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Zero Waste Cities Challenge

Posted on October 23, 2021 by admin1  59

In Context

  • Recently, WasteAid’s Circular Economy Network has announced the finalists of its Zero Waste Cities Challenge.
  • It has chosen two winners — entrepreneurs from Shree Guru Plastic and Inside Out — for their work on promoting the circular economy and reducing the usage of plastics.

About Zero Waste Cities Challenge

  • WasteAid (a UK based international NGO) launched its Zero Waste Cities Challenge in Johannesburg, Ho Chi Minh City and Guwahati.
    • The competition was launched to find grassroots solutions to resource efficiency, waste collection and recycling in South Africa, Vietnam and India.
  • It is part of a programme to encourage a circular economy and inclusive livelihood opportunities in the city.
  • Prizes of €10,000 will be awarded to two innovation solutions that increase resource efficiency and reduce waste, in the three cities
  • It aims to find entrepreneurs with innovative business ideas that help reduce or recycle waste and create green employment opportunities. 

Circular economy

  • The circular economy is a model of production and consumption, which involves sharing, leasing, reusing, repairing, refurbishing and recycling existing materials and products for as long as possible. 
  • It aims to tackle global challenges such as waste, pollution, climate change and biodiversity loss.
  • It has been gaining ground globally, International Telecommunication Union, World Economic Forum, the United Nations and others stressing the need to ensure minimum wastage in the electrical and electronics sectors.
  • CE aims at –
    • Retaining the value of resources, products and materials at their highest by keeping them in use as long as possible;
    • Minimizing wastage at each life-cycle stage; and 
    • Extract the maximum value through reusing, repairing, recovering, remanufacturing and regenerating products and materials at the end of each service value. 

 

Source: DTE

 
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