Zero Waste Cities Challenge

In Context

Recently, WasteAid’s Circular Economy Network has announced the finalists of its Zero Waste Cities Challenge.
It has chosen two winners — entrepreneurs from Shree Guru Plastic and Inside Out — for their work on promoting the circular economy and reducing the usage of plastics.

About Zero Waste Cities Challenge

WasteAid (a UK based international NGO) launched its Zero Waste Cities Challenge in Johannesburg, Ho Chi Minh City and Guwahati.
- The competition was launched to find grassroots solutions to resource efficiency, waste collection and recycling in South Africa, Vietnam and India.
It is part of a programme to encourage a circular economy and inclusive livelihood opportunities in the city.
Prizes of €10,000 will be awarded to two innovation solutions that increase resource efficiency and reduce waste, in the three cities
It aims to find entrepreneurs with innovative business ideas that help reduce or recycle waste and create green employment opportunities.

Circular economy

The circular economy is a model of production and consumption, which involves sharing, leasing, reusing, repairing, refurbishing and recycling existing materials and products for as long as possible.
It aims to tackle global challenges such as waste, pollution, climate change and biodiversity loss.
It has been gaining ground globally, International Telecommunication Union, World Economic Forum, the United Nations and others stressing the need to ensure minimum wastage in the electrical and electronics sectors.
CE aims at –
- Retaining the value of resources, products and materials at their highest by keeping them in use as long as possible;
- Minimizing wastage at each life-cycle stage; and
- Extract the maximum value through reusing, repairing, recovering, remanufacturing and regenerating products and materials at the end of each service value.

Source: DTE

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