Browsing Factsheets, Infographics and Brochures by Subject "PLASTIC WASTE"
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Chemicals in Plastics - [Infographics]
(2023-05)Anatomy of Plastics: What's in my plastics? Chemicals in Plastics: Priority use sectors Chemicals in Plastics: Overview Chemicals of Concern in your plastics Human Exposure to Chemicals in Plastics Hazardous Chemicals ... -
Circular Solutions for Plastic Pollution: A Micro-business-driven Solution for Zero-waste Communities
(2022-09)A large share of the Philippines’ fast-moving consumer goods (FMCGs) are accessed through sari-sari stores.4 There are an estimated 800,000 of these micro-businesses conveniently located in communities across the country. ... -
Circular Solutions for Plastic Pollution: An Incentive Model for Behaviour Change in Managing Plastic Waste
(2023-02)This good practice case study is part of a series of knowledge products developed by the SEA circular project to showcase exemplary market-based solutions that bring about transformational changes in the way plastic is ... -
Circular Solutions for Plastic Pollution: City-university Collaboration for Plastic-free cities
(2023-02)Mismanaged plastic waste continues to pose a challenge in developing countries such as the Philippines. The mismanagement of plastic waste is also the result of the limited recycling infrastructure available to support ... -
Circular Solutions for Plastic Pollution: Community-based Plastic Credit Solution – A Holistic Attempt to Make Coastlines Plastic-free
(2022-09)Plastic waste contributes to 80 per cent of the litter found on Cambodia’s beaches and is significantly impacting marine ecosystems and local communities, which do not have a lasting solution to deal with the daily reality ... -
Circular Solutions for Plastic pollution: Fostering Collaboration for Upcycling and Circularity in the Philippines
(2023-02)This good practice case study is part of a series of knowledge products developed by the SEA circular project to showcase exemplary market-based solutions that bring about transformational changes in the way plastic is ... -
Circular Solutions for Plastic Pollution: Sustainable and Ethical Collection Infrastructure for Plastic Waste
(2023-02)This good practice case study is part of a series of knowledge products developed by the SEA circular project to showcase exemplary market-based solutions that bring about transformational changes in the way plastic is ... -
Circular Solutions for Plastic Pollution: Technology-enabled Reusable Packaging
(2022-09)Of the 8 million tons of plastics that enter the oceans every year, 600,000 tons are estimated to come from Indonesia. Dubbed a “sachet economy” alongside its neighbours such as the Philippines, and with similar topography ... -
Circular Solutions for Plastic Pollution: Turning Plastic Trash into Treasure
(2022-09)This good practice case study is part of a series of knowledge products developed by the SEA circular project to showcase exemplary market-based solutions that bring about transformational changes in the way plastic is ... -
Integrated Solid Waste Management Good Practices to Prevent Plastic Marine Litter in the East Asian Seas Region: Mersing Islands, Malaysia -Community-based Waste Management - COBSEA Case Study Series
(2023-08)With support from the US Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA), the Coordinating Body on the Seas of East Asia (COBSEA) piloted an integrated waste management system in the Mersing Islands in Malaysia, in partnership ... -
Integrated Solid Waste Management Good Practices to Prevent Plastic Marine Litter in the East Asian Seas Region: Untia, Makassar, Indonesia - Community-based Waste Management - COBSEA Case Study Series
(2023-08)With support from the US Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA), the Coordinating Body on the Seas of East Asia (COBSEA) piloted an integrated waste management system in Untia, Indonesia, in partnership with the World ... -
Plastics Circle: SwitchMed II in Lebanon - SwitchMed Programme [Factsheet]
(2023-12)Plastic pollution is a global and cross-boundary problem that disrupts natural habitats and crucial ecological processes, reducing the ability of ecosystems to adapt to climate change. Single-use plastics take up a larger ... -
Recommendations to Improve Women’s Participation and Experience in Plastic and e-waste Management
(2022-12)Increasing interest in formalizing waste systems has highlighted the need to safeguard the workforce, yet there has been little effort undertaken to understand these gendered experiences of waste workers. To effectively ... -
The Role and Experience of Women in Plastic Waste Management
(2022-12)This sector is operated on unregulated, purely market driven demand and supply, and often employs thousands of individuals in any urban context. Women constitute a sizeable portion of the informal plastic waste management ... -
Topic Sheet: Design Guidelines for Circularity
(2023-05)Solving plastic pollution will require that all necessary plastics are designed to stay in the economy and be reused and recycled. Designing plastic for circularity in each local setting can increase its inherent value, ... -
Topic Sheet: Just Transition
(2023-05)The transformation of the plastics economy towards a circular model, must be fair, just and inclusive; ensuring that no one is left behind, in line with the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. This topic sheet includes ... -
Topic Sheet: Think Global – Act Local, Now
(2023-05)This report shows it is critical to apply a comprehensive approach incorporating instruments across all stages of the life cycle, and focused on reducing the size of the problem, accelerating the three market shifts and ... -
UNEP's Resources on Plastics
(2023-12)The resolution ‘End Plastic Pollution: Towards an internationally legally binding instrument’, was adopted at the resumed fifth session of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA 5.2) on the 2nd of March 2022. This ...