This year’s Say YES to Waste Less campaign, themed There’s a Price to Waste, reflects both the environmental and financial costs of waste, Dr Puthucheary said.
“This year’s theme … is a timely reminder about the costs associated with our inappropriate production of waste. All the packaging, all the materials, everything that we consume requires resources, water, energy, materials. So if we consume inappropriately, the cost goes up.
“So we want to remind ourselves of that cost and what we can do to play our part in reducing that cost.”
Twenty-eight new partners have joined this year’s campaign, bringing initiatives to retail outlets, workplaces, schools and community spaces that range from encouraging reusable habits and reducing single-use plastics to improving food waste management and recycling.
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