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WASTE MANAGEMENT
Features
Trinidad fights back against a plastic invasion
Small Island Developing States are particularly vulnerable to plastic pollution.
Audio Languages: English, Original
25 April 2024
News Stories
Global Lens | Zero Waste Town: Power of Recycling in Japan
Osaki is located in the southwest of Japan. It is known as a recycling town. With a population of around 12,000, the town recycles a remarkable 80 per cent of its waste, and was able to avoid building an incineration plant. Ms. Kasumi Fujita moved to Osaki in 2021 to work with the municipality, business sector and local community to help prepare the town for a more sustainable future. In 2023, she was elected as the first female council member of Osaki.
Audio Languages: English, Original
28 March 2024
Press Conferences
Occupied Palestinian Territory, UNRWA, Syria & other topics - Daily Press Briefing
Noon Briefing by Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.
Audio Languages: English, Original
27 March 2024
Meetings & Events
International Day of Zero Waste: Nairobi Observance
The event serves as a platform to underscore the critical importance of collective action in driving forward zero-waste initiatives.
Audio Languages: English
27 March 2024
Conferences
Global Waste Management Outlook launch - Sixth Session of the UN Environment Assembly
Findings and insights of the Global Waste Management Outlook 2024, which offers analysis of municipal waste generation and management and explores: Waste Management as Usual, Waste Under Control, and a Circular Economy.
Audio Languages: English
28 February 2024
News Stories
UNEP Global Waste Management Outlook 2024
Inaction on global waste management costs human health, economies, and the environment dearly, and projected to surpass USD 600 billion per year by 2050. The world urgently needs to shift to a zero waste approach that could limit net annual costs by 2050 to USD 270.2 billion.
Audio Languages: English, Original
28 February 2024
Human Rights Council
ID: SR on hazardous substances and wastes (Cont'd) - 14th Meeting, 54th Regular Session of Human Rights Council
CONTINUED - Interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the implications for human rights of the environmentally sound management and disposal of hazardous substances and wastes, Marcos Orellana
Audio Languages: Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, Spanish, Original
19 September 2023
Press Conferences
Press Conference: World Cities Day 2023 and new zero-waste initiatives
Press conference by Mehmet Özhaseki, Minister of Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change, Republic of Türkiye; Maimunah Mohd Sharif, Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of UN-Habitat; Hilmi Türkmen, Mayor of Üsküdar Municipality (Istanbul), Republic of Türkiye.
Audio Languages: English
18 September 2023
Conferences
The launching of global report on sanitation and wastewater management in cities and human settlements - 2nd session of the UN Habitat Assembly
The second session of the United Nations Habitat Assembly will be held from 5 to 9 June 2023 in Nairobi. Kenya. The theme of the session is "A sustainable urban future through inclusive and effective multilateralism: achieving the Sustainable Development Goals in times of global crises."
Audio Languages: English, Original
6 June 2023
Meetings & Events
High-level Meeting on the Role of Zero Waste as a Transformative Solution in Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals - General Assembly, 77th Session - Part 1
High-Level Meeting of the UN General Assembly on The Role of Zero Waste as a Transformative Solution in Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals.
Audio Languages: English, Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian, Spanish, Original
30 March 2023
General Assembly
High-level Meeting on the Role of Zero Waste as a Transformative Solution in Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals - General Assembly, 77th Session - Part 2
High-Level Meeting of the UN General Assembly on The Role of Zero Waste as a Transformative Solution in Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals.
Audio Languages: Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, Spanish, Original
30 March 2023
Meetings & Events
First Observance of the International Day of Zero Waste
Side Event on the margins of the High-level meeting on Zero Waste, organized by the Permanent Mission of Turkiye.
Audio Languages: English
30 March 2023