A growing problem
Waste is a global issue that starts locally
Put simply, transportation and landfill cannot continue at current rates.
Ineffective waste management can contribute to flooding, air pollution, spreading of diseases, and wasting of precious resources only available on earth.
Where we stand today
70 %
Increase in a global waste by 2050 unless urgent action is taken
1.3 bn
Tonnes of global waste to landfill annually, with a projected increase to 2.2 billion tonnes by 2025
3%
Of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions result from solid waste management
64m
People (approx) are directly affected by dumpsites created by the global waste trade
Global waste composition (%)
1.
Food and green
44%
2.
Glass
5%
3.
Metal
4%
4.
Other
14%
5.
Paper and cardboard
17%
6.
Plastic
12%
7.
Rubber and leather
2%
8.
Wood
2%
Global waste composition (%)
1.
Composting
5.5%
2.
Incineration
11.1%
3.
Controlled landfill
3.7%
4.
Landfill (unspecified)
25.2%
5.
Sanitary landfill
7.7%
6.
Open dump
33%
7.
Other
0.3%
8.
Recycling
13.5%
As voices for the planet grow louder, we must get the job done. Never before has the environmental mandate been more visible, recognized and acted upon. But then again, never before have the stakes been higher.
Inger Andersen
Executive Director, UN Environ
Environment and climate change
Reductions in GHG emissions can be brought about by the elimination of landfill activities and the adoption of recovered material usage replacing the exhaustion of virgin material and associated fossil fuels use.
Waste is unavoidable but the recovery, transformation and reuse of materials is a key element in the future proofing of our existence.
The opportunities for sustainable waste management
In order to optimise the 4 R’s approach to sustainable waste management Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Recover, suitable technology is needed to allow this to happen effectively.
The Advetec XO technology brings this together in a common process allowing for waste to be reduced and transformed and repurposed.
External resources
The Global Waste Management Outlook, a collective effort of the United Nations Environment Programme and the International Waste Management Association, is a pioneering scientific global assessment on the state of waste management and a call for action to the international community.
External resources
The What A Waste report, the world is on a trajectory where waste generation will drastically outpace population growth by more than double by 2050. Although we are seeing improvements and innovations in solid waste management globally, it is a complex issue and one that we need to take urgent action on.
External resources
The Working Group I contribution to the Sixth Assessment Report is the most up-to-date physical understanding of the climate system and climate change, bringing together the latest advances in climate science, and combining multiple lines of evidence from paleoclimate, observations, process understanding, and global and regional climate simulations
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