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V
vicious circles 6, 141, 145, 239
Village Homes 97
virtuous cycles 6, 187, 247
volunteerism 209–210
W
wages, low 157
Wagga Wagga eco-industrial park 335
walls 113, 279, 332
waste 64–67
built environment design xxii
compensating for 66
designed 67, 73–74
ecological (EW) 74–77, 271
eco-retrofitting 78
electronic 300
embodied 75
identifying 136
organic 338
Philippines 295
re-design 157
refurbishment 106
true zero 13, 63
zero 65, 241
waste electronic and electrical equipment 
(WEEE) 300
water xix
Aral Sea 226
Australia 139, 172–173, 187–188, 213, 289
dirty 12
equity 133
management of 290–291
New York, US 186
Perrier 187
wealth
concentration 154, 221, 226
disparities 10, 135
ecological base 143
see also
resource transfers
wealth transfers 
see
resource transfers
WEEE (waste electronic and electrical 
equipment) 300
wellbeing 319
wetlands 189, 334
wilderness areas 14
willingness to pay 329–330
wind energy, urban 296–298
woodchips 136–137
worker productivity 29
worldview, dominant 226
worms xxii
Z
zero waste 65, 241
see also
true zero waste
Zero Waste Australia (ZWA) 176, 335
Zimbabwe 188