Today is Global Recycling Day. The day assumes even more significance amid the pandemic as recycling items has taken a big hit and people are using more disposable things for safety. According to a report in news agency Reuters, "From Wuhan to New York, demand for face shields, gloves, takeaway food containers and bubble wrap for online shopping has surged. Since most of that cannot be recycled, so has the waste." Recyclers across the world are losing out, says the report. Global Recycling Day is an opportunity to spread awareness about the importance of recycling in ensuring a healthy future of our precious planet and saying "Thank You" to the Recycle Heroes. Union environment minister, Prakash Javadekar today tweeted, "Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Recover is the new Mantra"
Recycle today for a better tomorrow!
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Recover is the new Mantra !#GlobalRecyclingDaypic.twitter.com/4N7CmenbaH
— Prakash Javadekar (@PrakashJavdekar) March 18, 2021Theme of 2021 Global Recycling Day
According to the Global Recycling Foundation, the theme for this year's Global Recycling Day is "celebrating our Recycling Heroes". This year we express gratitude to all who help in popularising recycling as a key activity in our daily lives. Swachh Survekshan, the government body that monitors cleanliness, hygiene and sanitation in villages, cities and towns across India, has tweeted photos and works of a few Recycling Heroes on Twitter. Meet the Recycling Heroes:
This #GlobalRecyclingDay, we are celebrating our #RecyclingHeroes!
Meet Sahithi Bhupathiraju, our very own Swades-story, making door-to-door collection a digital dream! #SwachhSurvekshan2021#MyCityMyResponsibility#SwachhBharat#मेराशहरमेरीजिम्मेदारी#MyCleanIndia#sanitationpic.twitter.com/isJjgzBwlc
— Swachh Survekshan (@SwachSurvekshan) March 17, 2021This #GlobalRecyclingDay, we are celebrating our #RecyclingHeroes!
Meet Jignesh Shah, who has turned paper trash into treasure!#SwachhSurvekshan2021#MyCityMyResponsibility#SwachhBharat#मेराशहरमेरीजिम्मेदारी#MyCleanIndia#PlasticFreeCities#PlasticFreeIndiapic.twitter.com/t2Ts3kmuTP
— Swachh Survekshan (@SwachSurvekshan) March 17, 2021Role of of recycling in building an environmentally stable planet
Recycling is an important part of the circular economyRecycling helps protect natural resources globallyEvery year, recyclable products also known as the 'Seventh Resource' saves over 700 million tonnes in CO2 emissions and this is projected to increase to one billion tonnes by 2030, according to the globalrecyclingday.comGlobal Recycling Day: The mission
The Global Recycling Foundation has set up a two-fold mission:
"To tell world leaders that recycling is simply too important not to be a global issue""To ask people across the planet to think resource, not waste, when it comes to the goods around us - until this happens, we simply won't award recycled goods the true value and repurpose they deserve"Success! In the last four months, U.S. Embassy New Delhi recycled♻️nearly 34 tons of recyclable waste
