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Nairobi, 27 March 2025 – Ahead of the International Day of Zero Waste 2025, events in Nairobi, New York and across the world have shone a spotlight on waste in the fashion and textiles industry, highlighting the environmental and social challenges of overproduction and overconsumption caused by the sector’s linear business model.
The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) International Environmental Technology Centre (IETC) has taken several measures in light of the COVID-19 outbreak to mitigate the impact of the pandemic on UNEP IETC personnel, their families, our visitors, and our neighbors. While the current public health emergency has disrupted normal working arrangements, the delivery of work continues.
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The mandate of IETC, as agreed in Decision 16/34 of UNEP Governing Council, is the transfer of environmentally sound technologies (EST) to developing countries and countries with economies in transition.