Paul Palmer

About the Author

A zero waste pioneer, Paul Palmer launched and ran the company Zero Waste Systems in Northern California in 1974. A chemist with a PhD from Yale, Paul designed this chemical re-use service that eliminated the disposal of countless chemicals across the burgeoning Silicon Valley. He now writes and speaks on the subject of Zero Waste Theory and directs zerowasteinstitute.org.

May 27, 2023

My onrushing heart

Most of the writings (except for Parasites Lost) revolve around the work I have done with Zero Waste. In the 1980's I ran the company I founded called Zero Waste Systems Inc. We reused all of the chemicals we could find that were unwanted because the...

Getting to Zero Waste - a book (2nd Ed. 2023)

Getting to Zero Waste - a book (2nd Ed. 2023)

Digitize the Vote - an EBOOK for Parasites Lost

Digitize the Vote - an EBOOK for Parasites Lost

Two simple Zero Waste projects you can try.

Two simple Zero Waste projects you can try.

How did the World Trade Center really come down - some plain talk. If you think the gummint explained what happened in a reasonable way, you're just not using your divine mind effectively.

How did the World Trade Center really come down - some plain talk. If you think the gummint explained what happened in a reasonable way, you're just not using your divine mind effectively.

Parasites Lost, a book

Parasites Lost, a book

On-full departure is easy and convenient

On-full departure is easy and convenient

Waste made invisible

Waste made invisible

Reflections on living ... and dying.

Reflections on living ... and dying.

The future of Mankind

The future of Mankind

The Baldwin Park Superfund completely solved. How I completely cleaned up every last scrap of waste from a Superfund site by applying intelligence.

The Baldwin Park Superfund completely solved. How I completely cleaned up every last scrap of waste from a Superfund site by applying intelligence.

David Marcus: The most interesting dyslexic con man I ever met

David Marcus: The most interesting dyslexic con man I ever met

The surprising origins of recycling- a history essay

The surprising origins of recycling- a history essay

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