September seems to have unofficially been sustainability month in Czechia, with Zero Waste Week, European Sustainable Development Week and Czech Radio’s “Don’t Bin it! 7 Days for the Planet” all taking place within that period. While many of these events and campaigns were international, some were specific to Czechia – like the Waste Prevention 2023 conference that took place in Prague. I went along to find out what Czech companies are doing to reduce their environmental impact.
Microplastics accumulating in our bodies, wildlife choking on our trash, and garbage patches three times the size of France floating in our oceans – these are just some of the consequences of the estimated 2 billion tons of trash that we, the world’s population, produce each year. Sadly, with rapid population growth and urbanisation, the World Bank predicts annual waste generation will actually increase by 73% from 2020 levels to 3.88 billion tonnes in 2050.
But there are people trying to fight this trend. And although Czechia may be a small country, it is also trying to do its part to change people’s habits and combat the ever-mounting garbage disposal problem facing the planet.
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Author: Anna Fodor