The first Global Recycling Day was 18 March 18. Since 2018, when I started this blog and the year where plastic pollution was the focus for UN Environment with both Earth Day 2018 & Environment Day having themes to check plastic pollution, the Global Recycling Foundation initiated celebration of Global Recycling Day to be observed annually on 18 March.
The theme for Global Recycling Day 2020 is Recycling Heroes, celebrating innovative recycling efforts of individuals and institutions across the globe. The celebration is in line with sustainable development and SDG 12, encouraging responsible consumption and production that is inherent in recycling and upcycling.
In the context of this blog all Re.Plastic Changemakers are Recycling Heroes, although the top ten Recycling Heroes according to the Global Recycling Foundation are:
The theme for Global Recycling Day 2020 is Recycling Heroes, celebrating innovative recycling efforts of individuals and institutions across the globe. The celebration is in line with sustainable development and SDG 12, encouraging responsible consumption and production that is inherent in recycling and upcycling.
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| Global Recycling Day |
- Anuya Trivedi, Founder of Greenbuddies – India
- Aribe Bajwa, Founder of Youth Social Ambassadors – Pakistan
- Ecolana – Mexico
- Cappabue National School – Ireland (County Cork)
- Made by TREID – Philippines
- Nick Oettinger, MD and founder, The Furniture Recycling Group – UK
- Plogging Club – Nigeria
- Reform Africa – Uganda
- U-Recycle – Nigeria
- Zizo Ezi Foundation – South Africa
But this time, it makes sense to reiterate in no particular order the top ten Re.Plastic Changemakers - my picks of people and initiatives who have been mentioned in the RE.Plastic Blog and Facebook page.
1. ROKA: Residents of Kasturba Nagar Association and their efforts to make their locality and Chennai zero waste - https://re-plastic.blogspot.com/2019/08/freedom-from-waste-water-scarcity.html
2. Arun Krishnamurthy & EFI - lake restoration clean up & coastal clean up activities across India and Chennai involving local volunteers while creating furniture from plastic bottles stuffed with soft plastics: https://re-plastic.blogspot.com/2019/04/at-efi-upcycling-plastic-wrappers.html
3. Tzu Chi NGO & Taiwan and Plastic Recycling - https://re-plastic.blogspot.com/2019/07/takeaways-from-taiwan-lecture.html
4. Tiza Mafira and the Plastic Bag Diet of Indonesia: https://re-plastic.blogspot.com/2018/12/story-of-plastic-tiza-mafira-of.html
5. Shelby O'Neal of California: No Straw November - https://re-plastic.blogspot.com/2018/08/replastic-changemaker-1-shelby-oneil-jr.html
6. Ramya Selvaraj & G. Divyapriya of IIT Madras who have developed a solar powered plastic to fuel pyrolyzer as well as other Women & Girls in Science innovating and upcycling plastic: https://re-plastic.blogspot.com/2020/02/plastic-pollution-wetlands-migratory.html
7. Rita Maker of Mumbai, India who knits to upcycle plastic bags - SUPs (Single Use Plastics) - reusable bags, totes, knick-knacks and furniture.
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| Rita Maker - Source: The Better India |
8. The Fisherfolk of Kollam, Kerala, India who collect marine plastic to be then used to lay better roads.
9. Rohit Mehra the Indian Revenue Service Officer who has recycled PET bottles in creating his vertical gardens in Punjab, India.
10. Boyan Slate the young Dutch CEO from the Netherlands and The Ocean Cleanup initiative - cleaning up oceans and upcycling the collected trash and data into useful reusable products: https://re-plastic.blogspot.com/2020/01/multilayer-packaging-design-innovation.html
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