01/04/2024
Eco Networking in Tallinn
The European Union is steadily increasing its focus on moving to a circular economy, as evident
by recent programmes like the Green Deal. A more effective way of handling waste and
resources, increasing the reuse and recycling of materials will thus be a priority for governments in the coming years. Considering half of the EU Member States were unable to meet the 50%
municipal solid waste recycling target in 2020 and are lagging behind the 2024 mandatory
biowaste separate collection requirement and the 2025 55% recycling target, there is a clear and
urgent need to support the waste management sector to become more circular. Achieving greater
circularity requires constant work with local stakeholders, especially improving the skills and
knowledge related to better resource management.
While the aim of the Zero Waste Ambassador training is to provide competences needed to
support and drive communities in Europe towards long term systemic change for zero waste, the
Zero Waste Trainer training gives insights on how to train Ambassadors. This training provides
educators with a framework and a set of principles to be able to teach the most important
concepts and practical knowledge of how to educate different target groups on zero waste and
other complex topics.
We are happy to announce that our ambassador Tatjana Lavrova has completed the Zero Waste
Trainer program (September 21st to Nov 3rd, 2023).
What can Tatjana do now? As it is written in her diploma, she understands the basics of effective
learning and how memory works, recognizes the importance of mistakes and creating
possibilities for mistakes in learning situations, understands how to support long-term learning
instead of shortterm performance, understands the importance of the three basic psychological
needs of learners, is able to recognize and support at least some of the basic, psychological needs
of the learners, understands why and how misconceptions occur, knows some methods of how to
correct zero waste misconceptions, understands the limitations and possibilities of learning
assessment, is able to assess the learning outcomes of planned educational activity in general
terms, is able to create learning activities on zero waste topics based on effective learning
principles, is able to adapt to the changes in the learning setting and improvise, etc.
Good luck, Tatjana! The world is waiting for the green ambassadors!
