"Don't let the term fool you. Zero waste is an industrial term referring to a circular economy in which all processes of design (the plan for how it'll be made), manufacturing (how it's made), consumption (how you'll consume it), disposal (what you'll do with it after you're done), and recovery (can that thing be used again or not?) are designed to reduce or eliminate waste."
"The Scale of the Waste Problem The numbers are staggering. The average American produces approximately 4.9 pounds of trash per day , totaling nearly 1,800 pounds per year. Austria, Denmark, and the United States are among the largest waste generators per capita, with the average person producing over 1 ,764 pounds annually -nearly three times the global average of 617 pounds per person."
Zero waste is an industrial concept describing a circular economy in which design, manufacturing, consumption, disposal, and recovery are structured to reduce or eliminate waste. Current global systems operate in a linear economy where products flow from manufacture to purchase to disposal, contributing to rising waste generation. Global municipal solid waste is projected to increase from 2.1 billion tonnes in 2023 to 3.8 billion tonnes by 2050. The average American produces about 4.9 pounds of trash per day, nearly 1,800 pounds per year, while only 9% of plastic waste has ever been recycled and one million plastic bottles are purchased every minute worldwide.
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