Zero Waste and Sustainability Consulting for Businesses — Locally and Virtually
Helping businesses eliminate waste, cut costs, and build circular systems. Based in Truckee-Tahoe, serving clients everywhere.
About Us
At Waste Free Tahoe, we help businesses of all sizes reduce waste, lower costs, and design sustainable operations. Led by sustainability expert Maria Paz Lopez Godoy, we combine local knowledge with national reach — offering both in-person and virtual consulting to meet your needs wherever you are.
Let’s create smarter, waste-free systems together.
Our Services
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Waste Audit and Assessment
Identify waste hotspots, streamline operations, and uncover cost savings.
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Zero Waste Program Design
Build sustainable processes tailored to your business goals.
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Zero Waste Event Consulting
Make your event truly sustainable with expert guidance from start to finish.
Ready to Build a Smarter, Waste-Free Operation?
Let’s talk about how we can help your business thrive sustainably.
Who we serve
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Get started on your journey with our Zero Waste starter kit. With a mini audit will find your waste diversion rate and identify opportunities for waste reduction. We will also train your staff so they know exactly what to do, and set up your waste stations in the right place with the right signage for maximum waste diversion
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Whether you are holding a small mixer or a large festival, we can help you. We’ll make sure your waste diversion is set up as efficiently as possible, your staff is trained and your vendors play along. At the end, we’ll measure the event’s impact and help you communicate it to your audience.
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We’ll get you started on your waste reduction journey or we’ll build upon what’s been done. We know how hard it is to maintain a large scale sustainability program, so we’ll do it for you instead. Whether you need an audit or a reporting system, we got you. We’ll identify savings, cost reduction opportunities, and implement the actions that will get you to your goal.
Cut Costs
The average business spends at least 2% of revenue on waste to landfill disposal
30-90% of the materials in waste to landfill could be recycled or composted
Tipping fees for waste to landfill have been steadily increasing in the last 5 years
Comply with regulations
In the U.S. there currently are 975 regulations regarding plastic waste alone
AB 1426, SB1383
Satisfy customers
Products that make ESG claims average 8% more cumulative sales growth than those who don’t
It only takes 4 easy steps
Fill out a short form about your business’ operations
Set up an on-site walk-through to identify challenges and discuss goals
Receive personalized report with findings and opportunities
Work with WFT to achieve your goals
Guides & Toolkits
Not ready to commit yet?
We get it, starting something new can be scary.
We promise we’ll make it seem really easy, and in the meantime…
Check out our guides and toolkits to help you start your zero waste journey, wherever you are.
These guides have been created based on our extensive expertise and experience and client success stories.
Carefully following these steps will get you 80% of the way there.
