Grupos de la sociedad civil publican declaración por el primer Día Internacional basura cero

Declaración enviada a los líderes gubernamentales de todo el mundo con motivo del Día Internacional Basura Cero de la ONU.

Nueva York –  Con motivo del primer Día Internacional Basura Cero de las Naciones Unidas, el 30 de marzo, la Alianza Global para Alternativas a la Incineración (GAIA) ha hecho pública una declaración firmada por más de 200 organizaciones de 60 países que representan a profesionales, expertos en políticas y grupos comunitarios.  La declaración define los principios y componentes esenciales de “basura cero” a los que deben adherirse los gobiernos para abordar con éxito nuestros problemas mundiales de residuos.

Aditi Varshneya y Joshua Amposen de GAIA, intervendrán en la reunión inaugural de alto nivel de la Asamblea General de la ONU para celebrar el primer Día Internacional Basura Cero y presentar la declaración.

La declaración destaca la importancia de reducir los residuos mediante la reutilización, el rellenado, la reparación y el rediseño, y anima a los gobiernos a impulsar las inversiones en infraestructuras críticas y en políticas que faciliten estos sistemas.

Alejandra Parra, asesora de basura cero y plásticos para GAIA América Latina y co-fundadora de la Red de Acción por los Derechos Ambientales (RADA) en Chile, indica “Basura cero debe centrarse también en la justicia social y medioambiental, reparando los daños históricos infligidos a las comunidades en cada etapa de la economía lineal: desde quienes viven cerca de los lugares de extracción y fabricación hasta los recicladores que trabajan sin remuneración ni reconocimiento adecuados, pasando por los barrios donde se vierten o incineran los residuos, especialmente los enviados desde el extranjero”.

Los miembros de GAIA y Zero Waste Europe de todo el mundo han estado a la vanguardia de las soluciones basura cero en todo el mundo, demostrando que basura cero no sólo es posible, sino que ya está ocurriendo. Varias ciudades latinoamericanas de Brasil, Argentina y Chile, entre otras, cuentan con sólidos programas de recogida selectiva de residuos orgánicos y reciclables, y prohíben los productos de plástico de un solo uso. Más de cuatrocientos municipios se han comprometido a eliminar los residuos sólo en Europa, y ciudades de toda Europa y Asia están modelando soluciones de basura cero que reducen los residuos hasta en un 80%.

Basura cero también es una solución climática probada. Un reciente estudio de GAIA demostró que mejores políticas de gestión de residuos, como la separación de residuos, el reciclaje y el compostaje, podrían reducir las emisiones totales de gases de efecto invernadero del sector de los residuos en más de 1 400 millones de toneladas, lo que equivale a las emisiones anuales de 300 millones de automóviles. Los estudios demuestran que los sistemas de basura también favorecen la resiliencia de las economías locales, creando hasta 200 veces más puestos de trabajo que los vertederos y las incineradoras.

Los miembros de GAIA también advierten a los líderes políticos que no se dejen engañar por las peligrosas prácticas de gestión de residuos que socavan el principio de basura cero. “La incineración de residuos en cualquiera de sus formas, incluidos los hornos de cemento y el llamado “reciclaje” químico, contamina el medio ambiente, es tóxica, es una pérdida de fondos públicos y fomenta el despilfarro”, afirma Weyinmi Okotie, campañista de Energía Limpia de GAIA África. 

Aditi Varshneya, encargada de Desarrollo de redes de GAIA EE.UU. y Canadá, afirma, “Aplaudimos la decisión de las Naciones Unidas de proclamar el 30 de marzo Día Internacional de Basura Cero. Es una validación significativa para los miles de miembros de GAIA que han trabajado incansablemente durante décadas para construir sistemas basura cero en sus comunidades para proteger tanto la naturaleza como el clima y los derechos humanos.”


Nota al editor:

La Declaración de basura cero puede consultarse en https://www.no-burn.org/going-zero-waste/

La Reunión de Alto nivel de las Naciones Unidas para conmemorar el Día Internacional de Cero Residuos se celebrará el 30 de marzo en el Salón de la Asamblea General de 10.00 a 18.00 horas. La mesa redonda en la que intervendrán Aditi Varshneya y Joshua Amposen tendrá lugar de 15:00 a 16:00 horas y se titulará “Soluciones innovadoras para promover el consumo y la producción sostenibles: iniciativas de “Basura Cero”. 

Podrá seguirse en directo en https://media.un.org/en/webtv.

Contacto de prensa:

Camila Aguilera, comunicaciones América Latina camila@no-burn.org | +56 9 51111599

Claire Arkin, Global Communications Lead  claire@no-burn.org | +1 973 444 4869

Declaration Sent to Government Leaders Worldwide on the UN International Day of Zero Waste, GAIA speaks at UN 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 30 March 2023

New York, NY– On the first annual United Nations International Day of Zero Waste on March 30, the Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives (GAIA) has released a public declaration signed on by over 200 organizations in almost 60 countries representing zero waste practitioners, policy experts, and community groups. The declaration defines the principles and essential components of “zero waste” that governments must adhere to in order to successfully tackle our global waste problems.

 Aditi Varshneya and Joshua Amposen of GAIA’s network will speak at the UN General Assembly inaugural high-level meeting celebrating International Day of Zero Waste and present the declaration.

Amposen states, “We are faced with triple planetary crisis – climate change, pollution and loss of biodiversity – which is threatening our survival on earth. For many communities, zero waste is pivotal to building resilience against climate risk and achieving sustainable socio-economic systems.”

The letter emphasizes the importance of reducing waste through reuse, refill, repair, and redesign, and encourages governments to further critical infrastructure investments and policies that facilitate these systems. 

“Zero waste must also center social and environmental justice, redressing the historic harms inflicted on communities at every stage of the linear economy– from those living near extraction and manufacturing sites to the waste pickers working without proper pay or recognition, to the neighborhoods where waste is dumped or burned, especially waste sent from overseas,” says Alejandra Parra, Zero Waste and Plastics Advisor for GAIA Latin America & the Caribbean and co-founder of Red de Acción por los Derechos Ambientales (RADA) in Chile. 

GAIA and Zero Waste Europe members around the world have been at the forefront of zero waste solutions worldwide, proving that zero waste is not only possible, it is already happening. Numerous Latin American cities in Brazil, Argentina, and Chile, among others, have robust programs to separately collect organics and recyclables, and ban single-use plastic products. Over four hundred municipalities have committed to zero waste in Europe alone, and cities across Europe and Asia are modeling zero waste solutions that reduce waste by up to 80%. 

Zero waste is also a proven climate solution. A recent GAIA study showed that better waste management policies such as waste separation, recycling, and composting could cut total greenhouse gas emissions from the waste sector by more than 1.4 billion tonnes, equivalent to the annual emissions of 300 million cars. Studies show that zero waste systems also support resilient local economies– creating up to 200 times as many jobs as landfills and incinerators.

GAIA members also caution leaders against being taken in by dangerous waste management practices that undermine zero waste. “Waste incineration in any form, including in cement kilns and so-called chemical ‘recycling,’ is climate-polluting, toxic, a drain on public funds, and encourages more wastefulness,” says Weyinmi Okotie, GAIA Africa Clean Energy Campaigner. 

Aditi Varshneya, Network Development Manager at GAIA U.S. and Canada states, “We applaud the United Nations for its decision to proclaim March 30th as International Day of Zero Waste. It is a meaningful validation for the thousands of GAIA members who have worked tirelessly for decades to build zero waste systems in their communities that protect both nature, the climate, and human rights.”  

Note to the Editor:

The Zero Waste Declaration can be found at https://www.no-burn.org/going-zero-waste/

The UN High-Level Meeting honoring International Day of Zero Waste will be held on March 30 at the General Assembly Hall from 10:00am-6:00pm. The panel discussion that Aditi Varshneya and Joshua Amposen will be speaking at is from 3:00pm-4:00pm and is entitled, “Innovative solutions for promoting sustainable consumption and production: ‘Zero Waste’ initiatives” and will be available via livestream at https://media.un.org/en/webtv.

Press contacts:

Claire Arkin, Global Communications Lead

claire@no-burn.org | +1 973 444 4869

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On the first annual United Nations International Day of Zero Waste on March 30, the Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives (GAIA) has released a public declaration signed on by over 250 organizations in almost 60 countries representing zero waste practitioners, policy experts, and community groups. The declaration defines the principles and essential components of “zero waste” that governments must adhere to in order to successfully tackle our global waste problems.


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DECLARATION

INTERNATIONAL ZERO WASTE DAY

30 March 2023

Zero waste to transform the world!

The Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives, GAIA, is a network of grassroots groups and national and regional alliances representing more than 1000 organizations from 92 countries building a future that protects nature instead of turning it into waste. We work to change personal and collective practices through popular education, community organizing, implementation of zero waste systems, and public policy advocacy at local, national, and international levels. 

We are overjoyed with the United Nations’ decision to proclaim March 30th as International Day of Zero Waste. This recognition of the importance of zero waste  reflects decades of socio-environmental activism, led by organizations around the world working side by side with the communities most impacted by environmental and social injustices caused by a global system of overproduction and consumption of natural resources.

On a day like today we want to reaffirm that zero waste is the conservation of all resources by means of responsible production, consumption, reuse, and recovery of products, packaging, and materials without burning and with no discharges to land, water, or air that threaten the environment or human health.

As organizations at the forefront of zero waste principles and strategies, we want to emphasize that any program that uses the term,”zero waste” must keep the focus first and foremost on reducing and preventing waste, through the following actions:

  • Invest resources and issue policies that prevent waste generation and disposal.
  • Minimize disposable products and find ways to replace them with durable, reusable  alternatives.
  • Develop ways of distributing products without the use of disposable packaging, using packaging made of materials that are easy and safe to reuse or failing that, recycle or reinsert into biological cycles at the end of a long  lifespan.
  • Transform the production system to manufacture  necessary, durable, and repairable products first and foremost, or at minimum , made of biodegradable or safely recyclable materials.
  • Promote the development of local economies that shorten the distance between those who produce and those who consume, favouring the use of returnable and washable packaging and the sale of products in bulk.
  • Reclaim people’s food sovereignty– growing toxics-free, healthy  food to feed and not just to profit, minimizing food waste and redistributing surplus food before it loses its nutritional qualities.
  • Where recyclable discards are generated, manage them locally, and where waste workers groups or cooperatives exist, involve them in the whole waste management system.
  • Recognize the role and contribution of grassroots waste workers and waste pickers in the zero waste system.
  • Avoid as much as possible the use of synthetic fibres in clothing and textiles, and confront the wastefulness of “fast fashion.” 
  • Avoid waste exports that perpetuate colonialism, injustice and inequity. 
  • Eliminate waste incineration – in any form – from waste management programmes.

In short, zero waste means extracting from nature only what we need, and ensuring that all communities flourish, while  respecting planetary boundaries for regenerate what we take, and to absorb what we give back to nature.

The organizations signing this declaration call on United Nations Member States to join our efforts to build zero waste initiatives in all corners of the planet. These initiatives must restore justice to the communities that bear the burden of pollution from waste disposal, the extraction of virgin raw materials, and industrial manufacturing processes, and above all restore justice to nature, without which there  is no future for humanity.

Lead Signatories:

GAIA Global

GAIA Africa

GAIA Asia Pacific

GAIA Latin America and the Caribbean

GAIA US & Canada

Zero Waste Europe

Signatories:

Acción Ecologica, Mexico

AEEFG, Tunisia

Agrovivas, Ecuador

Agrupación deportiva y social nueva huiscapi, Chile

Alaska Community Action on Toxics, USA

Aliança Resíduo Zero Brasil, Brazil

Alianza Basura Cero, Chile

Alianza Basura Cero Ecuador, Ecuador

Alianza de Derecho Ambiental y Agua, Guatemala 

Alliance of Mission-Based Recyclers (AMBR), USA

Alto al ecocidio en el río Tula, México

AMAES Asociación Mujeres Ambientalista El Salvador, El Salvador

American Environmnetal Health Studies Project, USA

Anef Araucania, Chile

ANFUSEN, Chile

Antu kai Mawen, Chile

Aotearoa Plastic Pollution Alliance, New Zealand

Apoena Socioambiental, Brazil

Asociación CEIBA, Guatemala

Asociación de funcionarios/as del INDH, Chile

Asociación de Sindicalistas de Emcali “ASOSIEMCALI, Colombia

Asociación Ecológica Santo Tomás A.:C., México

asociación movimiento nacional de recicladores de chile ANARCH, Chile

Azul, USA

Bangon Kalikasan Ecology Centers, Philippines

Berkeley Ecology Center, USA

Bio Vision Africa (BiVA), Uganda

Bios Argentina Nodo Tandil, Argentina

Blue Dalian, China

Boomerang Alliance, Australia

Break Free From Plastic (BFFP), Global

Breathe Free Detroit, USA

BYO – US Reduces, USA

Cafeteria Culture, USA

Center for Public Health and Environmental Development (CEPHED), Nepal

Center for Renewable Energy and Sustainable Technology, Philippines

Centre for Earth works (CFEW), Nigeria

Centre for Financial Accountability, India

Cepa, Chile

CESTA AT El Salvador, El Salvador

CETAAR, Argentina

CHENAI PROJECTS GROUP, Zimbabwe

Circular Communities Cymru, United Kingdom

Circular Economy Portugal, Portugal

Clean Air Action Network of Glens Falls (NY), USA

Climate Crisis Policy, USA

Club Andino Chillán, Chile

Coletivo PanVerde, Brazil

Coletivo SOS Barueri, Brazil

Community Based Research Laboratory, Canada

Comunidad indígena tripaiñan, Chile

CONFETAM CUT, Brazil

Consumers’ Association of Penang, Malaysia

Coopcamate, Brazil

Cooperativa de Trabajo Asociado Planeta Verde, Colombia

Corporate Hippie Inc, USA

CSARO: Community Sanitation and Recycling Organization, Cambodia

Dr Lubna Sarwath, India

Društvo Ekologi brez meja, Slovenia

Echotopia LLC, USA

Eco Circular India Foundation, India

Ecology Center, USA

Ecosoum, Mongolia

ECOTON, Indonesia

End Plastic Pollution – Uganda, Uganda

Environment and Social Development Organization-ESDO, Bangladesh

Environmental Agency of Central Lombok, Indonesia

Fala Lamo Art, North Maluku, Indonesia

Frente Brasileira Alternativas à Incineração, Brazil

FreshWater Accountabiity Project, USA

Front Commun pour la Protection de l’Environnement et des Espaces Protégés, (FCPEEP-RDC), Democratic Republic of the Congo

fundación Aguaclara, Venezuela 

Fundación Apaztle, Mexico

Fundación Basura, Chile

Fundación El Árbol, Chile

Fundacion Lenga, Chile

Fundación Siendo, Argentina

Fundaron DRECCA, Colombia 

GAIA Africa, South Africa

GMTex – Indústria de Confecções Ltda, Brazil

GovAmb/IEE/USP, Brazil

Green Vientiane , Laos

Greenaction for Health and Environmental Justice, USA

Greeners Action, Hong Kong

Greenpeace, Global

Health Environment and Climate Action Foundation (HECAF 360), Nepal

HENDRA, Indonesia

Humusz Szövetség, Hungary

Indap, Chile

Innovation for life Group -INNOLIF GROUP, Tanzania

INSEA – Instituto Nenuca de Desenvolvimento Sustentável, Brazil

Institute for Local Self-Reliance, USA

Institution of Community Study and Empowerment/LP2M, Indonesia

Instituto ATEMIS – Análise do Trabalho e das Mutações Industriais e dos Serviços, Brazil

Instituto de Derecho Ambiental de Honduras (IDAMHO), Honduras

Instituto Pólis, Brazil

Jaringan Perempuan Pesisir Sulawesi Tenggara, Indonesia

Joint Action for Water, India

Kader Hijau Muhammadiyah, Indonesia

Karoi Zero Waste Consortium, Zimbabwe

Korea Zero Waste Movement Network, Republic of Korea

L’ets d’obit Congo, Congo

LA2PM HAN, Indonesia

Lekeh Development Foundation, Nigeria

Let’s Do It! Togo, Togo

Let´s Do It Foundation, Estonia

Loncoche Suma y Avanza, Chile

LP 21, Indonesia

Mi Jardinerita , Ecuador

Mother Earth Foundation, Philippines

Movieco, Brasil

Movimento Nacional dos Catadores de Materiais Recicláveis, Brasil

NEB | noesbasura.com, Mexico

NGO Zero Waste Montenegro, Montenegro

Nipe Fagio, Tanzania

No plastic in my sea, France

North Country Earth Action, USA

Nothing Left to Waste, USA

NoWaste Surabaya, Indonesia

Núcleo Alter-Nativas de Produção – UFMG, Brasil

NY Environmental Watch, USA

Observatório da Politica Nacional de Resíduos Sólidos, Brasil

Observatório da Reciclagem Inclusiva e Solidária, Brasil

Observatorio de Ecología Política de Venezuela, Venezuela 

Oceana, Brasil

Oceana Philippines International, Philippines

ONG Colectivo VientoSur, Chile

ONG Verde Urbano, Chile

Parisar, India

ParyavaranMitra, India

PCRZ, Spain

Plastic Change, Denmark

Plastic Free Future, USA

Plastic Pollution Coalition, USA

Plastic Soup Surfer, Netherlands

PlataformaCiutadana Residu Zero, Catalunya

PPLH Bali (Environmental Education Center), Indonesia

Preservar Ambiental, Brasil

Pro Public, Nepal

Projeto Hospitais Saudáveis, Brasil

RAPAL, América del Sur

RAPAL Uruguay, Uruguay

Red de Acción por los Derechos Ambientales RADA, Chile

Rede Lixo Zero Santa Tereza, Brasil

Regenerative Solutions, USA

Returning Organics to Soils, Australia

REWIND / River Warrior Indonesia, Indonesia

Rezero, Spain

River valley Organizing, USA

RM Engineering, USA

Rotary Club de Cotia Mulheres Empreendedoras, Brazil

Sahabat Alam Malaysia (Friends of the Earth), Malaysia

Save the Med Foundation, Spain

Sierra Club, Puerto Rico

SMAN 1Kuantan Mudik Provinsi Riau, Indonesia

Sociedade Ecológica Amigos Do Embu – SEAE, Brazil

Solidaridad Temuco, Chile

Sound Resource Management Group, Inc., USA

South African Waste Pickers Association, South Africa

Story of Stuff Project, USA

Surfrider Foundation Australia, Australia

Surfrider South Coast, Australia

Sustainable Environment Development Initiative, Nigeria

Swach Pune Seva Sahakari Sanstha Maryadit, India

Synergis – Zero Waste Group, USA

Taiwan Zero Waste Association, Taiwan

Taller de Comunicación Ambiental (Rosario), Argentina

Taller Ecologista, Argentina

Thanal, India

The Center for Applied Research and People’s Engagement, India

The Earth Bill Network, USA

The Good Tribe, Sweden

The Green Earth, Hong Kong

the Indonesia Plastic Bag Diet Movement, Indonesia

The Last Plastic Straw, Global

The Repurpose Project, USA

The Rubbish Trip, New Zealand

Tomate Rojo, Chile

ToxicsWatch, India

Toxisphera Associação de Saúde Ambiental, Brazil

Trash, Argentina

Trash Hero Thailand, Thailand

Trash Hero World, Global

Ultimate Support for Self Initiatives, Tanzania

UNICATA University for and with Waste Pickers, Brazil

United Kingdom Without Incineration Network (UKWIN), United Kingdom

UNTAG Semarang, Indonesia

Urban Ore, Inc., USA

Vietnam Zero Waste Alliance, Vietnam

VOICE of Irish Concern for the Environment, Ireland

WALHI North Sumatra, Indonesia

WALHI/Friends of the Earth Indonesia, Indonesia 

War on Waste Negros Oriental, Philippines

Waukesha County Environmental Action League, USA

Work on Waste, USA (AEHSP)

Yaksa Pelestari Bumi Berkelanjutan (YPBB), Indonesia

Yana Ferments, Ecuador

Yayasan Cipta Abdi Bangsa, Indonesia

YPBB, Indonesia

Zelena akcija / Friends of the Earth Croatia, Croatia

ZERO – Associação Sistema Terrestre Sustentável, Portugal

Zero Waste 4 Zero Burning, Canada

Zero Waste Association of South Africa (“ZWASA”)

Zero Waste Australia and the National Toxics Network Australia

Zero Waste BC, Canada

Zero Waste Europe

Zero Waste International Trust, United Kingdom

Zero Waste Ithaca, USA

Zero Waste Lviv, Ukraine

Zero Waste Montgomery County, USA

Zero Waste Network Aotearoa, New Zealand

Zero Waste North West, Ireland

Zero Waste Schools Wales CIC, United Kingdom

Zero Waste Society, Ukraine

Zero Waste USA

ZWIA, Global

Center for Biological Diversity, USA

Zero Waste Alliance Ukraine

Cooperativa maos dadas, Global

Fundación Alianza en el Desarrollo, Ecuador

Upstream, USA

LP 21, Indonesia


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DECLARACIÓN

DÍA INTERNACIONAL BASURA CERO

30 de marzo 2023

¡Basura cero para transformar el mundo!

La Alianza Global por Alternativas a la Incineración, GAIA, es una red de grupos de base y alianzas nacionales y regionales que representan a más de 1000 organizaciones de 92 países, que trabajamos construyendo un futuro donde protejamos la naturaleza en lugar de transformarla en basura. Trabajamos para cambiar prácticas personales y colectivas a través de la educación popular, organización comunitaria, implementación de sistemas basura cero y la promoción de políticas públicas a nivel local, nacional e internacional. 

Con satisfacción nos enteramos de la decisión de Naciones Unidas de proclamar el 30 de marzo como el Día Mundial Basura Cero. El reconocimiento de la relevancia de este enfoque es el reflejo de más de dos décadas de activismo socioambiental liderado por organizaciones de todo el mundo que trabajan codo a codo con las comunidades más afectadas por la injusticia ambiental y social provocada por el sistema global de producción que extrae naturaleza para fabricar bienes de consumo masivo que se terminan transformando en basura.

En un día como hoy queremos reiterar que basura cero es la conservación de la naturaleza mediante la producción, el consumo, la reutilización y la recuperación responsables de productos, envases y materiales sin quemarlos y sin descargarlos al suelo, al agua o al aire, para que no amenacen el medio ambiente ni la salud humana.

Como organizaciones en la primera línea de los principios y estrategias basura cero, queremos enfatizar que todo programa que use este término debe mantener el foco primordialmente en reducir y prevenir la generación de basura. A nivel global y local, esto lo lograremos  mediante las siguientes acciones:

  • Invertir prioritariamente los recursos en la prevención de la generación y la disposición final de la basura, y establecer políticas que así lo mandaten.
  • Restringir al mínimo los productos desechables y buscar la forma de reemplazarlos por productos durables y reutilizables.
  • Desarrollar formas de distribución de productos sin el uso de envases desechables, en envases de materiales fáciles y seguros de reciclar o reinsertar en ciclos biológicos (devolviéndolos al suelo como nutrientes) al final de una larga vida útil.
  • Transformar el sistema productivo para que se fabriquen solo productos con durabilidad garantizada, reparables, realmente necesarios, y de materiales biodegradables o reciclables de manera segura.
  • Promover el desarrollo de economías locales que acorten las distancias entre quienes producen y quienes consumen, favoreciendo el uso de envases retornables y lavables y la venta de productos a granel.
  • Recuperar la soberanía alimentaria de los pueblos, cultivando alimentos sanos y libres de tóxicos para alimentar y no solo para lucrar, reduciendo al mínimo el desperdicio de alimentos y redistribuyendo los excedentes de comida antes de que pierdan sus cualidades nutritivas.
  • Cuando se generen residuos reciclables, estos deben ser gestionados de forma local, y preferentemente por agrupaciones o cooperativas de recicladoras y recicladores de base cuando estas existan. 
  • Reconocer el rol y la contribución de las y los recicladores de base en todo el sistema de manejo de residuos, proveyéndoles los medios para realizar su trabajo de manera segura y digna.
  • Evitar al máximo el uso de fibras sintéticas en la fabricación de ropa y textiles, reconociendo los daños que genera la sobreproducción de ropa a través de estrategias comerciales como el “fast fashion”. 
  • Detener la exportación de basura cuando ésta perpetúa el colonialismo, las injusticias y la inequidad. 
  • Eliminar la incineración de la basura -en cualquiera de sus formas- de los programas de gestión de residuos.

En resumen, basura cero significa extraer de la naturaleza solo lo que necesitamos, asegurando que todas las comunidades puedan florecer, y sin sobrepasar los límites planetarios para regenerar lo que tomamos y absorber lo que devolvemos. 

Hacemos un llamado a los gobiernos del mundo, y a la Organización de Naciones Unidas a promover y adoptar estas estrategias, para comenzar a reparar la relación de la humanidad  con el planeta, recuperando la viabilidad de nuestras sociedades en un momento de profundas y múltiples  crisis ambientales. Alcanzar la suficiencia, resiliencia y el bienestar para todas las personas que habitamos el planeta, es fundamental para ello. 

Las organizaciones que firmamos esta declaración profundizaremos nuestros esfuerzos trabajando con más entusiasmo por la implementación de iniciativas basura cero en todos los rincones del planeta. Dispondremos todas nuestras herramientas ciudadanas de educación popular e incidencia en políticas públicas, para hacer justicia a las comunidades que hoy cargan con el peso de los impactos de la disposición final de la basura, de la extracción de materia prima virgen y de los procesos industriales de manufactura, y sobre todo para hacer justicia a la naturaleza, pues sin ella no hay futuro deseable para la humanidad.

Signatorios principales

GAIA Global

GAIA Africa

GAIA Asia Pacific

GAIA Latin America and the Caribbean

GAIA US & Canada

Zero Waste Europe

Signatorios:

Acción Ecologica, Mexico

AEEFG, Tunisia

Agrovivas, Ecuador

Agrupación deportiva y social nueva huiscapi, Chile

Alaska Community Action on Toxics, USA

Aliança Resíduo Zero Brasil, Brazil

Alianza Basura Cero, Chile

Alianza Basura Cero Ecuador, Ecuador

Alianza de Derecho Ambiental y Agua, Guatemala 

Alliance of Mission-Based Recyclers (AMBR), USA

Alto al ecocidio en el río Tula, México

AMAES Asociación Mujeres Ambientalista El Salvador, El Salvador

American Environmnetal Health Studies Project, USA

Anef Araucania, Chile

ANFUSEN, Chile

Antu kai Mawen, Chile

Aotearoa Plastic Pollution Alliance, New Zealand

Apoena Socioambiental, Brazil

Asociación CEIBA, Guatemala

Asociación de funcionarios/as del INDH, Chile

Asociación de Sindicalistas de Emcali “ASOSIEMCALI, Colombia

Asociación Ecológica Santo Tomás A.:C., México

asociación movimiento nacional de recicladores de chile ANARCH, Chile

Azul, USA

Bangon Kalikasan Ecology Centers, Philippines

Berkeley Ecology Center, USA

Bio Vision Africa (BiVA), Uganda

Bios Argentina Nodo Tandil, Argentina

Blue Dalian, China

Boomerang Alliance, Australia

Break Free From Plastic (BFFP), Global

Breathe Free Detroit, USA

BYO – US Reduces, USA

Cafeteria Culture, USA

Center for Public Health and Environmental Development (CEPHED), Nepal

Center for Renewable Energy and Sustainable Technology, Philippines

Centre for Earth works (CFEW), Nigeria

Centre for Financial Accountability, India

Cepa, Chile

CESTA AT El Salvador, El Salvador

CETAAR, Argentina

CHENAI PROJECTS GROUP, Zimbabwe

Circular Communities Cymru, United Kingdom

Circular Economy Portugal, Portugal

Clean Air Action Network of Glens Falls (NY), USA

Climate Crisis Policy, USA

Club Andino Chillán, Chile

Coletivo PanVerde, Brazil

Coletivo SOS Barueri, Brazil

Community Based Research Laboratory, Canada

Comunidad indígena tripaiñan, Chile

CONFETAM CUT, Brazil

Consumers’ Association of Penang, Malaysia

Coopcamate, Brazil

Cooperativa de Trabajo Asociado Planeta Verde, Colombia

Corporate Hippie Inc, USA

CSARO: Community Sanitation and Recycling Organization, Cambodia

Dr Lubna Sarwath, India

Društvo Ekologi brez meja, Slovenia

Echotopia LLC, USA

Eco Circular India Foundation, India

Ecology Center, USA

Ecosoum, Mongolia

ECOTON, Indonesia

End Plastic Pollution – Uganda, Uganda

Environment and Social Development Organization-ESDO, Bangladesh

Environmental Agency of Central Lombok, Indonesia

Fala Lamo Art, North Maluku, Indonesia

Frente Brasileira Alternativas à Incineração, Brazil

FreshWater Accountabiity Project, USA

Front Commun pour la Protection de l’Environnement et des Espaces Protégés, (FCPEEP-RDC), Democratic Republic of the Congo

fundación Aguaclara, Venezuela 

Fundación Apaztle, Mexico

Fundación Basura, Chile

Fundación El Árbol, Chile

Fundacion Lenga, Chile

Fundación Siendo, Argentina

Fundaron DRECCA, Colombia 

GAIA Africa, South Africa

GMTex – Indústria de Confecções Ltda, Brazil

GovAmb/IEE/USP, Brazil

Green Vientiane , Laos

Greenaction for Health and Environmental Justice, USA

Greeners Action, Hong Kong

Greenpeace, Global

Health Environment and Climate Action Foundation (HECAF 360), Nepal

HENDRA, Indonesia

Humusz Szövetség, Hungary

Indap, Chile

Innovation for life Group -INNOLIF GROUP, Tanzania

INSEA – Instituto Nenuca de Desenvolvimento Sustentável, Brazil

Institute for Local Self-Reliance, USA

Institution of Community Study and Empowerment/LP2M, Indonesia

Instituto ATEMIS – Análise do Trabalho e das Mutações Industriais e dos Serviços, Brazil

Instituto de Derecho Ambiental de Honduras (IDAMHO), Honduras

Instituto Pólis, Brazil

Jaringan Perempuan Pesisir Sulawesi Tenggara, Indonesia

Joint Action for Water, India

Kader Hijau Muhammadiyah, Indonesia

Karoi Zero Waste Consortium, Zimbabwe

Korea Zero Waste Movement Network, Republic of Korea

L’ets d’obit Congo, Congo

LA2PM HAN, Indonesia

Lekeh Development Foundation, Nigeria

Let’s Do It! Togo, Togo

Let´s Do It Foundation, Estonia

Loncoche Suma y Avanza, Chile

LP 21, Indonesia

Mi Jardinerita , Ecuador

Mother Earth Foundation, Philippines

Movieco, Brasil

Movimento Nacional dos Catadores de Materiais Recicláveis, Brasil

NEB | noesbasura.com, Mexico

NGO Zero Waste Montenegro, Montenegro

Nipe Fagio, Tanzania

No plastic in my sea, France

North Country Earth Action, USA

Nothing Left to Waste, USA

NoWaste Surabaya, Indonesia

Núcleo Alter-Nativas de Produção – UFMG, Brasil

NY Environmental Watch, USA

Observatório da Politica Nacional de Resíduos Sólidos, Brasil

Observatório da Reciclagem Inclusiva e Solidária, Brasil

Observatorio de Ecología Política de Venezuela, Venezuela 

Oceana, Brasil

Oceana Philippines International, Philippines

ONG Colectivo VientoSur, Chile

ONG Verde Urbano, Chile

Parisar, India

ParyavaranMitra, India

PCRZ, Spain

Plastic Change, Denmark

Plastic Free Future, USA

Plastic Pollution Coalition, USA

Plastic Soup Surfer, Netherlands

PlataformaCiutadana Residu Zero, Catalunya

PPLH Bali (Environmental Education Center), Indonesia

Preservar Ambiental, Brasil

Pro Public, Nepal

Projeto Hospitais Saudáveis, Brasil

RAPAL, América del Sur

RAPAL Uruguay, Uruguay

Red de Acción por los Derechos Ambientales RADA, Chile

Rede Lixo Zero Santa Tereza, Brasil

Regenerative Solutions, USA

Returning Organics to Soils, Australia

REWIND / River Warrior Indonesia, Indonesia

Rezero, Spain

River valley Organizing, USA

RM Engineering, USA

Rotary Club de Cotia Mulheres Empreendedoras, Brazil

Sahabat Alam Malaysia (Friends of the Earth), Malaysia

Save the Med Foundation, Spain

Sierra Club, Puerto Rico

SMAN 1Kuantan Mudik Provinsi Riau, Indonesia

Sociedade Ecológica Amigos Do Embu – SEAE, Brazil

Solidaridad Temuco, Chile

Sound Resource Management Group, Inc., USA

South African Waste Pickers Association, South Africa

Story of Stuff Project, USA

Surfrider Foundation Australia, Australia

Surfrider South Coast, Australia

Sustainable Environment Development Initiative, Nigeria

Swach Pune Seva Sahakari Sanstha Maryadit, India

Synergis – Zero Waste Group, USA

Taiwan Zero Waste Association, Taiwan

Taller de Comunicación Ambiental (Rosario), Argentina

Taller Ecologista, Argentina

Thanal, India

The Center for Applied Research and People’s Engagement, India

The Earth Bill Network, USA

The Good Tribe, Sweden

The Green Earth, Hong Kong

the Indonesia Plastic Bag Diet Movement, Indonesia

The Last Plastic Straw, Global

The Repurpose Project, USA

The Rubbish Trip, New Zealand

Tomate Rojo, Chile

ToxicsWatch, India

Toxisphera Associação de Saúde Ambiental, Brazil

Trash, Argentina

Trash Hero Thailand, Thailand

Trash Hero World, Global

Ultimate Support for Self Initiatives, Tanzania

UNICATA University for and with Waste Pickers, Brazil

United Kingdom Without Incineration Network (UKWIN), United Kingdom

UNTAG Semarang, Indonesia

Urban Ore, Inc., USA

Vietnam Zero Waste Alliance, Vietnam

VOICE of Irish Concern for the Environment, Ireland

WALHI North Sumatra, Indonesia

WALHI/Friends of the Earth Indonesia, Indonesia 

War on Waste Negros Oriental, Philippines

Waukesha County Environmental Action League, USA

Work on Waste, USA (AEHSP)

Yaksa Pelestari Bumi Berkelanjutan (YPBB), Indonesia

Yana Ferments, Ecuador

Yayasan Cipta Abdi Bangsa, Indonesia

YPBB, Indonesia

Zelena akcija / Friends of the Earth Croatia, Croatia

ZERO – Associação Sistema Terrestre Sustentável, Portugal

Zero Waste 4 Zero Burning, Canada

Zero Waste Association of South Africa (“ZWASA”)

Zero Waste Australia and the National Toxics Network Australia

Zero Waste BC, Canada

Zero Waste Europe

Zero Waste International Trust, United Kingdom

Zero Waste Ithaca, USA

Zero Waste Lviv, Ukraine

Zero Waste Montgomery County, USA

Zero Waste Network Aotearoa, New Zealand

Zero Waste North West, Ireland

Zero Waste Schools Wales CIC, United Kingdom

Zero Waste Society, Ukraine

Zero Waste USA

ZWIA, Global

Center for Biological Diversity, USA

Zero Waste Alliance Ukraine

Cooperativa maos dadas, Global

Fundación Alianza en el Desarrollo, Ecuador

Upstream, USA

LP 21, Indonesia


português (Brasil)

DECLARAÇÃO

DIA INTERNACIONAL RESÍDUO ZERO

 30 de março 2023

 Resíduo Zero para transformar o mundo!

A Aliança Global por Alternativas a Incineração, GAIA, é uma rede de grupos e alianças de base nacionais e regionais que representam mais de 1000 organizações de 92 países, trabalhando para construir um futuro em que protegemos a natureza sem a transformar em resíduos. Trabalhamos para mudar as práticas pessoais e coletivas através da educação popular, organização comunitária, implementação de sistemas de resíduo zero e defesa de políticas públicas a nível local, nacional e internacional.

 Ficámos contentes por saber da decisão das Nações Unidas de proclamar o dia 30 de março como Dia Mundial do Resíduos Zero. O reconhecimento da relevância desta abordagem é um reflexo de mais de duas décadas de ativismo socioambiental liderado por organizações em todo o mundo que trabalham lado a lado com as comunidades mais afetadas pela injustiça ambiental e social causada pelo sistema de produção global que extrai a natureza para fabricar bens de consumo em massa que acabam por se transformar em resíduos.

 Num dia como hoje, queremos reiterar que o resíduo zero é a conservação da natureza através da produção, consumo, reutilização e recuperação responsável de produtos, embalagens e materiais sem os queimar e sem os descarregar no solo, água ou ar, para que não ameacem o ambiente ou a saúde humana.

 Como organizações na vanguarda dos princípios e estratégias de resíduos zero, queremos salientar que qualquer programa que utilize este termo deve manter o foco principalmente na redução e prevenção da geração de resíduos. A nível global e local, consegui-lo-emos através das seguintes ações:

●  Dar prioridade ao investimento de recursos na prevenção da geração e eliminação de resíduos, e estabelecer políticas que o obriguem a isso.

●  Restringir ao mínimo os produtos descartáveis e procurar formas de os substituir por produtos duráveis e reutilizáveis.

● Desenvolver formas de distribuição de produtos sem a utilização de embalagens descartáveis, em embalagens feitas de materiais fáceis e seguros de reciclar ou reinserir em ciclos biológicos (devolvendo-os ao solo como nutrientes) no final de uma longa vida útil.

● Transformar o sistema de produção de modo a que apenas sejam produzidos produtos com durabilidade garantida, reparáveis, verdadeiramente necessários e feitos de materiais biodegradáveis ou recicláveis em segurança.

● Promover o desenvolvimento de economias locais que encurtam a distância entre quem produz e quem consome, favorecendo a utilização de embalagens retornáveis e laváveis e a venda de produtos a granel.

● Recuperar a soberania alimentar dos povos, cultivando alimentos saudáveis e sem toxinas para alimentar e não apenas para lucrar, minimizando o resíduo alimentar e redistribuindo os excedentes alimentares antes que estes percam as suas qualidades nutricionais.

● Quando são produzidos resíduos recicláveis, estes devem ser geridos localmente, e de preferência por grupos de recolha e reciclagem de base ou cooperativas onde existam.

● Reconhecer o papel e a contribuição dos recolhedores de materiais recicláveis de base em todo o sistema de gestão de resíduos, fornecendo-lhes os meios para realizarem o seu trabalho de uma forma segura e digna.

● Evitar tanto quanto possível a utilização de fibras sintéticas na fabricação de vestuário e têxteis, reconhecendo os danos causados pela produção excessiva de vestuário através de estratégias comerciais como a “moda rápida”.

● Parar a exportação de lixo quando perpetua o colonialismo, a injustiça e a desigualdade.

● Eliminar a incineração de resíduos – sob qualquer forma – dos programas de gestão de resíduos.

 Em resumo, resíduo zero significa extrair da natureza apenas o que precisamos, assegurando que todas as comunidades possam florescer, e não ultrapassar os limites planetários para regenerar o que tomamos e absorver o que devolvemos.

Apelamos aos governos do mundo e às Nações Unidas para que promovam e adotem estas estratégias para começar a reparar a relação da humanidade com o planeta, restaurando a viabilidade das nossas sociedades numa época de crises ambientais profundas e múltiplas. Alcançar a suficiência, resiliência e bem-estar para todas as pessoas do planeta é fundamental para isso.

 As organizações que assinaram esta declaração irão intensificar os nossos esforços, trabalhando com mais entusiasmo para a implementação de iniciativas de resíduos zero em todos os cantos do planeta. Utilizaremos todas as nossas ferramentas de educação popular e defesa de políticas públicas para fazer justiça às comunidades que hoje suportam o fardo dos impactos da eliminação de resíduos, da extração de matérias-primas virgens e dos processos de fabricação industrial, e acima de tudo para fazer justiça à natureza, pois sem ela não há futuro desejável para a humanidade.

Principais signatários

GAIA Global

GAIA Africa

GAIA Asia Pacific

GAIA Latin America and the Caribbean

GAIA US & Canada

Zero Waste Europe

Signatários:

Acción Ecologica, Mexico

AEEFG, Tunisia

Agrovivas, Ecuador

Agrupación deportiva y social nueva huiscapi, Chile

Alaska Community Action on Toxics, USA

Aliança Resíduo Zero Brasil, Brazil

Alianza Basura Cero, Chile

Alianza Basura Cero Ecuador, Ecuador

Alianza de Derecho Ambiental y Agua, Guatemala 

Alliance of Mission-Based Recyclers (AMBR), USA

Alto al ecocidio en el río Tula, México

AMAES Asociación Mujeres Ambientalista El Salvador, El Salvador

American Environmnetal Health Studies Project, USA

Anef Araucania, Chile

ANFUSEN, Chile

Antu kai Mawen, Chile

Aotearoa Plastic Pollution Alliance, New Zealand

Apoena Socioambiental, Brazil

Asociación CEIBA, Guatemala

Asociación de funcionarios/as del INDH, Chile

Asociación de Sindicalistas de Emcali “ASOSIEMCALI, Colombia

Asociación Ecológica Santo Tomás A.:C., México

asociación movimiento nacional de recicladores de chile ANARCH, Chile

Azul, USA

Bangon Kalikasan Ecology Centers, Philippines

Berkeley Ecology Center, USA

Bio Vision Africa (BiVA), Uganda

Bios Argentina Nodo Tandil, Argentina

Blue Dalian, China

Boomerang Alliance, Australia

Break Free From Plastic (BFFP), Global

Breathe Free Detroit, USA

BYO – US Reduces, USA

Cafeteria Culture, USA

Center for Public Health and Environmental Development (CEPHED), Nepal

Center for Renewable Energy and Sustainable Technology, Philippines

Centre for Earth works (CFEW), Nigeria

Centre for Financial Accountability, India

Cepa, Chile

CESTA AT El Salvador, El Salvador

CETAAR, Argentina

CHENAI PROJECTS GROUP, Zimbabwe

Circular Communities Cymru, United Kingdom

Circular Economy Portugal, Portugal

Clean Air Action Network of Glens Falls (NY), USA

Climate Crisis Policy, USA

Club Andino Chillán, Chile

Coletivo PanVerde, Brazil

Coletivo SOS Barueri, Brazil

Community Based Research Laboratory, Canada

Comunidad indígena tripaiñan, Chile

CONFETAM CUT, Brazil

Consumers’ Association of Penang, Malaysia

Coopcamate, Brazil

Cooperativa de Trabajo Asociado Planeta Verde, Colombia

Corporate Hippie Inc, USA

CSARO: Community Sanitation and Recycling Organization, Cambodia

Dr Lubna Sarwath, India

Društvo Ekologi brez meja, Slovenia

Echotopia LLC, USA

Eco Circular India Foundation, India

Ecology Center, USA

Ecosoum, Mongolia

ECOTON, Indonesia

End Plastic Pollution – Uganda, Uganda

Environment and Social Development Organization-ESDO, Bangladesh

Environmental Agency of Central Lombok, Indonesia

Fala Lamo Art, North Maluku, Indonesia

Frente Brasileira Alternativas à Incineração, Brazil

FreshWater Accountabiity Project, USA

Front Commun pour la Protection de l’Environnement et des Espaces Protégés, (FCPEEP-RDC), Democratic Republic of the Congo

fundación Aguaclara, Venezuela 

Fundación Apaztle, Mexico

Fundación Basura, Chile

Fundación El Árbol, Chile

Fundacion Lenga, Chile

Fundación Siendo, Argentina

Fundaron DRECCA, Colombia 

GAIA Africa, South Africa

GMTex – Indústria de Confecções Ltda, Brazil

GovAmb/IEE/USP, Brazil

Green Vientiane , Laos

Greenaction for Health and Environmental Justice, USA

Greeners Action, Hong Kong

Greenpeace, Global

Health Environment and Climate Action Foundation (HECAF 360), Nepal

HENDRA, Indonesia

Humusz Szövetség, Hungary

Indap, Chile

Innovation for life Group -INNOLIF GROUP, Tanzania

INSEA – Instituto Nenuca de Desenvolvimento Sustentável, Brazil

Institute for Local Self-Reliance, USA

Institution of Community Study and Empowerment/LP2M, Indonesia

Instituto ATEMIS – Análise do Trabalho e das Mutações Industriais e dos Serviços, Brazil

Instituto de Derecho Ambiental de Honduras (IDAMHO), Honduras

Instituto Pólis, Brazil

Jaringan Perempuan Pesisir Sulawesi Tenggara, Indonesia

Joint Action for Water, India

Kader Hijau Muhammadiyah, Indonesia

Karoi Zero Waste Consortium, Zimbabwe

Korea Zero Waste Movement Network, Republic of Korea

L’ets d’obit Congo, Congo

LA2PM HAN, Indonesia

Lekeh Development Foundation, Nigeria

Let’s Do It! Togo, Togo

Let´s Do It Foundation, Estonia

Loncoche Suma y Avanza, Chile

LP 21, Indonesia

Mi Jardinerita , Ecuador

Mother Earth Foundation, Philippines

Movieco, Brasil

Movimento Nacional dos Catadores de Materiais Recicláveis, Brasil

NEB | noesbasura.com, Mexico

NGO Zero Waste Montenegro, Montenegro

Nipe Fagio, Tanzania

No plastic in my sea, France

North Country Earth Action, USA

Nothing Left to Waste, USA

NoWaste Surabaya, Indonesia

Núcleo Alter-Nativas de Produção – UFMG, Brasil

NY Environmental Watch, USA

Observatório da Politica Nacional de Resíduos Sólidos, Brasil

Observatório da Reciclagem Inclusiva e Solidária, Brasil

Observatorio de Ecología Política de Venezuela, Venezuela 

Oceana, Brasil

Oceana Philippines International, Philippines

ONG Colectivo VientoSur, Chile

ONG Verde Urbano, Chile

Parisar, India

ParyavaranMitra, India

PCRZ, Spain

Plastic Change, Denmark

Plastic Free Future, USA

Plastic Pollution Coalition, USA

Plastic Soup Surfer, Netherlands

PlataformaCiutadana Residu Zero, Catalunya

PPLH Bali (Environmental Education Center), Indonesia

Preservar Ambiental, Brasil

Pro Public, Nepal

Projeto Hospitais Saudáveis, Brasil

RAPAL, América del Sur

RAPAL Uruguay, Uruguay

Red de Acción por los Derechos Ambientales RADA, Chile

Rede Lixo Zero Santa Tereza, Brasil

Regenerative Solutions, USA

Returning Organics to Soils, Australia

REWIND / River Warrior Indonesia, Indonesia

Rezero, Spain

River valley Organizing, USA

RM Engineering, USA

Rotary Club de Cotia Mulheres Empreendedoras, Brazil

Sahabat Alam Malaysia (Friends of the Earth), Malaysia

Save the Med Foundation, Spain

Sierra Club, Puerto Rico

SMAN 1Kuantan Mudik Provinsi Riau, Indonesia

Sociedade Ecológica Amigos Do Embu – SEAE, Brazil

Solidaridad Temuco, Chile

Sound Resource Management Group, Inc., USA

South African Waste Pickers Association, South Africa

Story of Stuff Project, USA

Surfrider Foundation Australia, Australia

Surfrider South Coast, Australia

Sustainable Environment Development Initiative, Nigeria

Swach Pune Seva Sahakari Sanstha Maryadit, India

Synergis – Zero Waste Group, USA

Taiwan Zero Waste Association, Taiwan

Taller de Comunicación Ambiental (Rosario), Argentina

Taller Ecologista, Argentina

Thanal, India

The Center for Applied Research and People’s Engagement, India

The Earth Bill Network, USA

The Good Tribe, Sweden

The Green Earth, Hong Kong

the Indonesia Plastic Bag Diet Movement, Indonesia

The Last Plastic Straw, Global

The Repurpose Project, USA

The Rubbish Trip, New Zealand

Tomate Rojo, Chile

ToxicsWatch, India

Toxisphera Associação de Saúde Ambiental, Brazil

Trash, Argentina

Trash Hero Thailand, Thailand

Trash Hero World, Global

Ultimate Support for Self Initiatives, Tanzania

UNICATA University for and with Waste Pickers, Brazil

United Kingdom Without Incineration Network (UKWIN), United Kingdom

UNTAG Semarang, Indonesia

Urban Ore, Inc., USA

Vietnam Zero Waste Alliance, Vietnam

VOICE of Irish Concern for the Environment, Ireland

WALHI North Sumatra, Indonesia

WALHI/Friends of the Earth Indonesia, Indonesia 

War on Waste Negros Oriental, Philippines

Waukesha County Environmental Action League, USA

Work on Waste, USA (AEHSP)

Yaksa Pelestari Bumi Berkelanjutan (YPBB), Indonesia

Yana Ferments, Ecuador

Yayasan Cipta Abdi Bangsa, Indonesia

YPBB, Indonesia

Zelena akcija / Friends of the Earth Croatia, Croatia

ZERO – Associação Sistema Terrestre Sustentável, Portugal

Zero Waste 4 Zero Burning, Canada

Zero Waste Association of South Africa (“ZWASA”)

Zero Waste Australia and the National Toxics Network Australia

Zero Waste BC, Canada

Zero Waste Europe

Zero Waste International Trust, United Kingdom

Zero Waste Ithaca, USA

Zero Waste Lviv, Ukraine

Zero Waste Montgomery County, USA

Zero Waste Network Aotearoa, New Zealand

Zero Waste North West, Ireland

Zero Waste Schools Wales CIC, United Kingdom

Zero Waste Society, Ukraine

Zero Waste USA

ZWIA, Global

Center for Biological Diversity, USA

Zero Waste Alliance Ukraine

Cooperativa maos dadas, Global

Fundación Alianza en el Desarrollo, Ecuador

Upstream, USA

LP 21, Indonesia


português (Europa)

DECLARAÇÃO

DIA INTERNACIONAL DO DESPERDÍCIO ZERO

30 de março de 2023

Desperdício zero para transformar o mundo!

A Aliança Global para Alternativas aos Incineradores, ou GAIA, é uma rede de grupos comunitários e de alianças nacionais e regionais que representa mais de 1000 organizações de 92 países e tem como objetivo construir um futuro que proteja a Natureza e não a transforme em resíduos. Trabalhamos no sentido de mudar as práticas pessoais e coletivas através da educação popular, organização comunitária, implementação de sistemas de desperdício zero e defesa de políticas públicas a nível local, nacional e internacional. 

Estamos profundamente contentes com o facto de as Nações Unidas terem decretado o dia 30 de março como sendo o Dia Internacional do Desperdício Zero. Este reconhecimento da importância do desperdício zero é o culminar de décadas de ativismo socioambiental liderado por organizações de todo o mundo em colaboração com as comunidades mais afetadas pelas injustiças ambientais e sociais originadas por um sistema global de sobreprodução e consumo de recursos naturais.

Neste dia, queremos reafirmar que o desperdício zero consiste na conservação da Natureza através da produção, do consumo, da reutilização e da valorização responsáveis de produtos, embalagens e materiais sem recurso à incineração nem a descargas para o solo, os recursos hídricos ou a atmosfera, que ameaçam o ambiente ou a saúde humana. 

Enquanto organizações na linha da frente dos princípios e das estratégias de desperdício zero, pretendemos salientar que qualquer programa que utilize a expressão «desperdício zero» tem de se focar, em primeira instância, na redução e prevenção de resíduos através das medidas que se seguem:

  • Investir recursos e elaborar políticas que evitem a geração e eliminação de resíduos.
  • Minimizar os produtos descartáveis e encontrar formas de os substituir por alternativas duradouras e reutilizáveis.
  • Desenvolver formas de distribuir produtos sem utilizar embalagens descartáveis, ou seja, recorrendo a embalagens compostas de materiais cuja reutilização é fácil e segura ou, se tal não for possível, que sejam passíveis de serem reciclados e reintroduzidos em ciclos biológicos no final de uma longa vida útil.
  • Transformar o sistema de produção para promover o fabrico de produtos que, acima de tudo, sejam necessários, duradouros e reparáveis ou que, pelo menos, sejam compostos de materiais biodegradáveis ou passíveis de serem reciclados de forma segura.
  • Promover o desenvolvimento de economias locais e, desta forma, encurtar a distância entre os produtores e os consumidores priorizando a utilização de embalagens laváveis e devolvíveis e a venda de produtos a granel.
  • Restituir a soberania das pessoas sobre os alimentos (cultivo de alimentos saudáveis e isentos de substâncias tóxicas com o objetivo de alimentar as pessoas e não de lucrar com isso, minimização do desperdício alimentar e redistribuição dos excedentes antes de perderem as suas qualidades nutricionais).
  • Gerir localmente o lixo reciclável que é produzido e envolver as cooperativas ou os grupos de catadores de lixo que possam existir em todo o sistema de gestão de resíduos.
  • Reconhecer o papel e contributo dos catadores de lixo comunitários para o sistema de desperdício zero.
  • Evitar, tanto quanto possível, a utilização de fibras sintéticas no vestuário e têxteis, bem como lutar contra o desperdício resultante da fast fashion
  • Evitar a exportação de resíduos, que perpetua o colonialismo, a injustiça e a iniquidade. 
  • Eliminar todas as formas de incineração de resíduos dos programas de gestão de resíduos.

Em suma, «desperdício zero» significa extrair da Natureza apenas aquilo de que precisamos, garantir que todas as comunidades prosperam e, ao mesmo tempo, respeitar os limites planetários permitindo à Natureza regenerar aquilo que dela retiramos e absorver o que lhe damos de volta.

As organizações que assinam esta declaração apelam aos Estados-Membros das Nações Unidas que se unam aos nossos esforços para criar iniciativas de desperdício zero em todo o mundo, iniciativas estas que têm de voltar a fazer justiça às comunidades que carregam às costas o fardo da poluição derivada da eliminação de resíduos, da extração de matérias-primas virgens e dos processos de produção industrial e, acima de tudo, voltar a fazer justiça à Natureza, sem a qual a humanidade não tem futuro.

Principais signatários

GAIA Global

GAIA Africa

GAIA Asia Pacific

GAIA Latin America and the Caribbean

GAIA US & Canada

Zero Waste Europe

Signatários:

Acción Ecologica, Mexico

AEEFG, Tunisia

Agrovivas, Ecuador

Agrupación deportiva y social nueva huiscapi, Chile

Alaska Community Action on Toxics, USA

Aliança Resíduo Zero Brasil, Brazil

Alianza Basura Cero, Chile

Alianza Basura Cero Ecuador, Ecuador

Alianza de Derecho Ambiental y Agua, Guatemala 

Alliance of Mission-Based Recyclers (AMBR), USA

Alto al ecocidio en el río Tula, México

AMAES Asociación Mujeres Ambientalista El Salvador, El Salvador

American Environmnetal Health Studies Project, USA

Anef Araucania, Chile

ANFUSEN, Chile

Antu kai Mawen, Chile

Aotearoa Plastic Pollution Alliance, New Zealand

Apoena Socioambiental, Brazil

Asociación CEIBA, Guatemala

Asociación de funcionarios/as del INDH, Chile

Asociación de Sindicalistas de Emcali “ASOSIEMCALI, Colombia

Asociación Ecológica Santo Tomás A.:C., México

asociación movimiento nacional de recicladores de chile ANARCH, Chile

Azul, USA

Bangon Kalikasan Ecology Centers, Philippines

Berkeley Ecology Center, USA

Bio Vision Africa (BiVA), Uganda

Bios Argentina Nodo Tandil, Argentina

Blue Dalian, China

Boomerang Alliance, Australia

Break Free From Plastic (BFFP), Global

Breathe Free Detroit, USA

BYO – US Reduces, USA

Cafeteria Culture, USA

Center for Public Health and Environmental Development (CEPHED), Nepal

Center for Renewable Energy and Sustainable Technology, Philippines

Centre for Earth works (CFEW), Nigeria

Centre for Financial Accountability, India

Cepa, Chile

CESTA AT El Salvador, El Salvador

CETAAR, Argentina

CHENAI PROJECTS GROUP, Zimbabwe

Circular Communities Cymru, United Kingdom

Circular Economy Portugal, Portugal

Clean Air Action Network of Glens Falls (NY), USA

Climate Crisis Policy, USA

Club Andino Chillán, Chile

Coletivo PanVerde, Brazil

Coletivo SOS Barueri, Brazil

Community Based Research Laboratory, Canada

Comunidad indígena tripaiñan, Chile

CONFETAM CUT, Brazil

Consumers’ Association of Penang, Malaysia

Coopcamate, Brazil

Cooperativa de Trabajo Asociado Planeta Verde, Colombia

Corporate Hippie Inc, USA

CSARO: Community Sanitation and Recycling Organization, Cambodia

Dr Lubna Sarwath, India

Društvo Ekologi brez meja, Slovenia

Echotopia LLC, USA

Eco Circular India Foundation, India

Ecology Center, USA

Ecosoum, Mongolia

ECOTON, Indonesia

End Plastic Pollution – Uganda, Uganda

Environment and Social Development Organization-ESDO, Bangladesh

Environmental Agency of Central Lombok, Indonesia

Fala Lamo Art, North Maluku, Indonesia

Frente Brasileira Alternativas à Incineração, Brazil

FreshWater Accountabiity Project, USA

Front Commun pour la Protection de l’Environnement et des Espaces Protégés, (FCPEEP-RDC), Democratic Republic of the Congo

fundación Aguaclara, Venezuela 

Fundación Apaztle, Mexico

Fundación Basura, Chile

Fundación El Árbol, Chile

Fundacion Lenga, Chile

Fundación Siendo, Argentina

Fundaron DRECCA, Colombia 

GAIA Africa, South Africa

GMTex – Indústria de Confecções Ltda, Brazil

GovAmb/IEE/USP, Brazil

Green Vientiane , Laos

Greenaction for Health and Environmental Justice, USA

Greeners Action, Hong Kong

Greenpeace, Global

Health Environment and Climate Action Foundation (HECAF 360), Nepal

HENDRA, Indonesia

Humusz Szövetség, Hungary

Indap, Chile

Innovation for life Group -INNOLIF GROUP, Tanzania

INSEA – Instituto Nenuca de Desenvolvimento Sustentável, Brazil

Institute for Local Self-Reliance, USA

Institution of Community Study and Empowerment/LP2M, Indonesia

Instituto ATEMIS – Análise do Trabalho e das Mutações Industriais e dos Serviços, Brazil

Instituto de Derecho Ambiental de Honduras (IDAMHO), Honduras

Instituto Pólis, Brazil

Jaringan Perempuan Pesisir Sulawesi Tenggara, Indonesia

Joint Action for Water, India

Kader Hijau Muhammadiyah, Indonesia

Karoi Zero Waste Consortium, Zimbabwe

Korea Zero Waste Movement Network, Republic of Korea

L’ets d’obit Congo, Congo

LA2PM HAN, Indonesia

Lekeh Development Foundation, Nigeria

Let’s Do It! Togo, Togo

Let´s Do It Foundation, Estonia

Loncoche Suma y Avanza, Chile

LP 21, Indonesia

Mi Jardinerita , Ecuador

Mother Earth Foundation, Philippines

Movieco, Brasil

Movimento Nacional dos Catadores de Materiais Recicláveis, Brasil

NEB | noesbasura.com, Mexico

NGO Zero Waste Montenegro, Montenegro

Nipe Fagio, Tanzania

No plastic in my sea, France

North Country Earth Action, USA

Nothing Left to Waste, USA

NoWaste Surabaya, Indonesia

Núcleo Alter-Nativas de Produção – UFMG, Brasil

NY Environmental Watch, USA

Observatório da Politica Nacional de Resíduos Sólidos, Brasil

Observatório da Reciclagem Inclusiva e Solidária, Brasil

Observatorio de Ecología Política de Venezuela, Venezuela 

Oceana, Brasil

Oceana Philippines International, Philippines

ONG Colectivo VientoSur, Chile

ONG Verde Urbano, Chile

Parisar, India

ParyavaranMitra, India

PCRZ, Spain

Plastic Change, Denmark

Plastic Free Future, USA

Plastic Pollution Coalition, USA

Plastic Soup Surfer, Netherlands

PlataformaCiutadana Residu Zero, Catalunya

PPLH Bali (Environmental Education Center), Indonesia

Preservar Ambiental, Brasil

Pro Public, Nepal

Projeto Hospitais Saudáveis, Brasil

RAPAL, América del Sur

RAPAL Uruguay, Uruguay

Red de Acción por los Derechos Ambientales RADA, Chile

Rede Lixo Zero Santa Tereza, Brasil

Regenerative Solutions, USA

Returning Organics to Soils, Australia

REWIND / River Warrior Indonesia, Indonesia

Rezero, Spain

River valley Organizing, USA

RM Engineering, USA

Rotary Club de Cotia Mulheres Empreendedoras, Brazil

Sahabat Alam Malaysia (Friends of the Earth), Malaysia

Save the Med Foundation, Spain

Sierra Club, Puerto Rico

SMAN 1Kuantan Mudik Provinsi Riau, Indonesia

Sociedade Ecológica Amigos Do Embu – SEAE, Brazil

Solidaridad Temuco, Chile

Sound Resource Management Group, Inc., USA

South African Waste Pickers Association, South Africa

Story of Stuff Project, USA

Surfrider Foundation Australia, Australia

Surfrider South Coast, Australia

Sustainable Environment Development Initiative, Nigeria

Swach Pune Seva Sahakari Sanstha Maryadit, India

Synergis – Zero Waste Group, USA

Taiwan Zero Waste Association, Taiwan

Taller de Comunicación Ambiental (Rosario), Argentina

Taller Ecologista, Argentina

Thanal, India

The Center for Applied Research and People’s Engagement, India

The Earth Bill Network, USA

The Good Tribe, Sweden

The Green Earth, Hong Kong

the Indonesia Plastic Bag Diet Movement, Indonesia

The Last Plastic Straw, Global

The Repurpose Project, USA

The Rubbish Trip, New Zealand

Tomate Rojo, Chile

ToxicsWatch, India

Toxisphera Associação de Saúde Ambiental, Brazil

Trash, Argentina

Trash Hero Thailand, Thailand

Trash Hero World, Global

Ultimate Support for Self Initiatives, Tanzania

UNICATA University for and with Waste Pickers, Brazil

United Kingdom Without Incineration Network (UKWIN), United Kingdom

UNTAG Semarang, Indonesia

Urban Ore, Inc., USA

Vietnam Zero Waste Alliance, Vietnam

VOICE of Irish Concern for the Environment, Ireland

WALHI North Sumatra, Indonesia

WALHI/Friends of the Earth Indonesia, Indonesia 

War on Waste Negros Oriental, Philippines

Waukesha County Environmental Action League, USA

Work on Waste, USA (AEHSP)

Yaksa Pelestari Bumi Berkelanjutan (YPBB), Indonesia

Yana Ferments, Ecuador

Yayasan Cipta Abdi Bangsa, Indonesia

YPBB, Indonesia

Zelena akcija / Friends of the Earth Croatia, Croatia

ZERO – Associação Sistema Terrestre Sustentável, Portugal

Zero Waste 4 Zero Burning, Canada

Zero Waste Association of South Africa (“ZWASA”)

Zero Waste Australia and the National Toxics Network Australia

Zero Waste BC, Canada

Zero Waste Europe

Zero Waste International Trust, United Kingdom

Zero Waste Ithaca, USA

Zero Waste Lviv, Ukraine

Zero Waste Montgomery County, USA

Zero Waste Network Aotearoa, New Zealand

Zero Waste North West, Ireland

Zero Waste Schools Wales CIC, United Kingdom

Zero Waste Society, Ukraine

Zero Waste USA

ZWIA, Global

Center for Biological Diversity, USA

Zero Waste Alliance Ukraine

Cooperativa maos dadas, Global

Fundación Alianza en el Desarrollo, Ecuador

Upstream, USA

LP 21, Indonesia


Kiswahili

TAMKO JUU YA SIKU YA KIMATAIFA YA TAKA SIFURI.

Tarehe: 30 Machi 2023

#TakaSifuri kwa mabadiliko ya dunia!

Shirika la Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives ambalo ni shirikisho la kimataifa dhidi ya shughuli za kuchoma takataka. Shirikisho hili linaundwa na makundi ya jamii ya ngazi za chini, mashirika ya kitaifa na kikanda yenye zaidi ya taasisi 1000 kutoka nchi 92 duniani. Tunashiriki kujenga jamii inayolinda maliasili na kupinga uharibifu. Kazi yetu imejikita kwenye kubadilisha mitazamo na matendo ya watu binafsi lakini pia matendo ya makundi jumuishi kwa kutoa elimu, kujengea jamii uwezo, utekelezaji wa mifumo ya Taka Sifuri na shughuli za uchechemuzi katika ngazi ya jamii, taifa na mataifa.

Tuna furaha sana juu ya uamuzi wa shirika la Umoja wa Mataifa (United Nations) kutambua na kuadhimisha siku ya #TakaSifuri duniani Tarehe 30 Machi 2023. Kutambua umuhimu wa mfumo wa #TakaSifuri kwenye jamii zetu kuna akisi miongo mingi ya harakati za kimazingira. Harakati hizi zilizoongozwa na mashirika mengi duniani yaliyofanya kazi bega kwa bega na watu kwenye jamii zinazoathirika zaidi na ukosefu wa usawa utokanao na uharibifu wa mazingira. Uharibifu huo tajwa ukitokana na mifumo ya uzalishaji na utumiaji maliasili kwa kiasi kilichopitiliza.

Kwenye siku kama hii tunataka tusisitize tena kuwa, #TakaSifuri ni uhifadhi wa maliasili kwa namna ya uwajibikaji kuanzia kwenye uzalishaji, ununuzi, uchakataji, matumizi na utunzwaji wa bidhaa pamoja na vifungashio na malighafi bila kuzichoma wala kuziachilia kwenye mifumo ya ardhi, maji au hewa huku tukihatarisha mazingira na afya za binadamu.

Kama mashirika yaliyo mstari wa mbele kutekeleza mfumo wa #TakaSifuri na kanuni zake tunapenda kutilia mkazo kuwa programu yoyote inayotumia neno ‘Taka Sifuri’ lazima itangulize juhudi za kupunguza na kuzuia taka kwa njia zifuatazo:

  • Kuwekeza kwenye sera zinazozuia utengenezaji na utupwaji wa taka.
  • Kupunguza bidhaa zinazoweza kutupwa kwa kuzitafutia mbadala wa bidhaa endelevu na zinazoweza kutumika tena na tena.
  • Kuunda mbinu za usambazaji wa bidhaa zisizotumia vifungashio vinavyoweza kutupwa. Hili linaweza kufanyika kwa kutumia vifungashio vilivyotengenezwa na malighafi salama zinazoweza kutumika tena. Suala hili linahusisha pia malighafi zinazoweza kurudishwa tena kwenye mizunguko ya kibaolojia kama ikifika mwisho wa matumizi ya bidhaa.
  • Kubadilisha mifumo ya uzalishaji kuwa na bidhaa endelevu, zinazohitajika, zinazotengenezeka na zinazoweza kuoza au salama kwa kuchakatwa.
  • Kusaidia kukuza maendeleo ya uchumi wa nchi kwa njia zinazopunguza umbali kati ya wanaozalisha na wanaonunua na kutoa kipaumbele kwenye matumizi ya vifungashio vinavyoweza kurejelezwa, kuosheka na kubeba bidhaa kwa makundi.
  • Kuwezesha upatikanaji wa chakula kwa watu kupitia kulima vyakula visivyo na sumu, vyenye afya na sio tu kwa ajili ya kutengeneza faida. Pia, kupunguza taka za vyakula na kusambaza tena vyakula vinavyobaki kama ziada kabla havijapoteza thamani ya lishe yake.
  • Mahali ambapo mabaki ya uchakataji yapo yadhibitiwe ndani ya nchi, na mahali ambapo makundi ya waokota taka yapo yajumuishwe kwenye mfumo mzima wa udhibiti taka.
  • Kutambua mchango na juhudu za waokota taka wa kwenye jamii na wale walioko kwenye mfumo wa #TakaSifuri.
  • Kuepuka kwa kadiri inavyowezekana matumizi ya nyuzi isiyo halisi kwenye kutengeneza nguo, na kukabiliana na mifumo mibaya ya uzalishwaji wa nguo nyingi na kwa haraka unaojulikana kama ‘fast fashion’.
  • Kuepuka bidhaa zinazotoka nchi za nje kwa mfumo wa ‘ukoloni taka’, yenye uonevu na ukosefu wa usawa.
  • Kuacha kabisa uchomaji wa taka wa namna yoyote ndani ya mifumo ya udhibiti taka.

Kwa ufupi, #TakaSifuri ina maana kuwa jamii inatakiwa kuchukua kutoka kwenye mazingira asilia vile tu inavyohitaji na kuhakikisha kwamba jamii zote zinaendelea kiuchumi huku zikiheshimu uwezo wa mazingira kuzalisha tena kile tunachokichukua na kupokea kile tunachokiachilia kwake.

Mashirika yanayosaini tamko hili yanatoa wito kwa wanachama wa nchi za Umoja wa Mataifa kuunga mkono juhudi za kujenga mifumo ya #TakaSifuri kwenye kila maeneo duniani. Juhudi hizi lazima zitekeleze usawa kwenye jamii zinazoathirika na uharibifu wa mazingira, utupwaji wa taka, uchimbaji wa malighafi na taratibu za uzalishaji kwenye viwanda. Awali ya yote, juhudi hizi zinatakiwa kurudisha usawa kwenye mazingira, maana bila kutunza mazingira hakuna kesho yetu.

Watia saini wakuu

GAIA Global

GAIA Africa

GAIA Asia Pacific

GAIA Latin America and the Caribbean

GAIA US & Canada

Zero Waste Europe

Watia saini:

Acción Ecologica, Mexico

AEEFG, Tunisia

Agrovivas, Ecuador

Agrupación deportiva y social nueva huiscapi, Chile

Alaska Community Action on Toxics, USA

Aliança Resíduo Zero Brasil, Brazil

Alianza Basura Cero, Chile

Alianza Basura Cero Ecuador, Ecuador

Alianza de Derecho Ambiental y Agua, Guatemala 

Alliance of Mission-Based Recyclers (AMBR), USA

Alto al ecocidio en el río Tula, México

AMAES Asociación Mujeres Ambientalista El Salvador, El Salvador

American Environmnetal Health Studies Project, USA

Anef Araucania, Chile

ANFUSEN, Chile

Antu kai Mawen, Chile

Aotearoa Plastic Pollution Alliance, New Zealand

Apoena Socioambiental, Brazil

Asociación CEIBA, Guatemala

Asociación de funcionarios/as del INDH, Chile

Asociación de Sindicalistas de Emcali “ASOSIEMCALI, Colombia

Asociación Ecológica Santo Tomás A.:C., México

asociación movimiento nacional de recicladores de chile ANARCH, Chile

Azul, USA

Bangon Kalikasan Ecology Centers, Philippines

Berkeley Ecology Center, USA

Bio Vision Africa (BiVA), Uganda

Bios Argentina Nodo Tandil, Argentina

Blue Dalian, China

Boomerang Alliance, Australia

Break Free From Plastic (BFFP), Global

Breathe Free Detroit, USA

BYO – US Reduces, USA

Cafeteria Culture, USA

Center for Public Health and Environmental Development (CEPHED), Nepal

Center for Renewable Energy and Sustainable Technology, Philippines

Centre for Earth works (CFEW), Nigeria

Centre for Financial Accountability, India

Cepa, Chile

CESTA AT El Salvador, El Salvador

CETAAR, Argentina

CHENAI PROJECTS GROUP, Zimbabwe

Circular Communities Cymru, United Kingdom

Circular Economy Portugal, Portugal

Clean Air Action Network of Glens Falls (NY), USA

Climate Crisis Policy, USA

Club Andino Chillán, Chile

Coletivo PanVerde, Brazil

Coletivo SOS Barueri, Brazil

Community Based Research Laboratory, Canada

Comunidad indígena tripaiñan, Chile

CONFETAM CUT, Brazil

Consumers’ Association of Penang, Malaysia

Coopcamate, Brazil

Cooperativa de Trabajo Asociado Planeta Verde, Colombia

Corporate Hippie Inc, USA

CSARO: Community Sanitation and Recycling Organization, Cambodia

Dr Lubna Sarwath, India

Društvo Ekologi brez meja, Slovenia

Echotopia LLC, USA

Eco Circular India Foundation, India

Ecology Center, USA

Ecosoum, Mongolia

ECOTON, Indonesia

End Plastic Pollution – Uganda, Uganda

Environment and Social Development Organization-ESDO, Bangladesh

Environmental Agency of Central Lombok, Indonesia

Fala Lamo Art, North Maluku, Indonesia

Frente Brasileira Alternativas à Incineração, Brazil

FreshWater Accountabiity Project, USA

Front Commun pour la Protection de l’Environnement et des Espaces Protégés, (FCPEEP-RDC), Democratic Republic of the Congo

fundación Aguaclara, Venezuela 

Fundación Apaztle, Mexico

Fundación Basura, Chile

Fundación El Árbol, Chile

Fundacion Lenga, Chile

Fundación Siendo, Argentina

Fundaron DRECCA, Colombia 

GAIA Africa, South Africa

GMTex – Indústria de Confecções Ltda, Brazil

GovAmb/IEE/USP, Brazil

Green Vientiane , Laos

Greenaction for Health and Environmental Justice, USA

Greeners Action, Hong Kong

Greenpeace, Global

Health Environment and Climate Action Foundation (HECAF 360), Nepal

HENDRA, Indonesia

Humusz Szövetség, Hungary

Indap, Chile

Innovation for life Group -INNOLIF GROUP, Tanzania

INSEA – Instituto Nenuca de Desenvolvimento Sustentável, Brazil

Institute for Local Self-Reliance, USA

Institution of Community Study and Empowerment/LP2M, Indonesia

Instituto ATEMIS – Análise do Trabalho e das Mutações Industriais e dos Serviços, Brazil

Instituto de Derecho Ambiental de Honduras (IDAMHO), Honduras

Instituto Pólis, Brazil

Jaringan Perempuan Pesisir Sulawesi Tenggara, Indonesia

Joint Action for Water, India

Kader Hijau Muhammadiyah, Indonesia

Karoi Zero Waste Consortium, Zimbabwe

Korea Zero Waste Movement Network, Republic of Korea

L’ets d’obit Congo, Congo

LA2PM HAN, Indonesia

Lekeh Development Foundation, Nigeria

Let’s Do It! Togo, Togo

Let´s Do It Foundation, Estonia

Loncoche Suma y Avanza, Chile

LP 21, Indonesia

Mi Jardinerita , Ecuador

Mother Earth Foundation, Philippines

Movieco, Brasil

Movimento Nacional dos Catadores de Materiais Recicláveis, Brasil

NEB | noesbasura.com, Mexico

NGO Zero Waste Montenegro, Montenegro

Nipe Fagio, Tanzania

No plastic in my sea, France

North Country Earth Action, USA

Nothing Left to Waste, USA

NoWaste Surabaya, Indonesia

Núcleo Alter-Nativas de Produção – UFMG, Brasil

NY Environmental Watch, USA

Observatório da Politica Nacional de Resíduos Sólidos, Brasil

Observatório da Reciclagem Inclusiva e Solidária, Brasil

Observatorio de Ecología Política de Venezuela, Venezuela 

Oceana, Brasil

Oceana Philippines International, Philippines

ONG Colectivo VientoSur, Chile

ONG Verde Urbano, Chile

Parisar, India

ParyavaranMitra, India

PCRZ, Spain

Plastic Change, Denmark

Plastic Free Future, USA

Plastic Pollution Coalition, USA

Plastic Soup Surfer, Netherlands

PlataformaCiutadana Residu Zero, Catalunya

PPLH Bali (Environmental Education Center), Indonesia

Preservar Ambiental, Brasil

Pro Public, Nepal

Projeto Hospitais Saudáveis, Brasil

RAPAL, América del Sur

RAPAL Uruguay, Uruguay

Red de Acción por los Derechos Ambientales RADA, Chile

Rede Lixo Zero Santa Tereza, Brasil

Regenerative Solutions, USA

Returning Organics to Soils, Australia

REWIND / River Warrior Indonesia, Indonesia

Rezero, Spain

River valley Organizing, USA

RM Engineering, USA

Rotary Club de Cotia Mulheres Empreendedoras, Brazil

Sahabat Alam Malaysia (Friends of the Earth), Malaysia

Save the Med Foundation, Spain

Sierra Club, Puerto Rico

SMAN 1Kuantan Mudik Provinsi Riau, Indonesia

Sociedade Ecológica Amigos Do Embu – SEAE, Brazil

Solidaridad Temuco, Chile

Sound Resource Management Group, Inc., USA

South African Waste Pickers Association, South Africa

Story of Stuff Project, USA

Surfrider Foundation Australia, Australia

Surfrider South Coast, Australia

Sustainable Environment Development Initiative, Nigeria

Swach Pune Seva Sahakari Sanstha Maryadit, India

Synergis – Zero Waste Group, USA

Taiwan Zero Waste Association, Taiwan

Taller de Comunicación Ambiental (Rosario), Argentina

Taller Ecologista, Argentina

Thanal, India

The Center for Applied Research and People’s Engagement, India

The Earth Bill Network, USA

The Good Tribe, Sweden

The Green Earth, Hong Kong

the Indonesia Plastic Bag Diet Movement, Indonesia

The Last Plastic Straw, Global

The Repurpose Project, USA

The Rubbish Trip, New Zealand

Tomate Rojo, Chile

ToxicsWatch, India

Toxisphera Associação de Saúde Ambiental, Brazil

Trash, Argentina

Trash Hero Thailand, Thailand

Trash Hero World, Global

Ultimate Support for Self Initiatives, Tanzania

UNICATA University for and with Waste Pickers, Brazil

United Kingdom Without Incineration Network (UKWIN), United Kingdom

UNTAG Semarang, Indonesia

Urban Ore, Inc., USA

Vietnam Zero Waste Alliance, Vietnam

VOICE of Irish Concern for the Environment, Ireland

WALHI North Sumatra, Indonesia

WALHI/Friends of the Earth Indonesia, Indonesia 

War on Waste Negros Oriental, Philippines

Waukesha County Environmental Action League, USA

Work on Waste, USA (AEHSP)

Yaksa Pelestari Bumi Berkelanjutan (YPBB), Indonesia

Yana Ferments, Ecuador

Yayasan Cipta Abdi Bangsa, Indonesia

YPBB, Indonesia

Zelena akcija / Friends of the Earth Croatia, Croatia

ZERO – Associação Sistema Terrestre Sustentável, Portugal

Zero Waste 4 Zero Burning, Canada

Zero Waste Association of South Africa (“ZWASA”)

Zero Waste Australia and the National Toxics Network Australia

Zero Waste BC, Canada

Zero Waste Europe

Zero Waste International Trust, United Kingdom

Zero Waste Ithaca, USA

Zero Waste Lviv, Ukraine

Zero Waste Montgomery County, USA

Zero Waste Network Aotearoa, New Zealand

Zero Waste North West, Ireland

Zero Waste Schools Wales CIC, United Kingdom

Zero Waste Society, Ukraine

Zero Waste USA

ZWIA, Global

Center for Biological Diversity, USA

Zero Waste Alliance Ukraine

Cooperativa maos dadas, Global

Fundación Alianza en el Desarrollo, Ecuador

Upstream, USA

LP 21, Indonesia


Bahasa Indonesia

DEKLARASI

HARI NOL SAMPAH INTERNASIONAL

30 Maret 2023

Nol sampah untuk mengubah dunia!

Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives, GAIA, adalah jaringan kelompok akar rumput dan aliansi nasional serta regional yang mewakili lebih dari 1000 organisasi dari 92 negara yang memiliki visi untuk membangun masa depan yang melindungi alam alih-alih merusaknya. Kami bekerja untuk mengubah praktik individu maupun kelompok melalui pendidikan, organisasi masyarakat, implementasi sistem nol sampah atau  zero waste, dan advokasi kebijakan publik pada tingkat lokal, nasional serta internasional.

Kami sangat gembira atas keputusan Perserikatan Bangsa-Bangsa (PBB) untuk menetapkan tanggal 30 Maret sebagai Hari Nol Sampah Internasional. Pengakuan terhadap pentingnya zero waste ini mencerminkan hasil kerja puluhan tahun aktivisme sosial-lingkungan, yang dipimpin oleh organisasi di seluruh dunia dan bekerja berdampingan dengan masyarakat yang paling terdampak oleh ketidakadilan lingkungan dan sosial yang disebabkan oleh sistem global produksi berlebihan serta konsumsi sumber daya alam yang berlebih.

Pada hari seperti hari ini, kami ingin menegaskan kembali bahwa zero waste adalah konservasi alam melalui produksi, konsumsi, penggunaan kembali, dan pemulihan produk, kemasan, dan material yang bertanggung jawab tanpa pembakaran dan tanpa pembuangan ke tanah, air, atau udara yang mengancam lingkungan atau kesehatan manusia. Sebagai organisasi yang berada di garis depan advokasi prinsip dan strategi zero waste, kami ingin menekankan bahwa setiap program yang menggunakan istilah “zero waste” harus mempertahankan fokus utama pada pengurangan dan pencegahan sampah, melalui tindakan-tindakan berikut:

  • Mengalokasikan sumber daya alam dan mengeluarkan kebijakan yang mencegah pembuangan dan timbulan sampah.
  • Meminimalkan produk sekali pakai dan mencari cara untuk menggantinya dengan alternatif lain yang lebih tahan lama dan dapat digunakan kembali.
  • Mengembangkan cara pendistribusianproduk tanpa menggunakan kemasan sekali pakai, menggunakan kemasan yang terbuat dari bahan yang mudah dan aman untuk digunakan kembali, atau jika hal tersebut tidak memungkinkan, maka harus melakukan daur ulang atau mengembalikan ke dalam siklus biologis setelah masa pakainya habis.
  • Mengubah sistem produksi untuk memproduksi barang yang diperlukan, tahan lama, dan dapat diperbaiki, atau setidaknya terbuat dari bahan yang mudah terurai atau dapat didaur ulang dengan aman.
  • Mendorong pengembangan ekonomi lokal yang mempersingkat jarak antara produsen dan konsumen, dengan mendukung penggunaan kemasan yang dapat digunakan kembali dan dicuci, serta penjualan produk secara curah.
  • Merebut kembali kedaulatan pangan rakyat – menanam pangan yang sehat dan bebas racun untuk dimakan dan bukan hanya untuk dijual, meminimalkan limbah pangan, dan membagikan makanan berlebih sebelum kehilangan kualitas nutrisinya.
  • Mengelola sampah daur ulang secara lokal, dan jika ada kelompok atau koperasi pekerja sampah, maka mereka harus dilibatkan dalam seluruh sistem pengelolaan sampah.
  • Mengakui peran penting dan kontribusi pekerja sampah dan pemulung di tingkat akar rumput dan dalam sistem zero waste.
  • Menghindari sebanyak mungkin penggunaan serat sintetis dalam pakaian dan tekstil, serta menentang pemborosan dari fast fashion.
  • Menghindari ekspor sampah yang mempertahankan praktik kolonialisme, ketidakadilan, dan ketidaksetaraan.
  • Menghilangkan pembakaran sampah – dalam bentuk apa pun – dari program pengelolaan sampah.

Singkatnya, sistem zero waste berarti hanya mengambil apa yang kita butuhkan dari alam, dan memastikan bahwa semua komunitas di masyarakat sejahtera, dengan tetap menghormati batasan alam dalam meregenerasi secara optimal dari apa yang telah kita ambil, dan menyerap apa yang kita lepaskan kembali ke alam.

Organisasi yang menandatangani deklarasi ini menyerukan kepada Negara Anggota PBB untuk bergabung dengan upaya kami dalam membangun inisiatif zero waste di seluruh penjuru dunia. Inisiatif-inisiatif ini harus mengembalikan keadilan kepada komunitas masyarakat yang harus menanggung beban polusi dari pembuangan sampah, ekstraksi bahan baku murni, dan proses manufaktur industri, dan terutama mengembalikan keadilan kepada alam karena tanpa hal tersebut tidak akan ada masa depan bagi umat manusia.

Penandatangan utama

GAIA Global

GAIA Africa

GAIA Asia Pacific

GAIA Latin America and the Caribbean

GAIA US & Canada

Zero Waste Europe

Penandatangan:

Acción Ecologica, Mexico

AEEFG, Tunisia

Agrovivas, Ecuador

Agrupación deportiva y social nueva huiscapi, Chile

Alaska Community Action on Toxics, USA

Aliança Resíduo Zero Brasil, Brazil

Alianza Basura Cero, Chile

Alianza Basura Cero Ecuador, Ecuador

Alianza de Derecho Ambiental y Agua, Guatemala 

Alliance of Mission-Based Recyclers (AMBR), USA

Alto al ecocidio en el río Tula, México

AMAES Asociación Mujeres Ambientalista El Salvador, El Salvador

American Environmnetal Health Studies Project, USA

Anef Araucania, Chile

ANFUSEN, Chile

Antu kai Mawen, Chile

Aotearoa Plastic Pollution Alliance, New Zealand

Apoena Socioambiental, Brazil

Asociación CEIBA, Guatemala

Asociación de funcionarios/as del INDH, Chile

Asociación de Sindicalistas de Emcali “ASOSIEMCALI, Colombia

Asociación Ecológica Santo Tomás A.:C., México

asociación movimiento nacional de recicladores de chile ANARCH, Chile

Azul, USA

Bangon Kalikasan Ecology Centers, Philippines

Berkeley Ecology Center, USA

Bio Vision Africa (BiVA), Uganda

Bios Argentina Nodo Tandil, Argentina

Blue Dalian, China

Boomerang Alliance, Australia

Break Free From Plastic (BFFP), Global

Breathe Free Detroit, USA

BYO – US Reduces, USA

Cafeteria Culture, USA

Center for Public Health and Environmental Development (CEPHED), Nepal

Center for Renewable Energy and Sustainable Technology, Philippines

Centre for Earth works (CFEW), Nigeria

Centre for Financial Accountability, India

Cepa, Chile

CESTA AT El Salvador, El Salvador

CETAAR, Argentina

CHENAI PROJECTS GROUP, Zimbabwe

Circular Communities Cymru, United Kingdom

Circular Economy Portugal, Portugal

Clean Air Action Network of Glens Falls (NY), USA

Climate Crisis Policy, USA

Club Andino Chillán, Chile

Coletivo PanVerde, Brazil

Coletivo SOS Barueri, Brazil

Community Based Research Laboratory, Canada

Comunidad indígena tripaiñan, Chile

CONFETAM CUT, Brazil

Consumers’ Association of Penang, Malaysia

Coopcamate, Brazil

Cooperativa de Trabajo Asociado Planeta Verde, Colombia

Corporate Hippie Inc, USA

CSARO: Community Sanitation and Recycling Organization, Cambodia

Dr Lubna Sarwath, India

Društvo Ekologi brez meja, Slovenia

Echotopia LLC, USA

Eco Circular India Foundation, India

Ecology Center, USA

Ecosoum, Mongolia

ECOTON, Indonesia

End Plastic Pollution – Uganda, Uganda

Environment and Social Development Organization-ESDO, Bangladesh

Environmental Agency of Central Lombok, Indonesia

Fala Lamo Art, North Maluku, Indonesia

Frente Brasileira Alternativas à Incineração, Brazil

FreshWater Accountabiity Project, USA

Front Commun pour la Protection de l’Environnement et des Espaces Protégés, (FCPEEP-RDC), Democratic Republic of the Congo

fundación Aguaclara, Venezuela 

Fundación Apaztle, Mexico

Fundación Basura, Chile

Fundación El Árbol, Chile

Fundacion Lenga, Chile

Fundación Siendo, Argentina

Fundaron DRECCA, Colombia 

GAIA Africa, South Africa

GMTex – Indústria de Confecções Ltda, Brazil

GovAmb/IEE/USP, Brazil

Green Vientiane , Laos

Greenaction for Health and Environmental Justice, USA

Greeners Action, Hong Kong

Greenpeace, Global

Health Environment and Climate Action Foundation (HECAF 360), Nepal

HENDRA, Indonesia

Humusz Szövetség, Hungary

Indap, Chile

Innovation for life Group -INNOLIF GROUP, Tanzania

INSEA – Instituto Nenuca de Desenvolvimento Sustentável, Brazil

Institute for Local Self-Reliance, USA

Institution of Community Study and Empowerment/LP2M, Indonesia

Instituto ATEMIS – Análise do Trabalho e das Mutações Industriais e dos Serviços, Brazil

Instituto de Derecho Ambiental de Honduras (IDAMHO), Honduras

Instituto Pólis, Brazil

Jaringan Perempuan Pesisir Sulawesi Tenggara, Indonesia

Joint Action for Water, India

Kader Hijau Muhammadiyah, Indonesia

Karoi Zero Waste Consortium, Zimbabwe

Korea Zero Waste Movement Network, Republic of Korea

L’ets d’obit Congo, Congo

LA2PM HAN, Indonesia

Lekeh Development Foundation, Nigeria

Let’s Do It! Togo, Togo

Let´s Do It Foundation, Estonia

Loncoche Suma y Avanza, Chile

LP 21, Indonesia

Mi Jardinerita , Ecuador

Mother Earth Foundation, Philippines

Movieco, Brasil

Movimento Nacional dos Catadores de Materiais Recicláveis, Brasil

NEB | noesbasura.com, Mexico

NGO Zero Waste Montenegro, Montenegro

Nipe Fagio, Tanzania

No plastic in my sea, France

North Country Earth Action, USA

Nothing Left to Waste, USA

NoWaste Surabaya, Indonesia

Núcleo Alter-Nativas de Produção – UFMG, Brasil

NY Environmental Watch, USA

Observatório da Politica Nacional de Resíduos Sólidos, Brasil

Observatório da Reciclagem Inclusiva e Solidária, Brasil

Observatorio de Ecología Política de Venezuela, Venezuela 

Oceana, Brasil

Oceana Philippines International, Philippines

ONG Colectivo VientoSur, Chile

ONG Verde Urbano, Chile

Parisar, India

ParyavaranMitra, India

PCRZ, Spain

Plastic Change, Denmark

Plastic Free Future, USA

Plastic Pollution Coalition, USA

Plastic Soup Surfer, Netherlands

PlataformaCiutadana Residu Zero, Catalunya

PPLH Bali (Environmental Education Center), Indonesia

Preservar Ambiental, Brasil

Pro Public, Nepal

Projeto Hospitais Saudáveis, Brasil

RAPAL, América del Sur

RAPAL Uruguay, Uruguay

Red de Acción por los Derechos Ambientales RADA, Chile

Rede Lixo Zero Santa Tereza, Brasil

Regenerative Solutions, USA

Returning Organics to Soils, Australia

REWIND / River Warrior Indonesia, Indonesia

Rezero, Spain

River valley Organizing, USA

RM Engineering, USA

Rotary Club de Cotia Mulheres Empreendedoras, Brazil

Sahabat Alam Malaysia (Friends of the Earth), Malaysia

Save the Med Foundation, Spain

Sierra Club, Puerto Rico

SMAN 1Kuantan Mudik Provinsi Riau, Indonesia

Sociedade Ecológica Amigos Do Embu – SEAE, Brazil

Solidaridad Temuco, Chile

Sound Resource Management Group, Inc., USA

South African Waste Pickers Association, South Africa

Story of Stuff Project, USA

Surfrider Foundation Australia, Australia

Surfrider South Coast, Australia

Sustainable Environment Development Initiative, Nigeria

Swach Pune Seva Sahakari Sanstha Maryadit, India

Synergis – Zero Waste Group, USA

Taiwan Zero Waste Association, Taiwan

Taller de Comunicación Ambiental (Rosario), Argentina

Taller Ecologista, Argentina

Thanal, India

The Center for Applied Research and People’s Engagement, India

The Earth Bill Network, USA

The Good Tribe, Sweden

The Green Earth, Hong Kong

the Indonesia Plastic Bag Diet Movement, Indonesia

The Last Plastic Straw, Global

The Repurpose Project, USA

The Rubbish Trip, New Zealand

Tomate Rojo, Chile

ToxicsWatch, India

Toxisphera Associação de Saúde Ambiental, Brazil

Trash, Argentina

Trash Hero Thailand, Thailand

Trash Hero World, Global

Ultimate Support for Self Initiatives, Tanzania

UNICATA University for and with Waste Pickers, Brazil

United Kingdom Without Incineration Network (UKWIN), United Kingdom

UNTAG Semarang, Indonesia

Urban Ore, Inc., USA

Vietnam Zero Waste Alliance, Vietnam

VOICE of Irish Concern for the Environment, Ireland

WALHI North Sumatra, Indonesia

WALHI/Friends of the Earth Indonesia, Indonesia 

War on Waste Negros Oriental, Philippines

Waukesha County Environmental Action League, USA

Work on Waste, USA (AEHSP)

Yaksa Pelestari Bumi Berkelanjutan (YPBB), Indonesia

Yana Ferments, Ecuador

Yayasan Cipta Abdi Bangsa, Indonesia

YPBB, Indonesia

Zelena akcija / Friends of the Earth Croatia, Croatia

ZERO – Associação Sistema Terrestre Sustentável, Portugal

Zero Waste 4 Zero Burning, Canada

Zero Waste Association of South Africa (“ZWASA”)

Zero Waste Australia and the National Toxics Network Australia

Zero Waste BC, Canada

Zero Waste Europe

Zero Waste International Trust, United Kingdom

Zero Waste Ithaca, USA

Zero Waste Lviv, Ukraine

Zero Waste Montgomery County, USA

Zero Waste Network Aotearoa, New Zealand

Zero Waste North West, Ireland

Zero Waste Schools Wales CIC, United Kingdom

Zero Waste Society, Ukraine

Zero Waste USA

ZWIA, Global

Center for Biological Diversity, USA

Zero Waste Alliance Ukraine

Cooperativa maos dadas, Global

Fundación Alianza en el Desarrollo, Ecuador

Upstream, USA

LP 21, Indonesia


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DÉCLARATION

JOURNÉE INTERNATIONALE DU ZÉRO DÉCHET

 30 mars 2023

 Zéro déchet pour transformer le monde !

L’Alliance mondiale pour les alternatives aux incinérateurs, GAIA, est un réseau de groupes communautaires et d’alliances nationales et régionales représentant plus de 1000 organisations de 92 pays, bâtissant un avenir qui protège la nature au lieu de la transformer en déchets. Nous travaillons afin de changer les pratiques personnelles et collectives par l’éducation populaire, l’organisation communautaire, la mise en œuvre de systèmes zéro déchet et la défense de politiques publiques à l’échelle locale, nationale et internationale. 

Nous nous réjouissons que les Nations Unies aient décidé de proclamer le 30 mars comme la Journée internationale du zéro déchet. Cette reconnaissance de l’importance du zéro déchet est le résultat de décennies d’activisme socio-environnemental, dirigé par des organisations du monde entier travaillant aux côtés des communautés les plus touchées par les injustices environnementales et sociales causées par un système mondial de surproduction et de consommation de ressources naturelles.

En un jour comme celui-ci, nous voulons réaffirmer que le zéro déchet est la conservation de la nature par la production responsable, la consommation, la réutilisation et la récupération de produits, d’emballages et de matériaux sans avoir recours à l’incinération et sans rejets dans la terre, dans l’eau ou dans l’air qui menacent l’environnement ou la santé humaine. 

En tant qu’organisations à l’avant-garde des principes et des stratégies zéro déchet, nous tenons à souligner que tout programme utilisant le terme « zéro déchet » doit se concentrer d’abord et avant tout sur la réduction et la prévention des déchets grâce aux actions suivantes :

  • Investir des ressources et établir des politiques qui empêchent la production et l’élimination des déchets.
  • Réduire au minimum les produits jetables et trouver des façons de les remplacer par des solutions de rechange durables et réutilisables.
  • Développer des moyens de distribution de produits sans l’utilisation d’emballages jetables, en utilisant des emballages composés de matériaux faciles à réutiliser et sûrs, ou, à défaut, les recycler ou réinsérer en cycles biologiques à la fin d’une longue durée de vie.
  • Transformer le système de production afin de fabriquer des produits nécessaires, durables et réparables avant tout ou au moins en matériaux biodégradables ou recyclables en toute sécurité.
  • Promouvoir le développement des économies locales qui raccourcissent la distance entre ceux qui produisent et ceux qui consomment, en favorisant l’utilisation d’emballages réutilisables et lavables et la vente de produits en vrac.
  • Reconquérir la souveraineté alimentaire des peuples – des aliments sains et exempts de substances toxiques pour nourrir et non seulement pour en tirer profit, minimisant le gaspillage alimentaire et redistribuant les surplus alimentaires avant qu’ils ne perdent leurs qualités nutritionnelles.
  • Lorsque des déchets recyclables sont produits, les gérer localement, et lorsqu’il existe des groupes de ramasseurs de déchets ou des coopératives, les impliquer dans l’ensemble du système de gestion des déchets.
  • Reconnaître le rôle et la contribution des ramasseurs de déchets communautaires dans le système zéro déchet.
  • Éviter le plus possible l’utilisation de fibres synthétiques dans les vêtements et les textiles et faire face au gaspillage de la « mode rapide ».  
  • Éviter les exportations de déchets qui perpétuent le colonialisme, l’injustice et l’inégalité. 
  • Éliminer l’incinération des déchets – sous toutes ses formes – des programmes de gestion des déchets.

En résumé, le zéro déchet signifie extraire de la nature que ce dont nous avons besoin et veiller à l’épanouissement de toutes les communautés, tout en respectant les limites planétaires pour régénérer ce que nous prenons et absorber ce que nous redonnons à la nature.

Les organisations signataires de cette déclaration appellent les États membres des Nations Unies à joindre nos efforts pour construire des initiatives zéro déchet aux quatre coins de la planète. Ces initiatives doivent rendre justice aux communautés qui supportent la charge de la pollution due à l’élimination des déchets, à l’extraction de matières premières vierges et aux procédés de fabrication industrielle et surtout rendre justice à la nature, sans laquelle l’humanité n’a pas d’avenir.

Principaux signataires

GAIA Global

GAIA Africa

GAIA Asia Pacific

GAIA Latin America and the Caribbean

GAIA US & Canada

Zero Waste Europe

Signataires:

Acción Ecologica, Mexico

AEEFG, Tunisia

Agrovivas, Ecuador

Agrupación deportiva y social nueva huiscapi, Chile

Alaska Community Action on Toxics, USA

Aliança Resíduo Zero Brasil, Brazil

Alianza Basura Cero, Chile

Alianza Basura Cero Ecuador, Ecuador

Alianza de Derecho Ambiental y Agua, Guatemala 

Alliance of Mission-Based Recyclers (AMBR), USA

Alto al ecocidio en el río Tula, México

AMAES Asociación Mujeres Ambientalista El Salvador, El Salvador

American Environmnetal Health Studies Project, USA

Anef Araucania, Chile

ANFUSEN, Chile

Antu kai Mawen, Chile

Aotearoa Plastic Pollution Alliance, New Zealand

Apoena Socioambiental, Brazil

Asociación CEIBA, Guatemala

Asociación de funcionarios/as del INDH, Chile

Asociación de Sindicalistas de Emcali “ASOSIEMCALI, Colombia

Asociación Ecológica Santo Tomás A.:C., México

asociación movimiento nacional de recicladores de chile ANARCH, Chile

Azul, USA

Bangon Kalikasan Ecology Centers, Philippines

Berkeley Ecology Center, USA

Bio Vision Africa (BiVA), Uganda

Bios Argentina Nodo Tandil, Argentina

Blue Dalian, China

Boomerang Alliance, Australia

Break Free From Plastic (BFFP), Global

Breathe Free Detroit, USA

BYO – US Reduces, USA

Cafeteria Culture, USA

Center for Public Health and Environmental Development (CEPHED), Nepal

Center for Renewable Energy and Sustainable Technology, Philippines

Centre for Earth works (CFEW), Nigeria

Centre for Financial Accountability, India

Cepa, Chile

CESTA AT El Salvador, El Salvador

CETAAR, Argentina

CHENAI PROJECTS GROUP, Zimbabwe

Circular Communities Cymru, United Kingdom

Circular Economy Portugal, Portugal

Clean Air Action Network of Glens Falls (NY), USA

Climate Crisis Policy, USA

Club Andino Chillán, Chile

Coletivo PanVerde, Brazil

Coletivo SOS Barueri, Brazil

Community Based Research Laboratory, Canada

Comunidad indígena tripaiñan, Chile

CONFETAM CUT, Brazil

Consumers’ Association of Penang, Malaysia

Coopcamate, Brazil

Cooperativa de Trabajo Asociado Planeta Verde, Colombia

Corporate Hippie Inc, USA

CSARO: Community Sanitation and Recycling Organization, Cambodia

Dr Lubna Sarwath, India

Društvo Ekologi brez meja, Slovenia

Echotopia LLC, USA

Eco Circular India Foundation, India

Ecology Center, USA

Ecosoum, Mongolia

ECOTON, Indonesia

End Plastic Pollution – Uganda, Uganda

Environment and Social Development Organization-ESDO, Bangladesh

Environmental Agency of Central Lombok, Indonesia

Fala Lamo Art, North Maluku, Indonesia

Frente Brasileira Alternativas à Incineração, Brazil

FreshWater Accountabiity Project, USA

Front Commun pour la Protection de l’Environnement et des Espaces Protégés, (FCPEEP-RDC), Democratic Republic of the Congo

fundación Aguaclara, Venezuela 

Fundación Apaztle, Mexico

Fundación Basura, Chile

Fundación El Árbol, Chile

Fundacion Lenga, Chile

Fundación Siendo, Argentina

Fundaron DRECCA, Colombia 

GAIA Africa, South Africa

GMTex – Indústria de Confecções Ltda, Brazil

GovAmb/IEE/USP, Brazil

Green Vientiane , Laos

Greenaction for Health and Environmental Justice, USA

Greeners Action, Hong Kong

Greenpeace, Global

Health Environment and Climate Action Foundation (HECAF 360), Nepal

HENDRA, Indonesia

Humusz Szövetség, Hungary

Indap, Chile

Innovation for life Group -INNOLIF GROUP, Tanzania

INSEA – Instituto Nenuca de Desenvolvimento Sustentável, Brazil

Institute for Local Self-Reliance, USA

Institution of Community Study and Empowerment/LP2M, Indonesia

Instituto ATEMIS – Análise do Trabalho e das Mutações Industriais e dos Serviços, Brazil

Instituto de Derecho Ambiental de Honduras (IDAMHO), Honduras

Instituto Pólis, Brazil

Jaringan Perempuan Pesisir Sulawesi Tenggara, Indonesia

Joint Action for Water, India

Kader Hijau Muhammadiyah, Indonesia

Karoi Zero Waste Consortium, Zimbabwe

Korea Zero Waste Movement Network, Republic of Korea

L’ets d’obit Congo, Congo

LA2PM HAN, Indonesia

Lekeh Development Foundation, Nigeria

Let’s Do It! Togo, Togo

Let´s Do It Foundation, Estonia

Loncoche Suma y Avanza, Chile

LP 21, Indonesia

Mi Jardinerita , Ecuador

Mother Earth Foundation, Philippines

Movieco, Brasil

Movimento Nacional dos Catadores de Materiais Recicláveis, Brasil

NEB | noesbasura.com, Mexico

NGO Zero Waste Montenegro, Montenegro

Nipe Fagio, Tanzania

No plastic in my sea, France

North Country Earth Action, USA

Nothing Left to Waste, USA

NoWaste Surabaya, Indonesia

Núcleo Alter-Nativas de Produção – UFMG, Brasil

NY Environmental Watch, USA

Observatório da Politica Nacional de Resíduos Sólidos, Brasil

Observatório da Reciclagem Inclusiva e Solidária, Brasil

Observatorio de Ecología Política de Venezuela, Venezuela 

Oceana, Brasil

Oceana Philippines International, Philippines

ONG Colectivo VientoSur, Chile

ONG Verde Urbano, Chile

Parisar, India

ParyavaranMitra, India

PCRZ, Spain

Plastic Change, Denmark

Plastic Free Future, USA

Plastic Pollution Coalition, USA

Plastic Soup Surfer, Netherlands

PlataformaCiutadana Residu Zero, Catalunya

PPLH Bali (Environmental Education Center), Indonesia

Preservar Ambiental, Brasil

Pro Public, Nepal

Projeto Hospitais Saudáveis, Brasil

RAPAL, América del Sur

RAPAL Uruguay, Uruguay

Red de Acción por los Derechos Ambientales RADA, Chile

Rede Lixo Zero Santa Tereza, Brasil

Regenerative Solutions, USA

Returning Organics to Soils, Australia

REWIND / River Warrior Indonesia, Indonesia

Rezero, Spain

River valley Organizing, USA

RM Engineering, USA

Rotary Club de Cotia Mulheres Empreendedoras, Brazil

Sahabat Alam Malaysia (Friends of the Earth), Malaysia

Save the Med Foundation, Spain

Sierra Club, Puerto Rico

SMAN 1Kuantan Mudik Provinsi Riau, Indonesia

Sociedade Ecológica Amigos Do Embu – SEAE, Brazil

Solidaridad Temuco, Chile

Sound Resource Management Group, Inc., USA

South African Waste Pickers Association, South Africa

Story of Stuff Project, USA

Surfrider Foundation Australia, Australia

Surfrider South Coast, Australia

Sustainable Environment Development Initiative, Nigeria

Swach Pune Seva Sahakari Sanstha Maryadit, India

Synergis – Zero Waste Group, USA

Taiwan Zero Waste Association, Taiwan

Taller de Comunicación Ambiental (Rosario), Argentina

Taller Ecologista, Argentina

Thanal, India

The Center for Applied Research and People’s Engagement, India

The Earth Bill Network, USA

The Good Tribe, Sweden

The Green Earth, Hong Kong

the Indonesia Plastic Bag Diet Movement, Indonesia

The Last Plastic Straw, Global

The Repurpose Project, USA

The Rubbish Trip, New Zealand

Tomate Rojo, Chile

ToxicsWatch, India

Toxisphera Associação de Saúde Ambiental, Brazil

Trash, Argentina

Trash Hero Thailand, Thailand

Trash Hero World, Global

Ultimate Support for Self Initiatives, Tanzania

UNICATA University for and with Waste Pickers, Brazil

United Kingdom Without Incineration Network (UKWIN), United Kingdom

UNTAG Semarang, Indonesia

Urban Ore, Inc., USA

Vietnam Zero Waste Alliance, Vietnam

VOICE of Irish Concern for the Environment, Ireland

WALHI North Sumatra, Indonesia

WALHI/Friends of the Earth Indonesia, Indonesia 

War on Waste Negros Oriental, Philippines

Waukesha County Environmental Action League, USA

Work on Waste, USA (AEHSP)

Yaksa Pelestari Bumi Berkelanjutan (YPBB), Indonesia

Yana Ferments, Ecuador

Yayasan Cipta Abdi Bangsa, Indonesia

YPBB, Indonesia

Zelena akcija / Friends of the Earth Croatia, Croatia

ZERO – Associação Sistema Terrestre Sustentável, Portugal

Zero Waste 4 Zero Burning, Canada

Zero Waste Association of South Africa (“ZWASA”)

Zero Waste Australia and the National Toxics Network Australia

Zero Waste BC, Canada

Zero Waste Europe

Zero Waste International Trust, United Kingdom

Zero Waste Ithaca, USA

Zero Waste Lviv, Ukraine

Zero Waste Montgomery County, USA

Zero Waste Network Aotearoa, New Zealand

Zero Waste North West, Ireland

Zero Waste Schools Wales CIC, United Kingdom

Zero Waste Society, Ukraine

Zero Waste USA

ZWIA, Global

Center for Biological Diversity, USA

Zero Waste Alliance Ukraine

Cooperativa maos dadas, Global

Fundación Alianza en el Desarrollo, Ecuador

Upstream, USA

LP 21, Indonesia


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DICHIARAZIONE

GIORNATA INTERNAZIONALE RIFIUTI ZERO

30 marzo 2023

Rifiuti zero per trasformare il mondo!

L’Alleanza Globale per l’Alternativa agli Inceneritori (GAIA – Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives) è una rete di gruppi locali e di alleanze nazionali e regionali che riunisce più di 1.000 organizzazioni di 92 paesi impegnate a costruire un futuro in cui si protegge la natura piuttosto che trasformarla in rifiuti. Lavoriamo per cambiare le abitudini individuali e collettive attraverso l’educazione civica (no popolare)  , l’organizzazione delle comunità, l’implementazione di sistemi a rifiuti zero e la promozione di politiche pubbliche a livello locale, nazionale e internazionale. 

Abbiamo appreso con molto soddisfazione la decisione delle Nazioni Unite di proclamare il 30 marzo Giornata Internazionale Rifiuti Zero. Questo riconoscimento dell’importanza di creare zero rifiuti riflette decenni di attivismo socio-ambientale promosso da organizzazioni di tutto il mondo che lavorano a fianco delle comunità più colpite dalle ingiustizie ambientali e sociali causate da un sistema globale di sovrapproduzione e consumo di risorse naturali.

In una giornata come questa vogliamo ribadire che l’azzeramento dei rifiuti è la conservazione della natura attraverso la produzione, il consumo, il riutilizzo e il recupero responsabili di prodotti, imballaggi e materiali senza incenerimento e senza scaricare nei terreni, nell’acqua o nell’aria quelle che sono delle minacce per l’ambiente o la salute umana. 

In qualità di organizzazioni all’avanguardia per quanto riguarda i principi e le strategie “Rifiuti Zero”, vogliamo sottolineare che qualsiasi programma che utilizzi il termine “Rifiuti Zero” deve concentrarsi innanzitutto sulla riduzione e sulla prevenzione dei rifiuti, attraverso le seguenti azioni:

  • Investire risorse e adottare politiche impegnate nella prevenzione della produzione e dello smaltimento dei rifiuti.
  • Ridurre al minimo i prodotti usa e getta e trovare il modo di sostituirli con alternative durevoli e riutilizzabili.
  • Sviluppare modalità di distribuzione dei prodotti senza l’uso di imballaggi monouso, utilizzando imballaggi realizzati con materiali facili e sicuri da riutilizzare o, in mancanza di questi, da riciclare o reinserire nei cicli biologici al termine di un lungo ciclo di vita.
  • Trasformare il sistema produttivo in modo da realizzare innanzitutto prodotti necessari, durevoli e riparabili, o quanto meno realizzati con materiali biodegradabili o riciclabili in modo sicuro.
  • Promuovere lo sviluppo di economie locali che riducono  la distanza tra chi produce e chi consuma, favorendo l’uso di imballaggi a rendere,  lavabili e la vendita di prodotti sfusi.
  • Permettere ai cittadini di recuperare la sovranità alimentare: coltivando cibo sano e privo di sostanze tossiche per nutrire e non solo  per trarre profitto, riducendo al minimo gli sprechi alimentari e ridistribuendo le eccedenze prima che perdano le loro qualità nutrizionali.
  • Laddove si generano scarti riciclabili, gestirli a livello locale e, se esistono gruppi o cooperative di gestione  di rifiuti, coinvolgerli nell’intero sistema di gestione dei rifiuti.
  • Riconoscere il ruolo e il contributo dei gestori e raccoglitori locali di rifiuti nel sistema Rifiuti Zero.
  • Evitare il più possibile l’uso di fibre sintetiche nell’abbigliamento e nel tessile e affrontare lo spreco del “fast fashion.” 
  • Evitare le esportazioni di rifiuti che perpetuano il colonialismo, l’ingiustizia e l’iniquità. 
  • Eliminare l’incenerimento dei rifiuti – in qualsiasi forma – dai programmi di gestione dei rifiuti.

 In sintesi, Rifiuti Zero significa estrarre dalla natura solo ciò di cui abbiamo bisogno e assicurare che tutte le comunità prosperino, rispettando i confini planetari per rigenerare ciò che prendiamo e permettendo il ripristino di     ciò che restituiamo alla natura.

Le organizzazioni che sottoscrivono questa dichiarazione chiedono agli Stati membri delle Nazioni Unite di unirsi ai nostri sforzi per costruire iniziative Rifiuti Zero in tutti gli angoli del pianeta. Queste iniziative devono riportare la giustizia nelle comunità che sopportano il peso dell’inquinamento dovuto allo smaltimento dei rifiuti, all’estrazione di materie prime vergini e ai processi di produzione industriale, e soprattutto ripristinare giustizia ed equilibrio nei confronti della natura, senza la quale non c’è futuro per l’umanità.

Principali firmatari:

GAIA Global

GAIA Africa

GAIA Asia Pacific

GAIA Latin America and the Caribbean

GAIA US & Canada

Zero Waste Europe

Principali:

Acción Ecologica, Mexico

AEEFG, Tunisia

Agrovivas, Ecuador

Agrupación deportiva y social nueva huiscapi, Chile

Alaska Community Action on Toxics, USA

Aliança Resíduo Zero Brasil, Brazil

Alianza Basura Cero, Chile

Alianza Basura Cero Ecuador, Ecuador

Alianza de Derecho Ambiental y Agua, Guatemala 

Alliance of Mission-Based Recyclers (AMBR), USA

Alto al ecocidio en el río Tula, México

AMAES Asociación Mujeres Ambientalista El Salvador, El Salvador

American Environmnetal Health Studies Project, USA

Anef Araucania, Chile

ANFUSEN, Chile

Antu kai Mawen, Chile

Aotearoa Plastic Pollution Alliance, New Zealand

Apoena Socioambiental, Brazil

Asociación CEIBA, Guatemala

Asociación de funcionarios/as del INDH, Chile

Asociación de Sindicalistas de Emcali “ASOSIEMCALI, Colombia

Asociación Ecológica Santo Tomás A.:C., México

asociación movimiento nacional de recicladores de chile ANARCH, Chile

Azul, USA

Bangon Kalikasan Ecology Centers, Philippines

Berkeley Ecology Center, USA

Bio Vision Africa (BiVA), Uganda

Bios Argentina Nodo Tandil, Argentina

Blue Dalian, China

Boomerang Alliance, Australia

Break Free From Plastic (BFFP), Global

Breathe Free Detroit, USA

BYO – US Reduces, USA

Cafeteria Culture, USA

Center for Public Health and Environmental Development (CEPHED), Nepal

Center for Renewable Energy and Sustainable Technology, Philippines

Centre for Earth works (CFEW), Nigeria

Centre for Financial Accountability, India

Cepa, Chile

CESTA AT El Salvador, El Salvador

CETAAR, Argentina

CHENAI PROJECTS GROUP, Zimbabwe

Circular Communities Cymru, United Kingdom

Circular Economy Portugal, Portugal

Clean Air Action Network of Glens Falls (NY), USA

Climate Crisis Policy, USA

Club Andino Chillán, Chile

Coletivo PanVerde, Brazil

Coletivo SOS Barueri, Brazil

Community Based Research Laboratory, Canada

Comunidad indígena tripaiñan, Chile

CONFETAM CUT, Brazil

Consumers’ Association of Penang, Malaysia

Coopcamate, Brazil

Cooperativa de Trabajo Asociado Planeta Verde, Colombia

Corporate Hippie Inc, USA

CSARO: Community Sanitation and Recycling Organization, Cambodia

Dr Lubna Sarwath, India

Društvo Ekologi brez meja, Slovenia

Echotopia LLC, USA

Eco Circular India Foundation, India

Ecology Center, USA

Ecosoum, Mongolia

ECOTON, Indonesia

End Plastic Pollution – Uganda, Uganda

Environment and Social Development Organization-ESDO, Bangladesh

Environmental Agency of Central Lombok, Indonesia

Fala Lamo Art, North Maluku, Indonesia

Frente Brasileira Alternativas à Incineração, Brazil

FreshWater Accountabiity Project, USA

Front Commun pour la Protection de l’Environnement et des Espaces Protégés, (FCPEEP-RDC), Democratic Republic of the Congo

fundación Aguaclara, Venezuela 

Fundación Apaztle, Mexico

Fundación Basura, Chile

Fundación El Árbol, Chile

Fundacion Lenga, Chile

Fundación Siendo, Argentina

Fundaron DRECCA, Colombia 

GAIA Africa, South Africa

GMTex – Indústria de Confecções Ltda, Brazil

GovAmb/IEE/USP, Brazil

Green Vientiane , Laos

Greenaction for Health and Environmental Justice, USA

Greeners Action, Hong Kong

Greenpeace, Global

Health Environment and Climate Action Foundation (HECAF 360), Nepal

HENDRA, Indonesia

Humusz Szövetség, Hungary

Indap, Chile

Innovation for life Group -INNOLIF GROUP, Tanzania

INSEA – Instituto Nenuca de Desenvolvimento Sustentável, Brazil

Institute for Local Self-Reliance, USA

Institution of Community Study and Empowerment/LP2M, Indonesia

Instituto ATEMIS – Análise do Trabalho e das Mutações Industriais e dos Serviços, Brazil

Instituto de Derecho Ambiental de Honduras (IDAMHO), Honduras

Instituto Pólis, Brazil

Jaringan Perempuan Pesisir Sulawesi Tenggara, Indonesia

Joint Action for Water, India

Kader Hijau Muhammadiyah, Indonesia

Karoi Zero Waste Consortium, Zimbabwe

Korea Zero Waste Movement Network, Republic of Korea

L’ets d’obit Congo, Congo

LA2PM HAN, Indonesia

Lekeh Development Foundation, Nigeria

Let’s Do It! Togo, Togo

Let´s Do It Foundation, Estonia

Loncoche Suma y Avanza, Chile

LP 21, Indonesia

Mi Jardinerita , Ecuador

Mother Earth Foundation, Philippines

Movieco, Brasil

Movimento Nacional dos Catadores de Materiais Recicláveis, Brasil

NEB | noesbasura.com, Mexico

NGO Zero Waste Montenegro, Montenegro

Nipe Fagio, Tanzania

No plastic in my sea, France

North Country Earth Action, USA

Nothing Left to Waste, USA

NoWaste Surabaya, Indonesia

Núcleo Alter-Nativas de Produção – UFMG, Brasil

NY Environmental Watch, USA

Observatório da Politica Nacional de Resíduos Sólidos, Brasil

Observatório da Reciclagem Inclusiva e Solidária, Brasil

Observatorio de Ecología Política de Venezuela, Venezuela 

Oceana, Brasil

Oceana Philippines International, Philippines

ONG Colectivo VientoSur, Chile

ONG Verde Urbano, Chile

Parisar, India

ParyavaranMitra, India

PCRZ, Spain

Plastic Change, Denmark

Plastic Free Future, USA

Plastic Pollution Coalition, USA

Plastic Soup Surfer, Netherlands

PlataformaCiutadana Residu Zero, Catalunya

PPLH Bali (Environmental Education Center), Indonesia

Preservar Ambiental, Brasil

Pro Public, Nepal

Projeto Hospitais Saudáveis, Brasil

RAPAL, América del Sur

RAPAL Uruguay, Uruguay

Red de Acción por los Derechos Ambientales RADA, Chile

Rede Lixo Zero Santa Tereza, Brasil

Regenerative Solutions, USA

Returning Organics to Soils, Australia

REWIND / River Warrior Indonesia, Indonesia

Rezero, Spain

River valley Organizing, USA

RM Engineering, USA

Rotary Club de Cotia Mulheres Empreendedoras, Brazil

Sahabat Alam Malaysia (Friends of the Earth), Malaysia

Save the Med Foundation, Spain

Sierra Club, Puerto Rico

SMAN 1Kuantan Mudik Provinsi Riau, Indonesia

Sociedade Ecológica Amigos Do Embu – SEAE, Brazil

Solidaridad Temuco, Chile

Sound Resource Management Group, Inc., USA

South African Waste Pickers Association, South Africa

Surfrider Foundation Australia, Australia

Surfrider South Coast, Australia

Sustainable Environment Development Initiative, Nigeria

Swach Pune Seva Sahakari Sanstha Maryadit, India

Synergis – Zero Waste Group, USA

Taiwan Zero Waste Association, Taiwan

Taller de Comunicación Ambiental (Rosario), Argentina

Taller Ecologista, Argentina

Thanal, India

The Center for Applied Research and People’s Engagement, India

The Earth Bill Network, USA

The Good Tribe, Sweden

The Green Earth, Hong Kong

the Indonesia Plastic Bag Diet Movement, Indonesia

The Last Plastic Straw, Global

The Repurpose Project, USA

The Rubbish Trip, New Zealand

Tomate Rojo, Chile

ToxicsWatch, India

Toxisphera Associação de Saúde Ambiental, Brazil

Trash, Argentina

Trash Hero Thailand, Thailand

Trash Hero World, Global

Ultimate Support for Self Initiatives, Tanzania

UNICATA University for and with Waste Pickers, Brazil

United Kingdom Without Incineration Network (UKWIN), United Kingdom

UNTAG Semarang, Indonesia

Urban Ore, Inc., USA

Vietnam Zero Waste Alliance, Vietnam

VOICE of Irish Concern for the Environment, Ireland

WALHI North Sumatra, Indonesia

WALHI/Friends of the Earth Indonesia, Indonesia 

War on Waste Negros Oriental, Philippines

Waukesha County Environmental Action League, USA

Work on Waste, USA (AEHSP)

Yaksa Pelestari Bumi Berkelanjutan (YPBB), Indonesia

Yana Ferments, Ecuador

Yayasan Cipta Abdi Bangsa, Indonesia

YPBB, Indonesia

Zelena akcija / Friends of the Earth Croatia, Croatia

ZERO – Associação Sistema Terrestre Sustentável, Portugal

Zero Waste 4 Zero Burning, Canada

Zero Waste Association of South Africa (“ZWASA”)

Zero Waste Australia and the National Toxics Network Australia

Zero Waste BC, Canada

Zero Waste Europe

Zero Waste International Trust, United Kingdom

Zero Waste Ithaca, USA

Zero Waste Lviv, Ukraine

Zero Waste Montgomery County, USA

Zero Waste Network Aotearoa, New Zealand

Zero Waste North West, Ireland

Zero Waste Schools Wales CIC, United Kingdom

Zero Waste Society, Ukraine

Zero Waste USA

ZWIA, Global

Center for Biological Diversity, USA

Zero Waste Alliance Ukraine

Cooperativa maos dadas, Global

Fundación Alianza en el Desarrollo, Ecuador

Upstream, USA

LP 21, Indonesia

Hungarian magyar nyelv

NYILATKOZAT

NEMZETKÖZI HULLADÉKMEGELŐZÉSI VILÁGNAP

2023. március 30.

Nulla hulladékkal egy jobb világért!

A Globális Szövetség a Hulladékégetés Alternatíváiért (Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives, GAIA) egy alulról szerveződő csoportokból, valamint országos és regionális szövetségekből álló hálózat, amely 92 ország több mint 1000 szervezetét képviseli, és olyan jövőt épít, ahol az erőforrások hulladékká alakítása helyett a  természet védelmére kerül a hangsúly. Az egyéni, valamint kollektív szokások és gyakorlatok megváltoztatásán dolgozunk a lakosság szemléletének formálásával, közösségek szervezésével, zero waste rendszerek bevezetésével, és a szakpolitikákat érintő érdekérvényesítés segítségével helyi, országos és nemzetközi szinten.

Örömünkre szolgál, hogy az Egyesült Nemzetek Szervezete úgy döntött, hogy március 30-át Nemzetközi Hulladékmegelőzési Világnappá nyilvánította. A hulladékmegelőzés fontosságának felismerésében visszaköszön a világ különböző pontjain működő szervezetek több évtizedes társadalmi-környezeti aktivizmusa. E szervezetek együtt dolgoznak azon közösségekkel, amelyeket leginkább érintenek a természeti erőforrások kizsigerelése és a globális túltermelés rendszere által okozott környezeti és társadalmi igazságtalanságok.

A mai napon is szeretnénk megerősíteni, hogy a nulla hulladékra való törekvés az összes erőforrás megőrzését jelenti a termékek, a csomagolóanyagok és anyagok felelős előállítása, fogyasztása, újrahasználata és hasznosítása révén anélkül, hogy elégetnénk azokat. Azt is jelenti továbbá, hogy nem történik olyan káros kibocsátás a földbe, a vízbe vagy a levegőbe,  amely veszélyeztetheti a környezetet vagy az emberi egészséget.

A hulladékmegelőzés elveit és stratégiáit a frontvonalban képviselő szervezetekként szeretnénk hangsúlyozni, hogy minden olyan programnak, amely a „zero waste” kifejezést használja, mindenekelőtt a hulladék csökkentésére és megelőzésére kell összpontosítania, a következő pontok tettekre váltásával:

  • Fektessük be a szükséges erőforrásokat, és dolgozzunk ki olyan szabályozást, amely megakadályozza a hulladék keletkezését és ártalmatlanítását.
  • Csökkentsük minimálisra az egyszer használatos termékeket, és keressük meg a módját, hogy lecseréljük őket tartós vagy újrahasználható alternatívákra.
  • Oldjuk meg a termékek kiszállítását eldobható csomagolás használata nélkül; olyan anyagokból készült csomagolás használatával, amely könnyen és biztonságosan újrahasználható, vagy ennek hiányában újrahasznosítható vagy visszahelyezhető a biológiai körforgásba a hosszú élettartama végén.
  • A termelési rendszereket úgy alakítsuk át, hogy  mindenekelőtt szükséges, tartós és javítható termékeket állítsunk elő, vagy azok legalábbis biológiailag lebomló vagy biztonságosan újrahasznosítható anyagokból készüljenek.
  • Fejlesszük a helyi gazdaságokat, amelyek csökkentik a távolságot a termelők és a fogyasztók között, előnyben részesítve a visszaváltható és mosható csomagolások használatát, valamint a termékek ömlesztett értékesítését.
  • Szerezzük vissza az emberek méltóságát az élelmezés terén – a mérgező anyagoktól mentes, egészséges élelmiszerek előállításával, amelyek értékes táplálékként szolgálnak, és nem csak az anyagi haszonszerzés eszközei. Szorítsuk vissza az élelmiszerpazarlást, és gondoskodjunk a felesleges élelmiszerek újraelosztásáról, mielőtt azok elveszítik minőségüket.
  • Helyben kezeljük az újrahasznosítható selejt termékeket, és ahol vannak hulladékkezelő szövetkezetek, vonjuk be őket a teljes hulladékgazdálkodási rendszerbe.
  • Ismerjük fel a helyi hulladékkal foglalkozó munkások és hulladékgyűjtögeők szerepét és hozzájárulását a zero waste rendszerben.
  • Amennyire csak lehetséges, kerüljük el a szintetikus anyagok használatát a ruhákban és a textíliákban, és küzdjünk a „fast fashion” pazarlása ellen.
  • Kerüljük el a hulladékexportot, amely állandósítja a gyarmatosítást, az igazságtalanságot és az egyenlőtlenséget.
  • Szüntessük meg a hulladékégetés minden formáját a hulladékgazdálkodási programokban.

Összefoglalva tehát a zero waste kifejezés azt jelenti, hogy csak azt vonjuk ki a természetből, amire szükségünk van, és biztosítjuk, hogy minden közösség virágozzon, miközben tiszteletben tartjuk a bolygónk határait, hogy újratermelődhessen az, amit elveszünk, és kellőképpen ártalmatlanítsuk azt, amit visszahelyezünk a természetbe.

A nyilatkozatot aláíró szervezetek felszólítják az Egyesült Nemzetek Szervezetének tagállamait, hogy csatlakozzanak erőfeszítéseinkhez a nulla hulladékkal kapcsolatos kezdeményezések kiépítése érdekében a világ minden sarkában. A kezdeményezések célja helyreállítani az igazságosságot a hulladék ártalmatlanításából, a szűz nyersanyagok kitermeléséből és az ipari gyártási folyamatokból származó szennyezés terhét viselő közösségeknél, és mindenekelőtt helyreállítani az igazságosságot a természetben, amely nélkül nincs jövője az emberiségnek.

Vezeto aláírók:

GAIA Global

GAIA Africa

GAIA Asia Pacific

GAIA Latin America and the Caribbean

GAIA US & Canada

Zero Waste Europe

Aláírók:

Acción Ecologica, Mexico

AEEFG, Tunisia

Agrovivas, Ecuador

Agrupación deportiva y social nueva huiscapi, Chile

Alaska Community Action on Toxics, USA

Aliança Resíduo Zero Brasil, Brazil

Alianza Basura Cero, Chile

Alianza Basura Cero Ecuador, Ecuador

Alianza de Derecho Ambiental y Agua, Guatemala 

Alliance of Mission-Based Recyclers (AMBR), USA

Alto al ecocidio en el río Tula, México

AMAES Asociación Mujeres Ambientalista El Salvador, El Salvador

American Environmnetal Health Studies Project, USA

Anef Araucania, Chile

ANFUSEN, Chile

Antu kai Mawen, Chile

Aotearoa Plastic Pollution Alliance, New Zealand

Apoena Socioambiental, Brazil

Asociación CEIBA, Guatemala

Asociación de funcionarios/as del INDH, Chile

Asociación de Sindicalistas de Emcali “ASOSIEMCALI, Colombia

Asociación Ecológica Santo Tomás A.:C., México

asociación movimiento nacional de recicladores de chile ANARCH, Chile

Azul, USA

Bangon Kalikasan Ecology Centers, Philippines

Berkeley Ecology Center, USA

Bio Vision Africa (BiVA), Uganda

Bios Argentina Nodo Tandil, Argentina

Blue Dalian, China

Boomerang Alliance, Australia

Break Free From Plastic (BFFP), Global

Breathe Free Detroit, USA

BYO – US Reduces, USA

Cafeteria Culture, USA

Center for Public Health and Environmental Development (CEPHED), Nepal

Center for Renewable Energy and Sustainable Technology, Philippines

Centre for Earth works (CFEW), Nigeria

Centre for Financial Accountability, India

Cepa, Chile

CESTA AT El Salvador, El Salvador

CETAAR, Argentina

CHENAI PROJECTS GROUP, Zimbabwe

Circular Communities Cymru, United Kingdom

Circular Economy Portugal, Portugal

Clean Air Action Network of Glens Falls (NY), USA

Climate Crisis Policy, USA

Club Andino Chillán, Chile

Coletivo PanVerde, Brazil

Coletivo SOS Barueri, Brazil

Community Based Research Laboratory, Canada

Comunidad indígena tripaiñan, Chile

CONFETAM CUT, Brazil

Consumers’ Association of Penang, Malaysia

Coopcamate, Brazil

Cooperativa de Trabajo Asociado Planeta Verde, Colombia

Corporate Hippie Inc, USA

CSARO: Community Sanitation and Recycling Organization, Cambodia

Dr Lubna Sarwath, India

Društvo Ekologi brez meja, Slovenia

Echotopia LLC, USA

Eco Circular India Foundation, India

Ecology Center, USA

Ecosoum, Mongolia

ECOTON, Indonesia

End Plastic Pollution – Uganda, Uganda

Environment and Social Development Organization-ESDO, Bangladesh

Environmental Agency of Central Lombok, Indonesia

Fala Lamo Art, North Maluku, Indonesia

Frente Brasileira Alternativas à Incineração, Brazil

FreshWater Accountabiity Project, USA

Front Commun pour la Protection de l’Environnement et des Espaces Protégés, (FCPEEP-RDC), Democratic Republic of the Congo

fundación Aguaclara, Venezuela 

Fundación Apaztle, Mexico

Fundación Basura, Chile

Fundación El Árbol, Chile

Fundacion Lenga, Chile

Fundación Siendo, Argentina

Fundaron DRECCA, Colombia 

GAIA Africa, South Africa

GMTex – Indústria de Confecções Ltda, Brazil

GovAmb/IEE/USP, Brazil

Green Vientiane , Laos

Greenaction for Health and Environmental Justice, USA

Greeners Action, Hong Kong

Greenpeace, Global

Health Environment and Climate Action Foundation (HECAF 360), Nepal

HENDRA, Indonesia

Humusz Szövetség, Hungary

Indap, Chile

Innovation for life Group -INNOLIF GROUP, Tanzania

INSEA – Instituto Nenuca de Desenvolvimento Sustentável, Brazil

Institute for Local Self-Reliance, USA

Institution of Community Study and Empowerment/LP2M, Indonesia

Instituto ATEMIS – Análise do Trabalho e das Mutações Industriais e dos Serviços, Brazil

Instituto de Derecho Ambiental de Honduras (IDAMHO), Honduras

Instituto Pólis, Brazil

Jaringan Perempuan Pesisir Sulawesi Tenggara, Indonesia

Joint Action for Water, India

Kader Hijau Muhammadiyah, Indonesia

Karoi Zero Waste Consortium, Zimbabwe

Korea Zero Waste Movement Network, Republic of Korea

L’ets d’obit Congo, Congo

LA2PM HAN, Indonesia

Lekeh Development Foundation, Nigeria

Let’s Do It! Togo, Togo

Let´s Do It Foundation, Estonia

Loncoche Suma y Avanza, Chile

LP 21, Indonesia

Mi Jardinerita , Ecuador

Mother Earth Foundation, Philippines

Movieco, Brasil

Movimento Nacional dos Catadores de Materiais Recicláveis, Brasil

NEB | noesbasura.com, Mexico

NGO Zero Waste Montenegro, Montenegro

Nipe Fagio, Tanzania

No plastic in my sea, France

North Country Earth Action, USA

Nothing Left to Waste, USA

NoWaste Surabaya, Indonesia

Núcleo Alter-Nativas de Produção – UFMG, Brasil

NY Environmental Watch, USA

Observatório da Politica Nacional de Resíduos Sólidos, Brasil

Observatório da Reciclagem Inclusiva e Solidária, Brasil

Observatorio de Ecología Política de Venezuela, Venezuela 

Oceana, Brasil

Oceana Philippines International, Philippines

ONG Colectivo VientoSur, Chile

ONG Verde Urbano, Chile

Parisar, India

ParyavaranMitra, India

PCRZ, Spain

Plastic Change, Denmark

Plastic Free Future, USA

Plastic Pollution Coalition, USA

Plastic Soup Surfer, Netherlands

PlataformaCiutadana Residu Zero, Catalunya

PPLH Bali (Environmental Education Center), Indonesia

Preservar Ambiental, Brasil

Pro Public, Nepal

Projeto Hospitais Saudáveis, Brasil

RAPAL, América del Sur

RAPAL Uruguay, Uruguay

Red de Acción por los Derechos Ambientales RADA, Chile

Rede Lixo Zero Santa Tereza, Brasil

Regenerative Solutions, USA

Returning Organics to Soils, Australia

REWIND / River Warrior Indonesia, Indonesia

Rezero, Spain

River valley Organizing, USA

RM Engineering, USA

Rotary Club de Cotia Mulheres Empreendedoras, Brazil

Sahabat Alam Malaysia (Friends of the Earth), Malaysia

Save the Med Foundation, Spain

Sierra Club, Puerto Rico

SMAN 1Kuantan Mudik Provinsi Riau, Indonesia

Sociedade Ecológica Amigos Do Embu – SEAE, Brazil

Solidaridad Temuco, Chile

Sound Resource Management Group, Inc., USA

South African Waste Pickers Association, South Africa

Surfrider Foundation Australia, Australia

Surfrider South Coast, Australia

Sustainable Environment Development Initiative, Nigeria

Swach Pune Seva Sahakari Sanstha Maryadit, India

Synergis – Zero Waste Group, USA

Taiwan Zero Waste Association, Taiwan

Taller de Comunicación Ambiental (Rosario), Argentina

Taller Ecologista, Argentina

Thanal, India

The Center for Applied Research and People’s Engagement, India

The Earth Bill Network, USA

The Good Tribe, Sweden

The Green Earth, Hong Kong

the Indonesia Plastic Bag Diet Movement, Indonesia

The Last Plastic Straw, Global

The Repurpose Project, USA

The Rubbish Trip, New Zealand

Tomate Rojo, Chile

ToxicsWatch, India

Toxisphera Associação de Saúde Ambiental, Brazil

Trash, Argentina

Trash Hero Thailand, Thailand

Trash Hero World, Global

Ultimate Support for Self Initiatives, Tanzania

UNICATA University for and with Waste Pickers, Brazil

United Kingdom Without Incineration Network (UKWIN), United Kingdom

UNTAG Semarang, Indonesia

Urban Ore, Inc., USA

Vietnam Zero Waste Alliance, Vietnam

VOICE of Irish Concern for the Environment, Ireland

WALHI North Sumatra, Indonesia

WALHI/Friends of the Earth Indonesia, Indonesia 

War on Waste Negros Oriental, Philippines

Waukesha County Environmental Action League, USA

Work on Waste, USA (AEHSP)

Yaksa Pelestari Bumi Berkelanjutan (YPBB), Indonesia

Yana Ferments, Ecuador

Yayasan Cipta Abdi Bangsa, Indonesia

YPBB, Indonesia

Zelena akcija / Friends of the Earth Croatia, Croatia

ZERO – Associação Sistema Terrestre Sustentável, Portugal

Zero Waste 4 Zero Burning, Canada

Zero Waste Association of South Africa (“ZWASA”)

Zero Waste Australia and the National Toxics Network Australia

Zero Waste BC, Canada

Zero Waste Europe

Zero Waste International Trust, United Kingdom

Zero Waste Ithaca, USA

Zero Waste Lviv, Ukraine

Zero Waste Montgomery County, USA

Zero Waste Network Aotearoa, New Zealand

Zero Waste North West, Ireland

Zero Waste Schools Wales CIC, United Kingdom

Zero Waste Society, Ukraine

Zero Waste USA

ZWIA, Global

Center for Biological Diversity, USA

Zero Waste Alliance Ukraine

Cooperativa maos dadas, Global

Fundación Alianza en el Desarrollo, Ecuador

Upstream, USA

LP 21, Indonesia

Por Camila Aguilera, comunicaciones GAIA América Latina y el Caribe.

A pesar de que el viaje desde Chile tomó dos días, una vez allá se siente que con Filipinas estamos mucho más cerca de lo que parece. Compartimos el lamentable pasado de la colonización, muchas palabras en español y una geografía que perfectamente se podría confundir con el Caribe o playas de Brasil. Una de las primeras palabras que identifiqué fue “Basura” en un letrero a la salida del aeropuerto, un presagio o simple coincidencia, juzguen ustedes. 

En el marco de las actividades del Mes basura cero tuve la oportunidad de viajar a Filipinas para asistir a la Conferencia ciudades basura cero y para conocer en terreno el trabajo que nuestros compañeros de Asia Pacífico están realizando para impulsar iniciativas basura cero desde las bases de la sociedad y con la fuerza del trabajo de cientos de recicladores, fuerza inspiradora que por fortuna también tenemos en común. 

Los primeros días se desarrolló la Conferencia internacional ciudades basura cero que tuvo como foco Basura cero, para cero emisiones. En Quezon City se reunieron representantes de gobierno, organizaciones de la sociedad civil, recicladores de base y campeones basura cero de ciudades de India, Indonesia, Filipinas, Estados Unidos, Europa y África.

Aún si tuviera que escribir sobre los paneles más interesantes de la conferencia, terminaría con un texto enorme y quiero que lean este relato hasta el final. Pero destaco como inspiración para nuestra región el lanzamiento de la red ciudades basura cero, una alianza que agrupa a más de 45 gobiernos locales, 93 miembros individuales de cinco países de Asia Pacífico. También comentarios que resuenan en América Latina, como la importancia de entrelazar las iniciativas ciudadanas, la voluntad política y la asistencia técnica para que estas sean exitosas y se proyecten en el tiempo. 

Los recicladores no se oponen a basura cero. Si los sistemas están diseñados para ser inclusivos, los recicladores nunca se opondrán. Basura cero es una oportunidad para que los recicladores sean parte del futuro.
En el sector de los residuos es donde los gobiernos tienen la oportunidad de mostrar un liderazgo ambiental real.

Lubna Anantakrishnan, KKPKP, India.

Por otro lado, las y los recicladores en Asia Pacífico al igual que en nuestra región, son un pilar fundamental en la cadena de recuperación de residuos, y no solo están trabajando para aportar a las soluciones a la crisis de los residuos, sino que también a la crisis climática. Cerrando la conferencia conocimos el trabajo desarrollado por nuestra compañera Sherma Benosa, autora de la nueva publicación EN TERRENO: Historias de recicladoras en Asia. Volumen 1: India, que documenta el trabajo de organizaciones de recicladores y miembros de GAIA sin dejar de lado sus historias de transformación, que tal como señala el texto, merecen ser celebradas y que el mundo las conozca. 

Luego de la conferencia, dimos paso a lo que para mí fue lo más significativo, hicimos visitas a los centros de recuperación de materiales (MRFs,Material Recovery Facility). Comenzamos el recorrido en Tonsuya, Malabón, donde acompañamos un retiro de reciclables puerta a puerta. 

Una recicladora se encarga de retirar los materiales secos (papel, cartón, botellas, latas, etc.) y aquellos que se van a compostar; va acompañada de una compañera que llena una ficha donde registra peso y el cumplimiento de cada casa. 

En el carro se puede ver el mensaje “No segregation, no collection” (sin segregación no hay retiro”). Si los hogares no segregan correctamente sus residuos, no se hace el retiro y se arriesgan a recibir una multa estipulada en una ordenanza municipal.

Seguimos camino a Tanza, Navotas City a conocer la experiencia de un grupo de recicladores que aparte de retirar los materiales reciclables y compostables, obtenían ingresos extra a partir de la venta de vegetales y hongos que cultivan en el centro de recuperación de materiales. 

Cruzando la calle, hay una Sari-Sari store, que sería el equivalente a los pequeños negocios que tenemos en nuestros barrios. Aquí, en coordinación con Mother Earth Foundation, los dueños del negocio dispusieron de un espacio para la venta de productos de uso diario que se venden sin envase para promover la reutilización.

Estante con detergentes en envase retornable y dispensadores de productos de alta rotación como vinagre, salsa de soya y aceite. 

La última visita del día fue en el distrito Dampalit, Malabon, un espacio lleno de plantas desde la entrada, tantas que no podíamos creer cuando nos contaron que antes el lugar había sido un vertedero. Al medio había una huerta y plantas ornamentales que estaban a libre disposición para los vecinos que quisieran ir a buscar, una de las tantas muestras de sentido comunitario y colaboración que vimos en Filipinas. 

Este centro estaba mucho más enfocado en la recuperación de residuos orgánicos de los 900 hogares que participaban en el programa. Al entrar, lo primero que vimos fue una recicladora trabajando en las pilas de compostaje que hacían con neumáticos (tire composting). 

 El biodigestor tiene una capacidad de 15 kilos y el gas lo usan para la cocina (comimos algunas cosas antes de irnos sólo para probar si funcionaba la cocina).

Al día siguiente dejamos el ajetreo de la ciudad e iniciamos el viaje hacia la isla de Siquijor, ubicada a 967 km al sur de Quezon City y la tercera isla más pequeña de Filipinas.  De esta isla ya teníamos expectativas porque en la conferencia conocimos a la Dra. Mei Ling Quezon-Brown, vicegobernadora de Siquijor, que compartió el proceso de implementación de basura cero en la isla, y el año pasado Raphaelo Villavicencio de Mother Earth Foundation, nos dio más detalles sobre el compromiso de Siquijor por proteger su ecosistema en el webinar basura cero en islas.

Después de una mañana de lluvia tropical, hicimos nuestra primera parada en la villa Sabang, Larena, donde nos recibieron los dos recicladores encargados de recolectar los residuos de los 155 hogares del sector. Los recicladores reciben ingresos por el pago municipal por servicio más la venta de los materiales. 

El distrito de Sandugan podría ser el que tiene más estilo, cómo no si al entrar lo primero que encontramos fueron jeans que usaban para compostar. Aquí los espacios destinados a compostaje parecían pequeños considerando que cubrían 290 hogares, pero esto se debía a que gracias al alto porcentaje de cumplimiento de la ordenanza (casi el 100%), los vecinos compostaban sus residuos en sus propios hogares. 

¿La clave para alcanzar casi el 100% de cumplimiento? Además de una buena ordenanza municipal, las campañas de educación, un calendario claro de retiros, monitoreo y una comunidad involucrada en el proceso son fundamentales. 

Los recorridos en Siquijor terminaron en Simacolong con una visita a la escuela primaria ganadora del primer concurso Escuelas basura cero. Aquí, el egresado de la academia basura cero, Gerechie Cutad, fue el líder en la implementación del programa en la escuela.

Para cerrar esta experiencia enriquecedora fuimos a la isla Apo, que alrededor de sus tan sólo 12 hectáreas aloja una reserva marina protegida que – quiero creer – convertiría en ambientalista hasta a la persona más indiferente.  

Este grupo de cinco mujeres construyó el centro de recuperación de la isla en plena pandemia. En primera instancia como salida económica ante la falta de trabajo que generaron las cuarentenas y que obligaron a paralizar la actividad turística. Pero luego, como le ha ocurrido a muchos recicladores, al darse cuenta de la importancia de su trabajo, se convirtieron en agentes ambientales en su barrio. La presidenta de la agrupación comenta que además de trabajar en el centro, hacen limpiezas en la playa, ya que debido a la ubicación de Apo, las corrientes del mar arrastran basura a la isla, que incluso proviene de otros países, por eso, hizo énfasis en la importancia de generar prohibiciones y programas de recuperación de materiales que sean globales, sino esfuerzos como los que están haciendo en su isla no dan abasto.

Recicladora retirando residuos.

Dejé Filipinas, admirando el poder de las comunidades organizadas y comprometidas con las acciones que se necesitan para reconocer el trabajo de los recicladores y con la protección de la naturaleza local. Absolutamente nada de lo que han logrado los grupos que conocimos sería posible si no estuvieran abiertos a aprender y a compartir sus progresos, si organizaciones y las autoridades locales no hubiesen escuchado sus necesidades con atención. La humildad y el cariño entre pares para sacar adelante proyectos por el bien común parecen haber tenido la cabida necesaria para mantener además la autenticidad de su cultura. 

Por otro lado, lamentablemente también me quedó un gusto amargo cuando al mismo tiempo vi que a nivel más macro se siguen utilizando plásticos de un solo uso en exceso, que en tiendas y supermercados los sachets llenan las estanterías y los potenciales daños que podría ocasionar el turismo, sobre todo cuando los turistas tienen arraigados hábitos de los países donde es normal el sobreconsumo y la cultura de usar y tirar. Pero estoy segura que la fuerza comunitaria va a revertir esta situación.

Como mencioné al inicio, con Filipinas coincidimos en muchos puntos, sobre todo en el reconocimiento a los recicladores de base y a la autenticidad para plantear soluciones de basura cero; en el sur global sabemos de basura cero porque ha sido parte de nuestra cultura siempre. Esto es basura cero. 

By Careen Mwakitalu, GAIA Africa, Communications Associate

The benefits of a zero waste model are a multitude. Household waste sorting, re-use and recovery of products, responsible production and consumption and even product resurrection at its end of use are some ways we can support the zero waste model.

To demonstrate the power of zero waste, GAIA Asia Pacific held the International Zero Waste Cities Conference (IZWCC) in the Philippines from 26th  – 27th January 2023. The conference was a strategic effort to obtain active engagement from municipalities to phase out waste and showcase cities as primary drivers of sustainable environments. Furthermore, the conference demonstrated innovative zero waste solutions like source separation, organics management, materials recovery, and plastic regulation.

The Asia-Pacific region produced inspirational outputs that created meaningful engagement during the IZWCC. This includes a series of apprising panels, presentations, waste management facility visits and publications. One of these publications was the ‘Vision & Grit’ publication, a compilation of impact stories from 14 women environmental leaders from the Asia-Pacific region. The publication spotlights years of exceptional leadership dedication by Asian women to attain zero waste communities and defend the rights of waste workers.

Another publication showcased during the conference was ‘On The Ground. The publication sheds light on the realities of waste workers, their challenges, and how they are essential stakeholders in the zero waste value chain. A beautiful exhibition was constructed to highlight the publication and the waste workers featured. 

For the visiting Africa team, comprising of Niven Reddy Ana Le Rocha, Careen Mwakitalu and Carissa Marnce, one of the major highlights for the conference was that Africa would be the next host of the IZWCC. This would be the first time the conference happens outside of Asia, and Nipe Fagio in Dar es Salaam would lead the process.

The social and environmental contexts in Asia-Pacific and Africa are very similar. Like the Asia-Pacific region, Africa still struggles with infrastructural barriers, inadequate awareness, geopolitical challenges and socio-economic issues. Remarkably, the IZWCC demonstrated that zero waste practices are possible through collaboration with municipalities, community compliance, and respect for waste workers. The visiting Africa team had a lot of inspiration to take home as preparations are underway to gather government officials, civil society organizations and zero waste practitioners for the next IZWCC. 

The IZWCCC 2023 ended with a role appreciation ceremony that was done in conjunction with Mother Earth Foundation. A total of 200 waste workers from the Philippines were celebrated on the 28th January 2023 at the mayor’s office in Quezon City. Waste workers were awarded for their important contributions and provided with necessary services like sanitary services and medical checkups and good food and company. All in all it was a sucessfull event where participants gained so much knowledge from the information and experiences shared. 

ENDS.

One of the leading causes of climate change is unmanaged waste and at the recently held COP27 last November 2022, the continuing struggle to reach the Global Methane Pledge, which recognizes that reducing methane, a greenhouse gas over 80 times as potent as CO2, is critical to achieving the Paris Climate Agreement’s goal of limiting global warming to 1.5˚C. 

Waste is the third largest source of methane, primarily from landfilling organic waste.  Tackling this greenhouse gas globally remains on the agenda of countries committed to put forward the Global Waste Initiative 50, which hopes to catalyze both adaptation and mitigation solutions by treating and recycling 50% of the waste produced by 2050. Both the Global Methane Pledge and the Global Waste Initiative 50 signal how countries are recognizing the potential of Zero Waste to help meet climate targets affordably and effectively by introducing better waste management policies. 

Zero Waste, therefore, is an essential tool for climate adaptation, particularly for communities on the frontlines of the climate crisis. Approaches such as composting to reduce pollution prevents disease vectors and boosts soil resilience while also combating floods and droughts that threaten food security. Such approaches also create jobs while lowering waste management costs. These and other affordable, fast-acting Zero Waste strategies are vital and should be included in international climate financing to ensure that money is going to communities already building grassroots climate solutions, not to polluting waste management projects.

To date, more than 25 cities across the region have established Zero Waste models, showcasing innovations in source separation, organics management, materials recovery, and plastic regulation. Several of these cities have also incorporated waste assessment brand audits (WABA)*. In their baseline studies, exposing plastic waste as one of the most problematic aspects of their waste streams. With various government initiatives such as plastic bans to reduce the number of carrier bags and plastic straws, challenges in dealing with the volume of single-use plastics (SUPs) render governments to spend millions of funds in transportation costs for landfilling, or even incineration. 

These pressing issues and concerns, from addressing climate challenges, reducing gaps, and highlighting impactful initiatives and policies to meet our global targets, serve as the focal agenda in this year’s International Zero Waste Cities Conference 2023 (IZWCC 2023). Held previously in Malaysia (2019), the Philippines proudly takes on the hosting conference baton this year.

Aptly themed Zero Waste to Zero Emission, the International Zero Waste Cities Conference will gather government officials, civil society organizations, and Zero Waste communities and practitioners from cities in India, Indonesia, the Philippines, Vietnam, South Korea, the United States, Europe, and Africa in a two-day conference at Seda Hotel, Quezon City on 26 – 27 January 2023. 

For details, visit izwcc.zerowaste.asia.

The International Zero Waste Month is made possible in partnership with the following media outlets: Advocates (Philippines), Bandung Bergerak (Indonesia), Business Ecology (China), The Business Post (Bangladesh), The Manila Times (Philippines), Pressenza (Global), Rappler (Philippines), Sunrise Today (Pakistan), The Recombobulator Lab (Global), and Republic Asia. 

Zero Waste Month celebrations originated in the Philippines in 2012 when youth leaders issued a Zero Waste Youth Manifesto calling for, among other things, the celebration of a Zero Waste Month. This was made official when Presidential Proclamation No. 760 was issued, declaring January as Zero Waste Month in the Philippines. It was then promoted widely by NGOs and communities that had already adopted this approach to manage their waste.

In a time when disinformation is the  norm, it has  become a rare opportunity to find points of truth. Global crises, especially waste management problems, are undeniably evident almost everywhere. It continues to propagate in communities consequently affecting their environment, livelihood, and health. With the government bodies and large-scale corporations not taking action to address the problem, it becomes a vicious cycle with no clear end.  

This is why in continuing the observance of the International Zero Waste Month, the Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives (GAIA) Asia Pacific is hosting the Zero Waste Film Fest available online and in cinemas this January. The festival screens full-length features and documentaries as well as short films from the wide network of the alliance: Philippines, Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, and Malaysia, to mention a few. 

With the goal to properly educate the population with science-based and community-oriented facts, the stories examine the roots of the waste pollution and how community members are fighting for their lives to make changes. It also solidifies GAIA’s vision that Zero Waste is possible when communities and the government work together through a number of case studies from across the Asia Pacific region.

“We hope to make this more than just an eye opener but also a trigger for people to tap on their communities and knock on businesses and corporations so they can start making changes towards the Zero Waste vision. The answer is already there, we just have to utilize resources and help everyone know that there are alternatives to polluting systems.” Froilan Grate, GAIA Asia Pacific Coordinator said. The alliance believes that with an improved mindset and action towards waste management, there is great opportunity for greater problems to be solved such as that of climate challenges.

Stream the featured films of the virtual film fest via Zero Waste TV from January 9 to 31, 2023. Join in the fun of watching it on the big screen with like-minded game changers on January 27, 2022, 6 to 9:30 PM  at Trinoma Activity Center in Quezon City.

The International Zero Waste Month is made possible in partnership with the following media outlets: Advocates (Philippines), Bandung Bergerak (Indonesia), Business Ecology (China), The Business Post (Bangladesh), The Manila Times (Philippines), Pressenza (Global), Rappler (Philippines), Sunrise Today (Pakistan), The Recombobulator Lab (Global), and Republic Asia. 

Zero Waste Month celebrations originated in the Philippines in 2012 when youth leaders issued a Zero Waste Youth Manifesto calling for, among other things, the celebration of a Zero Waste Month. This was made official when Presidential Proclamation No. 760 was issued, declaring January as Zero Waste Month in the Philippines. It was then promoted widely by NGOs and communities that had already adopted this approach to manage their waste.

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GAIA is a network of grassroots groups as well as national and regional alliances representing more than 1000 organizations from 92 countries. For more information, visit www.no-burn.org and zwmonth.zerowaste.asia or follow GAIA Asia Pacific on social media: FacebookTwitter, Instagram, YouTube, and TikTok

CONTACT

Sonia G. Astudillo, Senior Communications Officer, +63 9175969286, sonia@no-burn.org

Dan Abril, Communications Associate, dan@no-burn.org 

Exposing the truth behind the plastic crisis through a brand audit 

The Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives (GAIA) Asia Pacific took a bold step forward in unveiling the truth behind the plastic pollution crisis through a waste assessment and brand audit (WABA)* and media briefing event on January 24, 2023 as part of International Zero Waste Month 2023. 

With participation from Ocean Conservancy, this event shed more light on the narrative impact of the GAIA network’s brand audits. Ocean Conservancy had published a report in 2015* that put blame on Asian countries as the main drivers of plastic pollution in the ocean and positioned incineration as a solution to the plastic crisis. They retracted the report in July 2022, recognizing the harm it caused.

“We, at the Global South, have carried the weight and responsibility of waste for too long while our reality and the community solutions we have developed are ignored,” said Froilan Grate, GAIA Asia Pacific Coordinator.  “This brand audit with GAIA, Mother Earth Foundation, Ecowaste Coalition, and Ocean Conservancy shows the commitment to work towards reducing waste, moving away from false solutions, acknowledging the work happening on the ground, and most important, restoring justice where it was previously overlooked.”    

Since Ocean Conservancy’s retraction of the report, the two organizations have been engaging in a restorative justice process to acknowledge and address the harm done by the report, and join forces to expose false solutions and drive accountability among plastics producers. 

“We cannot solve the plastic pollution crisis without reducing virgin plastic production, especially single-use plastics,” said Nicholas Mallos, Ocean Conservancy’s  Vice President of Ocean Plastics. “This has to be our first priority. We are grateful for the incredible work that GAIA has done to shed light on this issue, and hope to learn from their members. We look forward to working together by leveraging each of our organizations’ strengths to eliminate plastic pollution.”  

For years brand audit reports have shown that consumer brands based in the Global North have been overproducing single-use plastics and flooding Asian markets with disposable, throwaway packaging, at the expense of citizens and local governments who end up footing the bill and enduring the long-lasting environmental health effects associated with plastic pollution. 

Von Hernandez, Global Coordinator of the #breakfreefromplastic movement said, “For years, the public has been conditioned to believe that the problem of plastic pollution, now manifesting in the unprecedented, pernicious, and wide-ranging contamination of all life on the planet, was caused by their undisciplined ways and the failure of governments to institute and implement proper waste management systems. Our brand audits have now exposed the real causes of this crisis – and it is mainly due to the irresponsible and predatory practice by corporations of saturating our societies with single-use plastics of all kinds with no consideration about how they can be managed in an environmentally safe and benign manner.” 

“In addition,  Ecowaste Coalition campaigner Coleen Salamat said that, “The real issue is the export of waste and waste-to-energy (WtE) incineration technologies to developing countries,” In the Philippines and in the rest of Asia, “We are faced with truckloads of waste that we have no means of handling. From products packed in sachets to WtE incineration projects, and waste colonialism* has sadly become a norm.” 

“It is never too late to turn things around. Communities around the world are discovering the power of Zero Waste solutions. Through the restorative justice process, we will continue to expose the truth of the waste crisis and it will be more than just a wake-up call to fast-moving consumer goods (FMCGs) and purveyors of false narratives, but cold water splashed over their faces,” said Grate. “The Zero Waste solutions that we have and been doing all these years will be enough for our lawmakers to rethink their policies to turn the tide against waste and the climate crisis.” 

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* Waste Assessment and Brand Audit (WABA) is a methodical process of collecting and analyzing waste to determine the amount and types of waste generated by households and cities and identity which brands are responsible for producing certain percentages of the collected waste. Plastics Exposed details how waste assessments and brand audits help Philippine cities tackle plastic waste. 

* In 2015, the  US-based non-profit Ocean Conservancy published the report, Stemming the Tide. This has since been retracted by Ocean Conservancy.  

* Waste colonialization is the practice of exporting waste, from the higher-income countries to lower-income countries who are ill-equipped to handle this waste which places the burden of plastic and toxic waste on the environment, communities, and these countries’ informal waste sector, especially in the Global South.   

An alliance of voices from the frontlines and for the environment

Super Typhoons. Flash Floods. Forest Fires. Drought. While the challenges of climate change are global, the impacts and the solutions are often highly local. Communities therefore, need trusted information to mitigate environmental impacts and find new ways to adapt. This is where the role of environment-centric civic journalism comes in. With these in mind, Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives (GAIA) Asia Pacific Media Fellowship was launched in 2019 in the Philippines and Malaysia which was designed to maximize the participation of journalists from various media organizations and academic institutions to learn about environmental issues affecting the region. Fellows from different media outlets were provided the opportunity to enhance their knowledge of core issues such as Zero Waste (ZW), plastic pollution, and waste-to-energy (WTE) incineration. From this initiative, the Zero Waste Journalist Network was formed.

The Zero Waste Journalist Network aims to improve media coverage on Zero Waste, and therefore increase public engagement in the issue with focus on developing countries, especially in critically affected regions. Digital and on-line discussions and exchanges between network members will be regularly done, continuously building capacities by informing colleagues through collaborative learning. This access enables a stream of news stories with relevant scientific and policy information to reach audiences across the global South. Taking a networked approach, it aims to become more sustainable by creating networks of climate change journalists who work in a leadership role with their local colleagues and community audiences. 

The Zero Waste Journalist Network was formally launched on January 19, 2023 as part of the observance of the International Zero Waste Month.

Among the journalists are Gerry Lirio (Philippines – Southeast Asia), who after the devastation of Super Typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan) realized the importance of environmental reporting, especially climate reporting from small island nations, and advocated the creation of a “green” desk for media outlets in the Philippines; Ben Bilua (Solomon Islands – Pacific) who sees the importance of climate reporting especially for island nations like his; and Abhishek Kumar (India – South Asia), who stressed on the importance of highlighting Zero Waste (ZW) work in Asia Pacific and showing the global north that we have solutions here.

Other founding members include: Shiburaj AK (India), Mehedi Al Amin (Bangladesh), Laraib Athar (Pakistan), Parvez Babul (Bangladesh), Ben Bilua (Solomon  Island), Marit Cabugon (Philippines), Ranjit Devraj (India), Rupa Gahatraj (Nepal), Melvin Gascon (Philippines), Shatakshi Gawalde (India), Sabir Hussain (Pakistan), Bui Thanh Huyen (Vietnam), Paramie Jayakody (Sri Lanka), Abishek Kumar (India), Gerry Lirio (Philippines), Cao Ly Ly (Vietnam), Adi Marsiela (Indonesia), Ian Mcintyre (Malaysia), Ted Ong (Philippines), Bhumi Kala Poudel (Nepal), Purple Romero (Philippines), Ashraful Alam Shuvro (Bangladesh), Ananta Prakash Subedi (Nepal), Ramadhan Wibisono (Indonesia), Shailendra Yashwant (India), Wisal Yousafzai (Pakistan), and Xibei Zhang (China).

This historic launch of the Zero Waste Journalists Network will give voice to Zero Waste and climate discussions as seen from the lens of journalists. 

The International Zero Waste Month is made possible in partnership with the following media outlets: Advocates (Philippines), Bandung Bergerak (Indonesia), Business Ecology (China), The Business Post (Bangladesh), The Manila Times (Philippines), Pressenza (Global), Rappler (Philippines), Sunrise Today (Pakistan), The Recombobulator Lab (Global), and Republic Asia. 

Zero Waste Month celebrations originated in the Philippines in 2012 when youth leaders issued a Zero Waste Youth Manifesto calling for, among other things, the celebration of a Zero Waste Month. This was made official when Presidential Proclamation No. 760 was issued, declaring January as Zero Waste Month in the Philippines. It was then promoted widely by NGOs and communities that had already adopted this approach to manage their waste.

GAIA is a network of grassroots groups as well as national and regional alliances representing more than 1000 organizations from 92 countries.

For more information, visit www.no-burn.org and zwmonth.zerowaste.asia or follow GAIA Asia Pacific on social media: FacebookTwitter, Instagram, YouTube, and TikTok

CONTACT

Sonia G. Astudillo, Senior Communications Officer, +63 9175969286, sonia@no-burn.org

Dan Abril, Communications Associate, dan@no-burn.org