According to UN-Habitat, 99 per cent of the items we purchase are thrown away within six months.
Human Wrongs Watch
Marking World Habitat Day on 1 October 2018, UN-Habitat– the agency mandated with promoting sustainable cities – has called for greater imagination and innovation in tackling the world’s waste management challenges, in particular at the municipal level.

“World Habitat Day provides us a unique opportunity to focus international attention on key issues surrounding sustainable urbanization, human settlements and improving urban living conditions,” said Maimunah Mohd Sharif, UN-Habitat’s Executive Director, during an event marking the day in Kenya’s capital, Nairobi.
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This is great news. I wrote a post a while back, but I was fascinated by an article about a Japanese story about zero waste: https://www.citylab.com/equity/2015/12/let-this-japanese-town-show-you-how-zero-waste-is-done/419706/
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Great article theresay520. I love sorting waste – I’m not sure why. I sometimes volunteer to sort waste for our Womad festivals. I sometimes wonder if I’m genetically programmed to love sorting waste.
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