Environmental matters makes waves in Zambia
In an effort to educate and empower communities in Zambia, the Citizen’s Environmental and Social Concern (CESCo) has established a weekly radio programme that aims to unpack a range of environmental topics.
read moreFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 16 February 2021 New Study: Zero Waste Systems Creates up to 200 Times More Jobs than Landfills and Incinerators Zero Waste Found to Be a Key Strategy to Build Strong, Sustainable Economies 15 February 2021– A new study from GAIA finds that...
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GAIA Asia Pacific launches Business Unusual: Enterprises paving the way to Zero Waste
While the demand for sustainable, packaging-free stores keeps growing, corporations remain slow to respond. They are still focused on greenwashing--producing supposedly eco-friendlier packaging for their products which are mere PR stunts in disguise. ...
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Preventing Plastic Waste Leakage to Rivers by Strengthening Decentralized Waste Management System at Village Level in Gresik Municipality Indonesia
by Daru Setyorini, Project Coordinator Zero Waste Cities, ECOTON Gresik is a coastal city in East Java, Indonesia, located downstream between Brantas River and Bengawan Solo River. These two big rivers were included in the Top 20 most polluting rivers in...
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International Zero Waste Cities Conference 2021
Zero Waste challenges the “take-make-waste” mode, focusing on collective responsibility and waste prevention. To date, more than 25 cities across the region have established Zero Waste models, showcasing innovations in source separation, organics...
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GAIA Asia Pacific is hiring a Plastics Campaigner
The Asia Pacific Plastics Campaigner will provide leadership within the GAIA AP team for the coordination, implementation, management, and provision of support and services to plastics-related initiatives of members and partners in the AP region. As the...
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Stories of Resilience During Lockdown
Contributed by Junaid ul Shafi and Nalini Shekar of Hasiru Dala (India) The pandemic has shattered the livelihoods and lives of millions of people across the globe. Established states and systems are still trembling with the jolts pandemic gave to their...
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Sustainable Finance IPR
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 3 December, 2020 Zero Waste Circular Economy: ‘game-changer’ for Sustainable Finance, experts say European Commission has opened a public consultation on Sustainable Finance Taxonomy until December 18 Brussels, Belgium– Zero Waste Europe...
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Working towards a plastic-free Nigeria
The African continent is urbanising rapidly, and with that reality has come the very urban challenge of dealing with plastic waste. For countries like Nigeria, plastic pollution from multinational brand corporations is having a detrimental impact on the environmental health of citizens.
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Quick Response to Support Waste Pickers and Waste Workers in the Time of COVID-19 Pandemic
Contributed by Maricon Alvarez, Raphaelo Villavicencio, and Mary Jane Banglos (Mother Earth Foundation, Philippines) At the height of the pandemic in April this year, the entire population of the Philippines was advised to stay home. Frontliners, however,...
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Creative Ways to Promote Zero Waste in Pandemic-Hit Communities
Contributed by Anilawati Nurwakhidin, YPBB – Indonesia The COVID-19 pandemic has restricted movements in Bandung City and many other places in Indonesia, as local governments impose community lockdowns to control the spread of the virus. The lockdowns have...
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International groups condemn Australia’s stealthy waste export plans
The Australian Governments Recycling and Waste Reduction Bill is progressing through the Australian Parliament. The bill is designed to strengthen product stewardship laws and prevent the export of Australian waste in response to the international condemnation of...
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