Around the world, people are coming together to celebrate International Zero Waste Day and promote sustainable practices and waste management awareness to protect our planet. teleSUR
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00:00 The World celebrates this Saturday the International Zero Waste Day
00:04 with the aim of promoting sustainable consumption and production practices.
00:08 The waste sector continues to contribute significantly to the triple global crisis of climate change,
00:15 biodiversity loss and pollution.
00:17 The International Zero Waste Day initiative was adopted in 2022
00:22 by the United Nations General Assembly
00:25 to promote sound environmental management and waste prevention and minimization
00:30 to address the triple global crisis.
00:33 According to studies, it is collected every year.
00:36 On this International Zero Waste Day,
00:42 the United Nations Organization calls on all the governments of the world
00:46 to create circular economies to halt environmental pollution
00:50 and invest in modern programs based on reuse and remanufacturing of products.
00:56 The Secretary General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres,
00:59 said that humans generate more than 2 billion tons of solid urban waste every year
01:05 and warned that this figure could double by 2050.
01:08 The diplomat also called on large companies to minimize packaging waste
01:13 and extend the expiration date of products.
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