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International Day of Zero Waste 2024 - March 30
March 30 , 2024
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- It highlights both the importance of bolstering waste management globally and the need to promote sustainable consumption and production patterns.
- Every year, the humanity generates between 2.1 billion and 2.3 billion tonnes of municipal solid waste.
- Some 2.7 billion people lack access to waste collection, 2 billion of whom live in rural areas.
- Humanity produces 430 million tons of plastic a year, two-thirds of which are short-lived products that quickly become waste.
- Without urgent action, the annual municipal solid waste generation will hit 3.8 billion tonnes by 2050.
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