Global Recycling Day 2022: Global Recycling Day is observed every year on March 18 every year to create awareness among the masses about the rapid pace at which our natural resources are being used.

Key Facts:

• The day also promotes the concept and practice of recycling.
• The goal of the day is to persuade world leaders that recycling should be a global concern and to inspire people to be inventive rather than wasteful when it comes to the goods around us.
• It's a day to promote awareness about the necessity of recycling in conserving our natural resources and ensuring our planet's future.

Theme of 2022:

• According to the Global Recycling Foundation, the year 2022 event’s focus will be on the “recycling fraternity” – those who put themselves on the frontline to collect waste and recycling during the multiple lockdowns.

History:

• Global Recycling Day was created in 2018 by the Global Recycling Foundation founded by Ranjit Baxi.
• Ranjit Baxi is also the founder of International Recycling Ltd, an international business that exports waste materials from Europe and the USA for recycling into new products in Asia.
• Global Recycling Day was for the first time celebrated in 2018 to help, recognize, and celebrate, the importance of recycling in preserving the Earth’s natural resources.
• The Global Recycling Foundation works together towards these awareness programmes in collaboration with the United Nations.

Significance:

• Most importantly, six types of natural resources are most important, i.e. air, water, oil, natural gas, and minerals.
• All of these natural resources are finite, and if they are not managed wisely, they will vanish from the face of the Earth, that is why recycling is so crucial.
• Recycling is the process of taking dwindling natural resources and putting them to the best possible use.

According to the Global Recycling Day Foundation, recycling is the seventh resource.