Let’s stop wasting our waste
Today, less than 15% of the world’s waste is recycled, while 85% is dumped, buried or burned and emitting 1.6 billion tonnes of CO2 equivalent. That’s 5% of total global greenhouse gas output.
Isn’t it time we stopped burying or burning the resources our society currently discards as non-recyclable waste?
Find out more – see the video about us made by ITN Productions & WBA for COP26
Forecasts say the world will produce around 3.5 billion tonnes of waste a year by 2050, generating over2.6 billion tonnes of greenhouse gases. That’s not sustainable.