Summary for policymakers: The Waste Crisis

This Summary for Policymakers presents key facts, recommendations and next steps as a summary of the wider publication titled The Waste Crisis: Accelerating National to Local Policy Action Evidence-based strategies for sustainable solutions. The publication  addresses the interlinkages between our current global production and consumption systems, which has led to a waste crisis requiring renewed attention on sustainable waste management policy and practice. Developed through a consultative process with inputs from experts across Member States, the United Nations, and civil society,

the report reviews current sustainable waste management policies to accelerate progress toward the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and a zero-waste future