The United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) represent an
important framework to confront different issues such as economic growth, reducing
harmful pollution, improving resource efficiency and waste management. Specifically,
the SDGs cannot ignore the ever-growing problem of waste. The current economic
system favors a ‘take-make-and-dispose’ model of production and consumption, which
is no longer possible. For this reason, it is essential a change in waste management.
Zero waste is a new concept to face waste management in today's society. It is a wholesystem
approach to redesign the resource life cycles so, in this way. it is possible to
reuse all materials. Such strategy allows to create a low-carbon resource efficient,
resilient and socially inclusive economy, to respect the diversity of ecosystems and to
promote biodiversity, which is reflected in all seventeen of the SDGs.
Keywords: Prevention, Reuse, Recycle, Responsibility, Sustainable Development
Goals (SDGs), Waste management, Zero Waste.
