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Waste Reduction & Diversion

01 Waste Reduction & Diversion · 196 edit slice
69
orgs
214
activities
32
strategies
AZ
epicenter
the opening take
This slice touches 69 organizations and 214 activities — AZULITA PROJECT, SEDONA RECYCLES, GOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY, THE SONORAN INSTITUTE and others. Activity concentrates in Arizona (88%) and California (12%). The field's most common shared approach is "Antivenom Access Network", run by 1 orgs.
AZULITA PROJECT and SEDONA RECYCLES hold roughly a third of all activity — know those first.
pull-quote · for funders
who to look at first

shortlist

Ranked by activity breadth, method diversity, and network reach across the slice. Attach a memo to this report and this list re-ranks around your intent.

where this slice is thin

gap signals

Concrete structural gaps — method mix, geographic concentration, coalition density, funder diversity. Evidence is cited from the slice's own numbers.

where the field lives · works

geography

Orange headquarters dots are sized by how many grantees are based in the state. Green circles mark real locations these orgs say they serve — from city-level populations in this slice's impact_map_populations data. Toggle layers at the bottom right.

regional breakdown · hq density
Arizona 88% · 61 orgs
California 12% · 8 orgs
gap signal →
Arizona accounts for 88% of field activity — the other 49 states combined hold less than half.
who's here

organizations in this field · 69

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where the money comes from

funders already active in this field

Funders named as a funding source on these orgs' own materials. The count is the number of orgs in this slice that cite them — higher means a funder with demonstrable commitment to the field.

Arizona Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ) 2
Government
National Forest Foundation 2
Foundation
1% for the Planet 1
Government
AHCCCS 1
Government
AmeriCorps 1
Government
Arizona Community Foundation of Flagstaff 1
Foundation
Arizona Community Foundation of Sedona 1
Foundation
Arizona Leveraging Educational Assistance Program (LEAP) 1
Government
Arizona Public Service (APS) 1
Corporate
Arizona Wilderness Brewing Co. 1
Corporate
Arizona cotton growers 1
Individuals
Bezos Day 1 Families Fund 1
Corporate
Bezos Day 1 Families Fund 1
Foundation
Boys & Girls Club 1
Corporate
how the field thinks

strategies in this slice

Theories of action extracted from the orgs in this slice. The count is how many orgs cite each one — a strategy run by many orgs in common is a through-line; one cited by a single org is still surfaced so the reader can gauge the full spread.

where strategy meets practice

strategies × activity types

How each shared strategy breaks down across the four activity types the orgs running it actually do.

direct service
advocacy
research
capacity building
Antivenom Access Network
3
Centralized Service Negotiation
2
Code of Conduct Enforcement
2
Crowdsourced Quality Assurance
3
Design Education Outreach
1
Design-Through-Sketching
1
Empowerment Through Incentives
5
Fee-for-Service Pickup
4
who works with whom

named partnerships · coalitions · networks

Entities these orgs explicitly call out as partners, coalition members, or networks. Unlike the strategy-sharing graph below (which is inferred from shared approaches), these are relationships the orgs claim on their own sites.

University of Arizona Partner
shared by 4 orgs
City of Scottsdale Government
shared by 3 orgs
UMOM Partner
shared by 3 orgs
USDA Government
shared by 3 orgs
Boys & Girls Club Partner
shared by 2 orgs
City of Mesa Government
shared by 2 orgs
City of Phoenix Partner
shared by 2 orgs
City of Scottsdale Partner
shared by 2 orgs
City of Sedona Partner
shared by 2 orgs
City of Surprise Government
shared by 2 orgs
Coconino National Forest Partner
shared by 2 orgs
Goodwill Industries International Network
shared by 2 orgs
Highlands Center for Natural History Partner
shared by 2 orgs
Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office Government
shared by 2 orgs
Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office Partner
shared by 2 orgs
National Forest Foundation Partner
shared by 2 orgs
where the field connects

strategy-sharing network

Inferred from shared theories of action: each line connects an org to a strategy it runs. Organizations that share many strategies cluster through the same nodes — funders can spot the field's structural bridges.

scale of the field

rollup metrics

Aggregated scale claims from orgs in the slice. Treat as a floor, not a ceiling — many orgs don't publish these numbers, so totals underrepresent real reach. Extreme outliers (often unit-mismatches upstream) are filtered out.

377.4M
Pounds distributed
from 11 orgs
13.5M
People served
from 18 orgs
19K
Volunteers
from 9 orgs
7K
Partner organizations
from 21 orgs
1K
Staff
from 5 orgs