Waste Recycling & Circular Economy

WASTE RECYCLING & CIRCULAR ECONOMY

Reducing waste and moving towards a circular economy are essential steps towards a more sustainable future.

In a circular economy, waste is minimised by designing products with the intention of reusing, repairing, and recycling them.

Recycling helps to conserve resources, reduce pollution, and create jobs.

It also helps to reduce the amount of waste going to landfill, which can release harmful greenhouse gases into the atmosphere.

By embracing a circular economy, we can reduce our impact on the environment, conserve natural resources, and create a more sustainable and equitable future

Why should we care?

Recycling is important because it helps to conserve natural resources, reduce pollution, and reduce the amount of waste going to landfill.

The circular economy offers a more sustainable way to use and manage resources. By keeping materials in use for as long as possible and regenerating natural systems, a circular economy can help to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, conserve natural resources, and create jobs.

Facts and figures

The amount of aluminium cans recycled in the United States each year could circle the earth 169 times.

Recycling plastic not only saves resources, but it also reduces the amount of plastic waste that ends up in our oceans. It’s estimated that by 2050, there will be more plastic in the ocean than fish by weight.

The amount of waste exchanged around the world is steadily increasing, with 182 million tons traded in 2018, according to the OECD.

In 2016, the world generated a total of 44.7 million metric tons of e-waste. Of that, only about 20% was recycled.