Waste Crime – Waste Risks: Gaps in Meeting the Global Waste Challenge

More than ever, our future depends upon how we manage the future of our waste. As an integrated part of sustainable development, effective waste management can reduce our global footprint. Ignoring or neglecting the challenges of waste, however, can lead to significant health, environmental and economic consequences. A staggering 1.3 billion tonnes of food is produced each year to feed the world’s 7 billion people. Yet, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), around US$1 trillion of that food goes to waste. With 200,000 new peoplWaste covers a very wide spectrum of discarded materials ranging from municipal, electrical and electronic, industrial and agricultural, to new types including counterfeit pesticides. It also includes anything in size and scale from decommissioned ships, oil or liquid wastes, hundreds of millions of mobile phones to billions of used car tires. __Recommendations__ - Strengthen awareness, monitoring and information - Strengthen national legislation and enforcement capacities - Strengthen international treaties and compliance measures - Promote prevention measures and synergie

Collaboration and consultancy, tackling environmental crime, and delivering environment protection

Regulators, enforcers, and policy implementers involved in environment protection need help to do their work. That help comes from many places. Very rarely is there sufficient resource in environmental regulatory agencies, in terms of staff, material, toolkits, empowerment, or the capital to do the job they or their critics see as necessary. There are many sources of help. They include but are not limited to other regulators, parallel or partner organisations and individuals, including governments, national and local, ‘peak’1 trade or industry bodies, specialist non-governmental organisations (NGOs), academics, and management consultants

Waste Crime: Low Risks - High Profits. Gaps in Meeting the Global Waste Challenge. A Rapid Reponse Assessment

More than ever, our future depends upon how we manage the future of our waste. As an integrated part of sustainable development, effective waste management can reduce our global footprint. Ignoring or neglecting the challenges of waste, however, can lead to significant health, environmental and economic consequences. A staggering 1.3 billion tonnes of food is produced each year to feed the world’s 7 billion people. Yet, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), around US$1 trillion of that food goes to waste. With 200,000 new people added every day, the world can ill afford to waste such a massive amount of food. Global waste, however, does not stop at food. Consumers are increasingly buying products that are wrapped in plastics and paper. Much of this packaging – and eventually the products themselves – will end up in landfills. This trend has both health and environmental consequences, especially given the rapid rise of hazardous waste such as electronics