everything, from metals, minerals, and fossil fuels to organic matters form plants and animals. And only 8,6% are recyclable and used again. The use of resources tripled since 1970 and can double again until 2050 if things continue like they are. We would need an Earth and a half to keep in a sustainable way our current level of resources usage.
It can seem like not a day passes by without more bad news concerning the
environment. In the face of such huge reported problems, it’s easy to feel
helpless and be discouraged. But there’s an effective approach that
everyone can take to reduce their impact on the planet’s resources, and it
involves working toward a zero-waste lifestyle.
What is the Zero Waste Lifestyle?
The technological advance brings us the impression that we are always with outdated items, inducing the shopping for more modern products, resulting in the discard of the old one. This phenomenon is called programmed obsolescence, that refers to the power that the industry has to make the products programmed to fail. The Circular Economy, that we will explain to you on this article, is a concept that was created to minimize the negative impacts of consumerism for the next generations.
