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Showing posts with label Zero Waste Europe. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Zero Waste Europe. Show all posts

Thursday, 21 March 2013

Going Beyond Recycling Towards a Zero Waste Future


Source: The Guardian
Try to picture three big trucks full of garbage and you will have a rough idea of the amount of solid waste produced by every man, woman and child every year.  It is estimated that in Europe alone, we produce 3 billion tons of waste each year and almost 90 million tons of this is hazardous to the environment.  These numbers go beyond logic.  It is clear that we need to tame the monster we have created.