“Beating Waste Pollution | Geneva Zero Waste Day Celebration”

You are cordially invited to “Geneva Zero Waste Day Celebration | Beating Waste Pollution", on the occasion of the first observation of the day. On 14 December 2022, the United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution at its seventy-seventh session proclaiming 30 March as International Day of Zero Waste. Türkiye, with 105 other countries, put forward the resolution, linked to other resolutions focused on waste, including “End plastic pollution: towards an internationally legally binding instrument”, adopted at the United Nations Environment Assembly on 2 March 2022.

The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) jointly facilitate the observance of International Day of Zero Waste. Member States and stakeholders are invited to engage in activities aimed at raising awareness of national, subnational, regional and local zero-waste initiatives and their contribution to achieving sustainable development.

Promoting zero-waste initiatives through this international day can help advance all the goals and targets in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, including Sustainable Development Goal 11 and Sustainable Development Goal 12. These goals address all forms of waste, including food loss and waste, natural resource extraction and electronic waste.

Geneva is a major global hub for the governance of hazardous substances, and home to several international organizations and multilateral environmental agreements aiming at reaching the zero waste goal. This event will celebrate the steps taken by actors in international Geneva and beyond to move forward the zero waste agenda.

When: 30 March 2023 at 13:00–14:30

Where: Online

Registration: Kindly register on the Webex platform for online participation.

More information: https://www.genevaenvironmentnetwork.org/events/beating-waste-pollution-geneva-zero-waste-day-celebration/