This infographic, produced by the French Solid Waste Partnership (FSWP), highlights the links between waste prevention and management, the circular economy, and the Global Sustainable Development Goals established by the UN in 2015.

It shows how actions taken throughout the waste management hierarchy—prevention, reuse, recycling, and environmentally sound waste management—contribute to achieving the SDGs. It also emphasizes that achieving these goals creates an environment conducive to the development of more sustainable resource and waste management systems. Achieving the SDGs requires sound resource and waste management, which in turn depends on progress across all SDGs.

This infographic is part of the FSWP’s efforts to raise awareness of the resource and waste sector’s contribution to key sustainable development challenges and to ensure it is better integrated into national and international public policies.