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At the conclusion of the European Week Waste Reduction, Friends of the Earth once again reporting little or no interest in the reduction by public authorities and warns of the need to reverse the current economic model based on consumerism, which squanders scarce natural resources in landfills and incinerators
Posted by: ECOticias.com / Red / Agencies, 26/11/2010, 16:58 h waste while increasing gross domestic product, and that a production model based on limitless economic growth inevitably leads to waste, as waste, scarce natural resources. In Spain only the economic crisis has failed to halt the production of waste in continuous annual growth for decades, reaffirming the fact that the root of the problem lies in the commitment to economic growth model based on consumerism. The "ignorance" of disposability, the overpack or reduced life expectancy of assets are just examples of a model of production and consumption entirely wrong and inapplicable in terms sustainability and equity.
In regard to sustainability, this model is based on the extraction of natural resources has grown from 40 billion tons mined in the world economy in 1980 to over 60 billion in 2010, accounting for fossil fuels, metals minerals and biomass. To continue the same trend, the figure would reach 100 billion in 2030 [1]. Saturday, November 27, 2010
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This excessive exploitation is incompatible with the limited capacity of global ecosystems to provide resources and absorb waste and emissions. In fact as of today already surpassed the capacity by 30%. Add to that inadequate management of waste produced, as in Spain to waste more than half of municipal waste in landfills and incinerators. 
Timid reduction proposals in Spain have failed for lack of ambition. In part, due to lack of interest devoted to the reduction and better waste management by legislators and government. Spain is expected to follow the same trend, a result that debunks prevention objectives [2] which sought to reduce municipal waste production per capita at 1996 levels, ie 1.06 kg / inhabitant / day.
From these data we extract at least two conclusions: 1 .- Timid reduction proposals in Spain have failed for lack of ambition. In part, due to lack of interest devoted to the reduction and better waste management by legislators and government. Spain is expected to follow the same trend, a result that debunks prevention objectives [2] which sought to reduce municipal waste production per capita at 1996 levels, ie 1.06 kg / inhabitant / day. policies prevention of waste production in the last 15 years not only have not worked, but there was never any real intention of ending a problem that would attack the fundamental pillar of the production model: consumption. 2 .- Reduce waste production combined with source management mechanisms and recycling are the only alternative to meet the growth in waste production. In this context, a good policy on waste is essential to change these trends. Spain is transposing the new Waste Framework Directive and is a unique opportunity not be missed. It is therefore necessary that the new Waste Act resulting from this process would include: real ambitious objectives and reduction of waste every year, the mandatory selective separation of organic material at source to be managed through composting, phasing in mandatory introduction of deposit and return system for effective reduction and reuse of packaging, the phasing out shopping bags for single use and prohibition of free distribution, and the abandonment of policies of incineration, because this management system does not take advantage of the resources contained in waste and disincentive measures to reduce, reuse and recycling. To
reflect these concerns within the framework of the European Week of Waste Prevention, Friends of the Earth has made street actions in order to attract the attention of the public. In Galicia the action has focused on reducing single-use bags, proposing to change the citizenship of the throwaway culture to the reduction and reuse. In the Balearic Islands have organized debates around systems Back, and Return Deposit, aimed at policy makers Baleares, counter-advertising poster competitions, awareness-raising in schools and various street actions. In Madrid, they have replaced plastic bags by cloth bags while the public has withdrawn waste of planet Earth, Finally, Sevilla were held tables of experiences and debate and street actions to reduce waste and environmental education. 
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