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Over the past three days in Istanbul, over 26 ministers and 24 high-level representatives from 50 countries met on the sidelines of the Zero Waste Forum to discuss how they could tackle the global waste challenge.
It is not often that ministerial colleagues from the environment and urbanisation portfolios have an opportunity to listen to each other. “We came together because we needed to find a balance between development and environmental sustainability,” said Nga Kor Ming, Malaysia’s Housing minister.
“It is good that ministerial colleagues from all regions realise that we cannot continue to regard waste as the inevitable consequence of development,” he said. “Instead, we need to band together to prevent wasting our natural resources.” said Nga who is also the President of the United Nations Habi
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