Guideline for Monitoring Marine Litter on the Beaches in the OSPAR Maritime Area

Guideline for Monitoring Marine Litter on the Beaches in the OSPAR Maritime Area

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

Waste Wise Cities Tool

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

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 […]

Unlocking Financing to Combat The Plastic Crisis: Opportunities, Risks, and Recommendation for Plastic Credits

Unlocking Financing to Combat The Plastic Crisis: Opportunities, Risks, and Recommendation for Plastic Credits

Plastic pollution has become an urgent global issue (OECD 2022). Policymakers, business leaders, and communities are advancing solutions to address the problem, but a significant financing gap remains for a circular plastics economy. This report explores the viability of plastic crediting as a potential mechanism to finance plastic pollution interventions. To examine plastic crediting potential […]

Unpacking Reuse in the Plastic Pollution Treaty

Unpacking Reuse in the Plastic Pollution Treaty

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

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 […]