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PREVENT Waste Alliance | Ending Plastic Pollution in Small Islands and Remote Coastal Areas
Small island communities and remote coastal areas (SICs) find themselves on the absolute frontline of the global plastic pollution crisis, bearing a disproportionate environmental and financial burden. Due to geographic isolation, limited land availability, and small populations that rule out mainland economies of scale, standard waste management models regularly fail in these fragile ecosystems. In […]
WWF | Case Studies from Asia: City-Level Learnings for the Global Plastic Pollution Treaty
As United Nations Member States gather to negotiate a historic global treaty on plastic pollution, this report aims to provide negotiators with policy recommendations derived from on-the-ground interventions from cities in Asia that are tackling plastic pollution. With 60% of plastic waste derived from urban centres, cities are on the frontline of the global plastic […]
OECD | Extended Producer Responsibility: Basic Facts and Key Principles
Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) is a policy approach that makes producers responsible for their products along the entire lifecycle, including at the post-consumer stage. This policy paper summarises the current consensus on the EPR policy approach. This document synthesises the current implementing experience with the EPR policy approach to provide policymakers with knowledge on the […]
WWF | Putting an End to Plastic Pollution
TOWARDS A TREATY TO END PLASTIC POLLUTION: WWFs CALL TO URGENTLY REGULATE HIGH-RISK PLASTIC PRODUCTS FROM POLLUTION TO SOLUTION Plastic is suffocating our rivers and oceans, killing species and contaminating our food, air and water. And the problem is only getting worse. Plastic pollution is a global problem that requires a global solution. Plastic leaking […]
FAO, IMO | Fishing Gear Recycling Technologies and Practices
The recycling of fishing gear contributes to more sustainable fisheries by supporting responsible fishing gear stewardship. It achieves this by preserving and prolonging the use of valuable gear materials and components, incentivizing the collection and recovery of damaged and end-of-life fishing gears and abandoned, lost or otherwise discarded fishing gears, and by providing a valuable […]
WWF | Breaking Down High-Risk Plastic Products
The UN Environment Assembly’s decision, in March 2022, to start international negotiations on a plastic pollution treaty marked a watershed moment. Following a successful first session of the Intergovernmental Negotiation Committee (INC), states and other stakeholders are now committing to paper what the new treaty should contain. As states prepare for the INC’s second session […]
WWF | Towards a Treaty to End Plastic Pollution
In March 2022, UN member states made the historic decision to develop an international, legally binding instrument to end plastic pollution. This is a unique opportunity to unlock systemic change across the global plastics economy. An effective treaty will deliver decisive impact across the full value chain. If not structured properly, however, there is a […]
WWF | A New Treaty on Plastic Pollution – Perspectives from Asia
The world currently produces more than 200 million tonnes of plastic annually, with 41% of plastic waste being mismanaged as countries burn or dump their plastic trash into the environment. The top five countries that dump the most plastic in the ocean are from Asia and their share is more than half of the world’s […]