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Every year, an estimated 11.2 billion tonnes of solid waste is collected worldwide and decay of the organic proportion of solid waste contributes about 5% of global greenhouse gas emissions. Poor waste management – ranging from non-existing collection systems to ineffective disposal – causes air pollution, water and soil contamination. Open and unsanitary landfills lead to contamination of drinking water and can cause infection and transmit diseases.
The way a country manages its solid waste has significant long-term implications for public health, the economy and the environment. Therefore, it is essential to promote an environmentally sound solid waste treatment and disposal programme. Investing in greening the waste sector can generate multiple economic and environmental benefits.
Greening the waste sector primarily involves the three “R’s” – reduce, reuse and recycle – with the long-term vision being to establish a circular economy in which the use of materials and subsequent waste is limited, most unavoidable waste is recycled or remanufactured, and any remaining waste is treated so as to minimize environmental damage or even create additional value through recovering energy embedded in material or products.
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Greetings!
GO4SDGs initiative is looking for an intern to join us for 6-months at, UNEP, Industry and Economy Division, office in Nairobi. We are looking for a dynamic, curious and talented intern to carry out research on SDGs, circular economy, green jobs for youth and support GO4SDGs activities at the regional and global level. Interested? The deadline for application is 19th July 2023
Apply here: https://careers.un.org/lbw/jobdetail.aspx?id=211714
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GO4SDGs has had an action packed June with exciting events and activities happening across the regions!
Find out more about it all in the latest edition of our newsletter: https://ke3nnhygz5.postedstuff.com/V2-VjDi-okUt-GfH3-xG8T/
Don't forget to visit our website more information about GO4SDGs:
Hello Everyone!
The Global Opportunities for Sustainable Development Goals (GO4SDGs) is a UNEP initiative that aims to accelerate the progress necessary to meet the 2030 Agenda, especially for SDG 12 (Sustainable Consumption and Production) and SDG 8 (Decent Work & Green Economies).
We build partnerships to connect global initiatives with regional needs and solutions. We use a vast number and variety of tools developed by our partners and focus on implementation, action and scaling up, and replications of good practices. We are active in Africa, Asia-Pacific, LAC, West Asia and Central Asia.
GO4SDGs focuses on three main action components:
i) supporting governments to strengthen policy coherence.
ii) working with small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to increase capacities and access for financing innovation and circularity.
iii) youth empowerment to amplify their voices and empower them to embrace sustainable lifestyles.
To achieve this, we collaborate with partners to share best practices, science-based knowledge, tools and capacity development in the high-impact sectors of agri-food, fashion/textiles, tourism (incl. plastics).
We are pleased to present our progress report with the highlights of work in 2022. We are advancing circular economy in the regions, increased capacity development to reduce food waste, and launched the SMEs Action Agenda, and the Green Jobs for Youth Pact at COP27. We also started to yield results in the high-impact sectors of fashion/textiles, agri-food & tourism.
Download and have a read of our Annual Progress Report:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1iFxvbtAG2ibP35MCfXUtoyIf2vbqEWDM/view
We are excited to join the Green Forum and interact with members of this community!
Visit our website more information about GO4SDGs activities and events across different regions.
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It's a great opputunity for me to share this platform with you all, i am Julius from Kampala uganda and i am in love with the green environment, nature and the creation. Green don't know boarders, green in your country contributes much to a condusive environment in my country and the reverse is 100% true. Let's share and work together for a better environment through protecting the green.
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The closed-cycle economy is impossible without recycling production waste. They generate 15 times more solid household waste. Technology of processing of red sludge - waste from the production of raw materials for the production of aluminum, alumina. By improving the environment, we profit from the production of iron, titanium, potassium, and rare earth metals.
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Hello everyone, I'm a new member looking for help with my master thesis (which I hope is within your okay in this forum).
I have been reading various interesting posts, which makes me believe that you all have a lot to contribute with, if you feel up for it.
I'm doing a research project focusing on consumer's perception towards the concept of obsolescence / planned obsolescence, specifically in household level electronic devices. Thus, everyone with an opinion, experience, or even just owning an electronic device is interesting to me!
As the main method used is netnography, everything is expected to happen online, preferably in written format. It can even be an open discussion right here, if wanted.
So, if you would like to answer a few question as an “interview”, share opinions and experiences, or just have any question to me or my study. Please let me know!
In advance, thank you very much.
Best regards.
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