The Zero Waste Principles and their Effect on Avoiding ...

The Zero Waste Principles and theirEffect on Avoiding Plastic Pollution?

www.ZeroWasteSwitzerland.ch

Bino family (4 p)in 2019 = 16 kg ( 4 kg pp )

Natalie Bino• Co-founder and director of

ZeroWaste Switzerland• Family of 4 - Morges region• Environmental advisor• Marketing specialist, project

management


Zero Waste ?

Reduce

Habits change

Short ways

Photo: Bea Johnson


CIVIL SOCIETY MOVEMENT

INDUSTRYCircular EconomyCradle-to-Cradle

PUBLIC SECTOROver 400 Towns in EuropeCH: Carouge Zéro Déchet

YOU & ME

THE USE OF ZERO WASTE


The association aims to raise awarenessamong the Swisspopulation about sustainable wastereduction.

MISSIONAn independent ONG, recognized as being of public utility, apolitical and non-profit since 2015

A network of volunteers in 13 regions all over Switzerland

A Central Team since 2019

THE ASSOCIATION

Nearly than 1’000 members


I N S P I R E E N A B L E E N G A G E

OUR ACTIONS

conferences,stands, talks

workshops, cafés,guidelines, coaching

towns, companies,government


WHY ZERO WASTE


WHY ISN’T PLASTIC ZERO WASTE?

• Most of plastic is

disposable

• Microplastics

• Less contact is better

• transport, energy

• Non-renewable resource,

made from fossil fuels and/or process is unsustainable

• Only 9% is (down)cycled

• Take hundreds of years to

disappear


hidden

HIDDEN WASTE

visible


ZERO WASTE HIERARCHY

Zero Waste Europe


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o Our health

o Our full schedule

o Our social relationships

o Our bank account

o The environment

o Our point of view

WHO BENEFITS FROM ZERO WASTE?


PARTICIPATE + SUPPORT

o Subscribe to the newsletter

o Become a member

o Follow on social networks :https://zerowasteswitzerland.ch/links/


The best waste is the one that is not produced!

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