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Global Recycling Day (GRD)
It is easy to think of recycling only at the local level, such as what goes into the household recycling bin or when the next e-waste disposal day is. But the creators of Global Recycling Day believe that recycling is a global problem. Global Recycling Day (GRD), which falls annually on March 18, was launched to promote the vitality of recycling around the world. Global Recycling Day 2018 was created to help identify and celebrate the importance of recycling in conserving our precious primary resources and securing the future of our planet. It is a day when the world comes together and gives priority to the earth.
The mission of the Global Recycling Day, organized by the Global Recycling Foundation, is twofold:
1. To tell the world leaders that recycling is too important not to be a global issue, and that a common, joined up approach to recycling is urgently needed.
2. To ask people across the planet to think of resources, not waste, when it comes to the goods around us – until this happens, we simply won’t award recycled goods the true value they deserve.
The Global Recycling Foundation wants people to think of themselves as a recyclable material resource – in fact water, air, coal, oil, natural gas and minerals, the seventh most important resource on the planet. We need to conserve all of our primary resources, and recycling is a big help in this, which significantly reduces our use. The ‘seventh resource’ saves more than 700 million tons of CO2 emissions each year and is projected to increase to 1 billion tons by 2030.
This year, the festival focuses on the “recycling fraternity” – those who take the lead in collecting and recycling waste during multiple lockdowns. The aim of the day is also to raise awareness about the importance of education on recycling and pollution.
There is no doubt that recycling is at the forefront of the war to save the future of our planet and of mankind.