Zero Waste describes a scenario where production, consumption, reuse, and recovery of products, packaging and materials are done responsibly. A zero-waste community would recycle 100% of their waste without burning and with no discharges to land, water or air that threatens the environment or human health.

In the current waste management system, all the production, consumption and disposal of waste is unhealthy and unsustainable. Extracting and processing raw materials requires large energy and causes pollution. Once they’re used, the goods are simply dumped in a landfill or destroyed in an incinerator. In contrast, a zero-waste approach conserves natural resources and reduces pollution from extraction, manufacturing and disposal. Refusing to use extra products causes to make fewer products. Reducing and reusing also means fewer products are made. Recycling keeps waste out of landfills and incinerators and it provides manufacturers with recycled instead of raw materials to make new goods. And the last but not in the list, composting helps not only to reduce organic wastes but also we can make organic fertilizers through composting. As organic waste is the most generated all over the world, by composting it, we can produce a huge amount of organic fertilizer and will be able to reduce the use of chemical fertilizers.