The Global Recycling Foundation will hold its annual Global Recycling Day for the fifth time on 18 March.
As it did last year, the organisation is calling for nominations for recycling heroes worldwide.
Ten winners will be announced on the day and awarded a prize of $1,000 each.
‘Recycling fraternity’
This year, the event’s focus will be on the “recycling fraternity” – those who put themselves on the frontline to collect waste and recycling during the multiple lockdowns.
The day will also aim to raise awareness about the importance of education about recycling and pollution.
Ranjit Baxi, the organisation’s founding president said: “Without the efforts of the recycling fraternity – an essential service – clearly putting themselves at risk with the increased waste from masks, personal protective equipment, and food during the pandemic, civil society would otherwise have suffered even more hardship if waste had been allowed to accumulate uncollected and untreated.”
Education
Mr Baxi told letsrecycle.com that the Global Recycling Foundation is “hoping to promote and spread the education about recycling as much as possible across all economies”.
According to Mr Baxi, “anybody who you think is making a difference in their local community is already a recycling hero.”
Mr Baxi said the aim of Global Recycling Day was to connect with other recycling initiatives across the world who were also “playing their unique part”.
“Many NGOs and groups across the world have started to make the difference, so I want to connect with them and create a more unified structure,” Mr Baxi added.
“From the moment when kids go to school, we can gradually start teaching them the importance of a cleaner environment.
“They are the ones who are really going to take the flag forwards.”
The Global Recycling Foundation would also like to plant 250,000 trees by 2030 as part of a reforestation initiative.
Many NGOs and groups across the world have started to make the difference, so I want to connect with them and create a more unified structure
- Ranjit Baxi, the Global Recycling Foundation’s founding president
Fifth anniversary
The event will celebrate its fifth anniversary this year, having started in 2017.
For the last couple of years, Global Recycling Day has taken place online due to the pandemic (see letsrecycle.com story), but previously events were held in London (see letsrecycle.com story).
The organisation aims to use the day to continue its work of promoting recycling as a resource.
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