BEST PRACTICES
ADVANCED DISPOSAL FEES
Advanced Disposal Fees are non-refundable fees levied on individual products at the point of purchase, with the fee being built into the price of the...
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BANKABLE NATURE SOLUTIONS
Bankable Nature Solutions are solutions for environmental challenges that at the same time generate an acceptable (risk-adjusted) return on the money invested. TARGET USERS: Businesses, Industry,...
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BITE
Bite makes tube-free oral care tablets that when bitten turn into toothpaste, thereby eliminating plastic toothpaste tube waste. TARGET USERS: Individuals KEY CONSIDERATIONS: Bite tablets can...
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BLENDED FINANCING
Blended finance is an approach that blends scarce public concessional funds with private sector commercial capital to realize innovative, high-impact infrastructure projects that do not...
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BLUELAND
Blueland is a line of household cleaners that are sold in tablet form that customers activate by simply adding water in a reusable container. TARGET...
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BNL CLEAN ENERGY
BNL Clean Energy builds modular systems that convert waste to energy onsite for use within regional electricity networks or for off-grid applications, with zero emissions. TARGET USERS: Businesses,...
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BUSINESS-LED INITIATIVES
Industry plays a crucial role in the global production and use of plastics and thereby is a key player in the effort to reduce plastic...
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BYE BYE PLASTIC BAGS
Bye Bye Plastic Bags is a community engagement and educational movement driven by youth that advocates for no plastic bags. TARGET USERS: Individuals, Businesses KEY CONSIDERATIONS: The campaign...
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CHANGEMAKER CITY CHALLENGE
The Changemaker City Challenge pairs cities in emerging economies with partner cities to support the development of waste management systems. TARGET USERS: Individuals, Businesses, Industry, Government KEY...
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CHEMICAL RECYCLING
Chemical recycling refers to processes that turn plastic polymers back into individual monomers, allowing post-consumer plastic materials to be reused. TARGET USERS: Industry, Government KEY CONSIDERATIONS: Chemical...
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CIRCLE CITY SCAN
The Circle City Scan takes cities through a fact-based and multi-stakeholder circular transformation process to undercover their circular potential, develop pilot projects, give policy advice...
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CIRCULATE CAPITAL
Circulate Capital finances innovations that prevent the flow of plastic waste into the world's ocean. TARGET USERS: Individuals, Businesses, Industry, Government KEY CONSIDERATIONS: The Circulate Capital Ocean...
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CITIZEN SCIENCE
Citizen science – the involvement of the public in scientific research – is a cost-effective way to gather data over a large geographical area, while...
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CITY ACTION PLAN
A City Action Plan addresses a wide range of short and long-term measures, with the aim of preventing plastic from entering the environment, waterways and...
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CITY WASTE RATING
City waste rating programs encourage healthy competition among cities and citizens within a region in a race to be distinguished as the cleanest city. TARGET...
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CLEAN URBAN WATERWAYS
Urban canals and rivers are an increasingly common end-point for consumer plastics, but can be kept clean using litter traps that retrieve floating plastic debris before it...
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COMMUNITY-BASED WASTE MANAGEMENT
Community-based waste management programs are collaborations between NGO’s, government agencies and impacted communities, to provide the equipment, resources and training necessary to establish an effective waste management...
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CONTROLLED DISPOSAL FACILITY
Controlled disposal facilities are considered the last available option for material disposal. TARGET USERS: Businesses, Industry, Government KEY CONSIDERATIONS: The increasing awareness on public health andenvironmental quality...
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CREASOLV
Creasolv leverages a new technology to separate plastic composites embodied in sachets, thereby enabling the recycling of contaminated plastics that would otherwise be disposed of after a...
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DEPOSIT REFUND SCHEME
Deposit refund schemes provide a small refund to consumers when a plastic item is returned to an authorized collection point. TARGET USERS: Individuals, Government KEY CONSIDERATIONS: In...
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E-WASTE MANAGEMENT
Electronic waste, commonly referred to as e-waste, is any electronic device that has been discarded by its former user and is one of the fastest...
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ECOBRICKS
EcoBricks are building bricks made from waste plastic sachets for use in building and construction. TARGET USERS: Individuals, Businesses, Industry, Government COSTS: Community exchange program - one EcoBrick...
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ECOTILES
EcoTiles are a composite material made from recycled plastics and combined with sand and UV stabilizing pigments and are manufactured by a proprietary extrusion process...
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EDIBLE PACKAGING
Edible packaging made of natural, biodegradable, plant-based materials can be eaten on the go, without a need for waste collection, processing, recycling or disposal. TARGET...
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EXCESS MATERIALS EXCHANGE
The Excess Materials Exchange is a digital matching platform that identifies high-value re-use options for excess materials or waste products that a company produces. TARGET...
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EXTENDED PRODUCER RESPONSIBILITY
Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) holds producers responsible for the collection and recycling of specified volumes of plastic that they produce and place into the market. ...
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FINILOOP
FINILOOP (Financial Inclusion and Improved Livelihoods Out of Plastics) works with cities to reduce, redesign and improve management of plastics to create green jobs and...
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FISHING FOR ENERGY
The Fishing For Energy Partnership provides the fishing community no-cost options for disposing of old or unwanted gear, which are then converted to energy. TARGET USERS: Individuals, Businesses, Industry,...
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FISHING FOR LITTER
Fishing for Litter aims to reduce marine litter by encouraging the fishing industry to collect ocean plastics, ghost gear and other debris that gathers in their nets...
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FLUSTIX
Flustix is a plastic-free label and sustainability certificate concerning plastic-use in products. TARGET USERS: Individuals, Businesses, Industry, Government KEY CONSIDERATIONS: Flustix tests products and packaging for their...
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GLOBELET
Globelet provides branded reusable cups for events, with support for cup deposit and recover schemes to encourage reuse. TARGET USERS: Individuals, Businesses, Industry, Government COSTS: €1 returnable deposit per...
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GREEN BUILDING & INFRASTRUCTURE
Cities that incorporate green building initiatives and recycled products in public works projects and public procurement set a precedent for their communities. TARGET USERS: Individuals, Businesses, Industry,...
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GREENRAIL
Greenrail produces rail line sleepers from recovered tires and urban plastic waste that exceed the technical specifications of traditional concrete or wood sleepers. TARGET USERS: Businesses,...
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HOLYGRAIL
HolyGrail seeks to improve sorting of post-consumer packaging by using chemical tracers and digital watermarks in the sorting process. TARGET USERS: Individuals, Businesses, Industry, Government KEY CONSIDERATIONS: The...
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IFIXIT
iFixit is a wiki-based site that teaches people how to fix their electronic devices to extend their useful life, thereby reducing demand for new devices,...
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INCINERATION TAX
Incineration taxes are charged to waste incineration operators to help drive waste away from incinerator facilities towards preferable disposal alternatives, including reuse, recycling, and composting. TARGET USERS: Businesses,...
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IONIQA
Ioniqa transforms all types and colors of PET waste into valuable resources of ‘virgin quality’ new PET through its proprietary upcycling technology. TARGET USERS: Businesses, Industry, Government...
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KABADIWALLA CONNECT
Kabadiwalla Connect is a decentralized waste management and waste-collection solution for cities in the developing world. TARGET USERS: Individuals, Businesses, Industry, Government KEY CONSIDERATIONS: Solution that integrates informal...
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