School Plastic Reduction Handbook

School Plastic Reduction Handbook

This handbook was developed to assist schools in minimizing plastic use and promoting a green, clean, and sustainable learning environment. Featuring practical methods and specific activities, this handbook provides basic knowledge about plastics, plastic waste, and its harm to the environment and human health. This handbook is divided into three main chapters: Chapter 1: Plastic […]

Breaking the Plastic Habit: A Guidance Note and Practical Toolkit

Breaking the Plastic Habit: A Guidance Note and Practical Toolkit

Behavioural insight interventions to reduce plastic consumption were implemented in four countries in the Asia-Pacific: Indonesia, the Philippines, Thailand, and Viet Nam. Case studies on the four pilot projects provide a detailed account of the process of designing and evaluating interventions using a variety of behaviour change levers. Lessons and positive outcomes from these pioneering […]

Rising Tides: Global Opinion on Actions to Stop Plastic Pollution in 28 Countries

Rising Tides: Global Opinion on Actions to Stop Plastic Pollution in 28 Countries

Plastic production, consumption and pollution levels have increased exponentially since the 1950s and incur significant environmental, social and economic costs. Unless action is taken, plastic waste generation will double and the flow of plastic pollution into the ocean will triple by 2040. In February 2022, at the UN Environment Assembly meeting in Nairobi, UN member […]

Community Generates Funds from Selling Recyclables through a Waste Bank Initiative

Community Generates Funds from Selling Recyclables through a Waste Bank Initiative

The separation of waste at source is supported through the provision of segregation bins to collect recyclable waste, which is sold to recyclers – this intervention generates income for the community from waste sorting. Background Baan Bang Lha is a community of narrow pathways built on piles in the Tapee River that experiences garbage leakage […]