Waste [New] Absent major changes in plastic waste management, the amount going to the oceans, will nearly triple by 2040, from 11 million metric tons to 29 million tonnes. [New] Roughly 8 million tons of solar photovoltaic panels are expected to hit landfills globally by the end of this decade, rising to 80 million by midcentury, when they could account for about 10% of all electronic waste. [New] All the efforts made and announced so far to cut plastic waste, by governments and companies, will reduce projected volume by only about 7% by 2040. [New] Plastic entering the marine environment is set to double by 2040 and, unless the world acts, more than 1.3 billion tonnes of plastic waste will be dumped on land and in waterbodies. [New] Without meaningful change, some four billion people worldwide are likely to be without organized waste collection services by 2040, contributing significantly to the projected amount of ocean plastic pollution. Look for food waste, including new ways food companies and entrepreneurs can turn it into cash, to be one of the leading issues the industry and food companies will need to address in 2020. A cold storage system to reduce food waste with a capacity of 30,000 tonnes could have an annualized cost of over $100 million in some geographies. Reusing, refurbishing and recycling clothes could lead to $130 billion in savings and prevent 148 million tonnes of textile waste by 2030. In 2018, the highest policy-making body of the ITU, the Plenipotentiary Conference, established a target to increase the global e-waste recycling rate to 30% by 2023. By 2030, AI alone has the potential to generate up to US$127bn a year in cost savings for food companies by reducing waste in the food chain. Global consumption of materials such as biomass, fossil fuels, metals and minerals is expected to double in the next 40 years, while annual waste generation is projected to increase by 70% by 2050. Too Good To Go is on a mission to fight food waste, which costs the UK £14bn every year and could cut global emissions by 8% if people stopped wasting food altogether. Hong Kong has targets to cut down the amount of food waste that goes to landfills by at least 40% before 2022 and to reduce the municipal solid waste disposal rate to landfills by 40% on a per capita basis by 2022, relative to 2011 numbers. Presently there is insufficient capacity to recover and reprocess plastics in Victoria to achieve the National Waste Policy target of 80% by 2030. Electrical waste, or e-waste, is a huge problem, and it's only going to get worse; 50 million tonnes of e-waste is generated every year, a figure that's expected to hit 110 million tonnes by 2050, by which point it will be the fastest growing waste stream in the world. Global e-waste, which is defined as discarded products with a battery or plug, will reach 74 million metric tonnes by 2030, up from 5 3Mt in 2019. Some 50 million tonnes of electrical and electronic waste (e-waste) is generated worldwide each year, a figure expected to more than double by 2050 to 120m tonnes. With electronic waste being one of the fastest growing waste streams in the world, seeing around 50 million tonnes produced every year and predicted to double by 2050, it is important to consider the alternative outcomes from small changes when disposing of electronics. By 2050, 19% rise in the waste generation of high-income countries has been observed compared to approximately 40% rise in low and middle income countries which will create opportunities for the growth of Global Waste Management Market. Over the coming decade, more than 100 million tons of plastic waste will have to find a new place to be processed or otherwise disposed of as a result of China's ban! ReSource: Plastics aims to enlist 100+ companies by 2030 in order to reach WWF's ultimate goal of preventing at least 50 million metric tons of plastic waste from entering nature. The National Infrastructure Assessment made a near term recommendation to support a recycling target of 65% of municipal waste and 75% of plasThe Committee on Climate Change recommended a target of 70% of municipal recycling throughout the UK by 2025 or earlier. See full forecast Last updated: 02 August 2020 Hi, Would you like a quick online demo of our service from an experienced member of our team? Yes No
