C40 Zero Waste Declaration

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General

Name of initiative	C40 Zero Waste Declaration
LPAA initiative	No
NAZCA Initiative	Yes
Website address	https://www.c40.org/other/zero-waste-declaration
Related initiatives	Related: C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group (C40)
Starting year	2018
End year
Secretariat	C40: 120 Park Avenue, 23rd Floor, New York, NY 10017, United States The website has disappeared.
Organisational structure
Geographical coverage	Global
Name of lead organisation	C40
Type of lead organisation	Other intergovernmental organization
Location/Nationality of lead organisation	United States of America

Description

Description	Waste management is one of the primary services that city governments provide and is a sector over which mayors exercise significant authority. The mayors of the world’s great cities recognize that bold action on waste management is key to making our urban centres cleaner, healthier, more resilient and inclusive. To deliver our ambitious climate goals, we know that by 2030 we must have transformed our solid waste and material management systems to put us on track for a climate-safe future. That is why, as mayors of world leading cities, we are accelerating the transition towards a zero waste and more regenerative future by taking ambitious, measurable and inclusive actions to reduce municipal solid waste generation and improve materials management in our cities.
Objectives	1) reducing the municipal solid waste generation per capita by at least 15% by 2030 compared to 2015; and 2) reducing the amount of municipal solid waste disposed to landfill and incineration by at least 50% by 2030 compared to 2015, and increase the diversion rate away from landfill and incineration to at least 70% by 2030.
Activities	Reduce food losses and wasting of food at the retail and consumer levels by decreasing losses along production and supply chains, minimising the production of surplus food, and facilitating safe food donation and by-products for feed production. Implement source separated collection for food scraps and other organics and treatment infrastructure that recovers nutrients, energy and contributes to the restoration of carbon storage capacity in soils. Support the implementation of local and regional policies, such as extended producer responsibility and sustainable procurement, to reduce or ban single-use and non-recyclable plastics and other materials, while also improving goods reparability and recyclability. Increase reduction, reuse, recovery and recycling of construction and demolition materials. Increase accessibility, awareness, scale and inclusivity of reduction, reutilization and recycling programmes and policies for all communities and neighbourhoods, investing in city wide communication and engagement efforts, offering resources in multiple languages, and Ensuring benefits are distributed equitably across the city population. Publicly report every two years on the progress the cities are making towards these goals.
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Monitoring and Impacts

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Available reporting	https://c40-production-images.s3.amazonaws.com/other_uploads/images/1925_C40_zero_waste_041218.original.pdf?1543921163

Participants

Participants	Number	Names
Members	23
Companies	0
Business organisations	0
Research and educational organisations	0
Non-governmental organisations	0
National states	0
Governmental actors	0
Regional / state / county actors	3	Wales (United Kingdom),  Catalonia (Spain),  Navarra (Spain).
City / municipal actors	20	Auckland (Australia),  Copenhagen (Denmark),  Dubai (United Arab Emirates),  London (United Kingdom),  Los Angeles (USA),  Milan (Italy),  Montreal (Canada),  New York City (USA),  Paris (France),  Philadelphia (USA),  Portland (USA),  Rotterdam (Netherlands),  San Jose (USA),  Santa Monica (USA). Sydney (Australia),  Tel Aviv (Israel),  Tokyo (Japan),  Toronto (Canada),  Vancouver (Canada),  Washington D.C (USA).
Intergovernmental organisations	0
Financial Institutions	0
Faith based organisations	0
Other members	0
Supporting partners	0
Number of members in the years
Have only national states as participators	No

Theme

Transport	Agriculture	Forestry	Business	Financial institutions	Buildings	Industry	Waste	Cities and subnational governments	Short Term Pollutants	International maritime transport	Energy Supply	Fluorinated gases	Energy efficiency	Renewable energy	Supply chain emission reductions	Adaptation	Other	Resilience	Innovation	Energy Access and Efficiency	Private Finance
No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No

Last update: 27 July 2022 13:42:57

Not only have national states as participators