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Advancing Towards Zero-Waste Cities
Cities across the country are aiming towards Zero Waste to address decarbonization and climate crisis. At the COP26 meeting in Glasgow, countries including governments in Asian countries have pledged to reduce the temperature rise by reducing waste and pollution, the main source of GHG emissions by fast-tracking zero-waste system adoption to reduce environmental impacts. Zero Waste Cities is about a design thinking principle for sustainable solid waste management of the 21st Century.
Achieving Zero-Waste Cities will require radical changes to the cradle-to-grave concept, a product lifecycle process from product creation to product usage and to product disposal. The efficacy of the Zero-Waste Cities strategy lies in a multi-stakeholder commitment from manufacturers in sourcing materials that preserve value, minimize environmental impacts and conserve natural resources; to industry playing the stewardship role of purchasing responsibly; and finally, cities to lead by devising public policies and stakeholder incentives that encourage the adoption of the zero-waste system.
The 3rd Global Waste Management Conference under the overarching theme ‘Advancing Towards Zero-Waste Cities’ will once again gather policymakers, international experts and global industry practitioners to strategize, chart directions and craft-out new frameworks to achieve a zero-waste target: -
| • | Cities in Asian to define Zero-Waste Cities principles and chart frameworks; |
| • | Implement a sustainable product lifecycle policy in product design systemic process to avoid and eliminate waste and toxicity, conserve and recover all resources; |
| • | Local governments to establish incentives and campaigns for industry and community to source responsibly; |
| • | Cities to adopt green technologies in landfills and increase usage of incinerators; and |
| • | Cities to implement a circularity system for waste-based business opportunities in creating jobs in the waste-to-wealth industry. |
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