‘International Day of Zero Waste is celebrated every year on 30 March. On this occasion, emphasis is laid on increasing awareness and motivating action towards ‘zero-waste’. The statistics are sobering. Every year we produce 430 million tonnes of plastic, two-thirds of which are short-lived products that quickly become waste. Every year, humanity generates between 2.1 billion and 2.3 billion tonnes of municipal solid waste.
Waste pollution significantly threatens human well-being, economic prosperity, and the triple planetary crisis of climate change, nature and biodiversity loss, and pollution. Zero-waste initiatives can foster sound waste management and minimize and prevent waste generation.
The idea of the day is to highlight both the importance of bolstering waste management globally and the need to promote sustainable consumption and production patterns on a local, national, and international scale.
