EMA Environmental Education and Publicity Manager, Amkela Sidange
BY MUNYARADZI BLESSING DOMA
All sectors from individual to institutional level should strive to achieve zero waste status so as to obtain a healthy environment in the country.
The call was made by the Environmental Management Authority (EMA), Environmental Education and Publicity Manager Amkela Sidange.
Sidange revealed this ahead of this Friday’s National Clean-Up Day and also the Zero Waste commemorations set for the end of this month.
“The 7th of March is the first Friday of this new month hence making it the National Clean-Up Day as per our declaration on the National Clean-Up programme.
“If we look at this month’s National Clean-Up Day, it becomes paramount because of the day of Global Zero Waste commemoration that is going to be held on the 30th of March.
“It will be running under the theme “Towards Zero Waste in Fashion and Textiles” and therefore this actually becomes a call that impresses on that all sectors can actually achieve that zero waste status that we so much want as a country.
“Therefore to align this month’s National Clean Up Day with the month of zero waste, the clean-up day is actually going to be running under the theme “Up scaling waste material recovery for a zero waste status,” which is actually a call to all for us to play that crucial part in the achievement of zero waste status.
“Starting from simple recovery of resource materials from what we all see as waste which we can actually then take back into the economy thus reducing waste in the environment.
“It can only take us all to make that difference we so much want in our communities, in our churches, in our workplaces and just the general society by simple adopting best practices in waste management.
“Let’s all come out in large numbers, this National Clean-Up Day to actually clean up our immediate surroundings from wherever we are in that local level,” said Sidange.
The goal of the Zero Waste Day is to promote sustainable consumption and production patterns to address the waste pollution crisis.
It is said the global event highlights the importance of bolstering waste management and advancing resource recovery and reuse to protect human and environmental health.
