borrowed, etc.?

26. How to Measure Success?
Recycling rate? And/Or…
Connectedness Index # of our neighbors each of us interacts
with over the course of a month?

27. Contact me
Jacquie Ottman
JAOttman @ Green Marketing. Com
212 879 4160
We Hate To Waste.com

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29. Why I’m Excited About Sharing
Reduces Waste
Enhances community
Saves money/ Promotes economic resilience
Conducive to Cities (70% of global Pop’n)
--Promotes waste?? (buying other things??)

30. Why I’m Excited About Sharing
Roots in America yet Millennial-friendly
Pot-luck suppers – Leftover Pooling
Maker Movement
Sharing Economy facilitated by digital tech
Growing interest in buying secondhand/pre-
owned, vintage
Cities, co-housing
‘Less is more’mentality

31. Why I’m Excited About Sharing
Businesses Looking for New Business Models
Second hand /pre-owned
Sharing Economy, Renting

32. Why I’m Excited About Sharing
Governments Looking for New Solutions
Stop N Swaps – cuts down on waste; enhances
economic resilience
Community reduces social isolation, enhances
security, promotes

34. How To Get Folks Excited about Sharing
Benefits can sell itself
– Who doesn’t like free stuff?
Saves money
New ways to interact, social occasions
New business models
New ways to get access to stuff you might not normally
be able to access/ afford