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Recycling must become a COP30 priority

December 4, 2025   (0 Comments)
Posted by: Katrina McGuire

Recycling must become a COP30 priority

Published Online: November 25, 2025

Written by: Recycling Product News Staff

"Waste is a story about the loss of power more than merely an environmental crisis, according to the Global Recycling Foundation.

As the world discards valuable resources, those countries which are focusing on advanced recycling processes will dominate.

Global Recyclinng Foundation leader speaks at UN's climate change conference

Speaking to mark the opening of COP30, the UN's climate change conference in Brazil, Ranjit Baxi, founder of Global Recycling Foundation and Global Recycling Day, said: "Waste is a valuable currency. In time it will be more precious than land or oil because we are squandering the materials upon which the world is increasingly relying — copper, lithium, nickel, and aluminium. ..."

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