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The International Day of Zero Waste, observed every year on 30 March, highlights the urgent need to strengthen waste prevention and management and promote sustainable consumption and production patterns to address the global waste pollution crisis.
Facilitated by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and the UN Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat), the 2026 edition of Zero Waste Day focuses on food waste. Around the world, food is wasted at an alarming scale. In 2022 alone, about 1 billion tonnes of food nearly one-fifth of all food available to consumers was wasted, undermining food security while contributing up to 10 per cent of global greenhouse-gas emissions and, in particular, a major source of methane emissions. Tackling food waste is one of the most cost-effective climate solutions.
From 1 March to 5 April, governments, businesses, and civil society groups around the world are organizing events, workshops, repair cafés, clothing swaps, exhibitions and more.
UNEP is offering interested media:
-Interviews with UNEP experts on the scale, impacts and solutions to global food waste.
-An interview with Massimo Bottura, three-Michelin-starred chef, co-founder of Food for Soul, SDG Advocate and UNEP Goodwill Ambassador, on how chefs and communities are transforming surplus food into meals that restore dignity and reduce waste.
Join UNEP’s associated events
-26 March | Youth workshop: Less Waste, More Life | Consulate of Switzerland Japan | 18:00 - 20:00 JST
-27 March | The Zero Food Waste Challenge: Breakthroughs and Innovative Approaches | UN General Assembly Hall, New York | 15:00 -18:00 EST
-30 March | Towards Zero Food Waste Through Multistakeholder Action | Room V, Palais des Nations, Geneva | 14:30 -15:30 CET
-30 March | Second Life Table: A Communal Experience on Waste and Possibility | UNEP HQ, Nairobi | TBD
-30 March | Mobilizing Tourism to Halve Food Waste through Recipe of Change | Online | 13:30 -15:00 CET
-30 March | Zero Waste Starts on Your Plate: Beating Pollution of Food Waste led by Youth | 13:00 - 14:15 UTC
-30 March | Seaside Location, Sanya / Qingdao University | 08:30 - 18:30 CST
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