Making the Global Plastics Treaty Work for Micro, Small, and Medium-sized Enterprises
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New report by WWF and Ellen MacArthur Foundation analyses how to make the global plastic pollution treaty work for micro-, small-, and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs). The report also makes recommendations for how global rules across the plastic value chain can stimulate new marked opportunities. MSMEs represent 90% of businesses worldwide. They are engines of innovation, particularly […]
Guideline for Monitoring Marine Litter on the Beaches in the OSPAR Maritime Area
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A guideline for monitoring marine litter on beaches has been developed by OSPAR as a tool to collect data on litter in the marine environment. This tool has been designed to generate data on marine litter according to a standardized methodology. The guideline has been designed in such a way that all OSPAR countries can […]
Waste Wise Cities Tool
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Step by Step Guide to Assess a City’s Municipal Solid Waste Management Performance through SDG indicator 11.6.1 Monitoring Waste Wise Cities Tool (WaCT) guides readers through 7 steps to collect data on municipal solid waste (MSW) generated, collected, and managed in controlled facilities. The tool provides a household survey guide for total MSW generation, a […]
Breaking the Plastic Habit: A Guidance Note and Practical Toolkit
![Breaking the Plastic Habit: A Guidance Note and Practical Toolkit Breaking the Plastic Habit: A Guidance Note and Practical Toolkit](https://plasticsmartcities.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Breaking-the-Plastic-Habit-1024x303.png)
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 […]
Inspiring Stories of Community-Based Waste Management: Sharing Experiences Across Indonesia via Participatory Action Research
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The initiative and role of the community in dealing with waste need to be recognized. Especially when it comes to waste, a problem that never ends. Every effort to strengthen these initiatives and roles certainly has stories of ‘struggle’ that can be a personal and collective community. Including waste banks, NGOs, and communities that are […]
Clean Ports, Clean Oceans: Lessons learned from addressing plastic pollution in the Philippines
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Plastic pollution is one of the fastest-growing global environmental problems. It is generally estimated that 80% of marine plastic litter comes from land-based activities and 20% from sea-based activities, such as fishing, aquaculture and shipping. The maritime sector is an essential part of global trade and the economy and includes activities at sea but also […]
WWF Singapore x Sentosa Disposable Playbook
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Sentosa Playbook for Reducing Disposables
Unpacking Reuse in the Plastic Pollution Treaty
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The international community has started negotiations on a global treaty to end plastic pollution. The treaty is focused on the plastic pollution across the lifecycle of plastic, arising from the over-use and mismanagement of plastic products. The treaty will contain a range of provisions to tackle these issues across the product life cycle. A key […]
Extended Producer Responsibility: Basic Facts and Key Principles
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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 […]
Rising Tides III: Citizens around the world demand strong rules to end plastic pollution
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In March 2022, the governments of 175 countries committed to develop a new global agreement to end plastic pollution, covering the full lifecycle of plastic from extraction of oil and gas for plastic production through to design, use and management of plastic waste. Governments have committed to delivering the agreed treaty text by the end […]