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May 05, 2025 Story

Youth Lead the Zero Waste Movement: The Mottainai Declaration Goes Global
May 05, 2025 Story

Global Call for Systemic Change: Advancing Waste Management based on Circular Economy Principles

Mar 27, 2025 Statement

Press Release: Unsustainable fashion and textiles in focus for International Day of Zero Waste 2025
Feb 08, 2025 Blogpost

Global Dialogue and Youth Day: Circular Economy Model of Waste Management
Dec 03, 2024 Blogpost

Event Report: Expo 2025 Osaka-Kansai Theme Week Pre-event x “Inochi Forum” Action Panel “Protecting Our Planet and Future - Action Plastic Pollution
Nov 19, 2024 Blogpost

UNEP-IETC promotes capacity-building workshop on EPR to advance Circular Waste Management in West Asia
Aug 30, 2024 Blogpost

Event Report: Online Launch of the Global Waste Management Outlook 2024 for Youth on International Youth Day
Jun 05, 2024 Blogpost

World Environment Day｜5 June 2024
May 31, 2024 Statement

Press Release: International Capacity Building Program on Plastic Waste Management and Circular Economy Concludes in Republic of Korea
Mar 30, 2024 Blogpost

Nature doesn't waste, nor should we | International Day of Zero Waste 2024
Feb 28, 2024 Story

New Report: Global Waste Management Outlook 2024
Dec 22, 2023 Blogpost

Event Report: Gender and Waste: How to mainstream gender into national waste management policy
Nov 29, 2023 Story

Event Report: Tennoji Zoo Event "Discover, Learn, Act! The relationship between animals and waste".

The mandate of IETC, as agreed in Decision 16/34 of UNEP Governing Council, is the transfer of environmentally sound technologies (EST) to developing countries and countries with economies in transition.