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Waste

The world generates 2.01 billion tonnes of municipal solid waste annually, with at least 33 percent of that—extremely conservatively—not managed in an environmentally safe manner. Consequences for the environment and human health are dramatic: pollution of soil and water ressources by various chemical substances and greenhouse gas emissions linked to decomposition or combustion. Solid waste management generates about 1.6 billion CO2e, or 5% of global emissions. Only 13.5% of this waste is recycled. 33% ends up in open dumps. (1)

Waste

Sustainable waste management is based on a life-cycle approach: from avoidance, reduction, reuse, repair and finally recycling, treatment and proper disposal. It is often necessary to develop actions by type of waste because not all waste has the same specificity (food, general, electronic, garage, hazardous, medical).

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Waste management: principles and life cycle
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Waste management: principles and life cycle

Waste from electrical and electronic equipment
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Waste from electrical and electronic equipment

Sources

1 – World Bank Group, “WHAT A WASTE 2.0 – A Global Snapshot of Solid Wast Management to 2050 », 2018. Read here

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