WWF | Regulating 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 | 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 […]
C40 | Inclusive Waste Management in Cities
Analysis and recommendations for city-led actions to making waste management value chains more inclusive, green, and socially just. Informal waste workers: key players in solid waste management within cities, and yet still under recognized Informal waste pickers collect between 50 and 100% of cities’ waste in the Global South, contributing significantly to environmental and social […]
APEC Ocean and Fisheries Working Group | Enhancing Labor-intensive Separate Waste Collection and Utilization in APEC Economies
Decision-makers and practitioners often focus on technological solutions for recycling, treating and disposing of waste. However, the key to successful comprehensive waste recovery lies in collection, which accounts for 60 to 80 percent of the total disposal costs. Mistakes made here cannot be compensated for by any technology, no matter how sophisticated. This guide targets […]
Proven Practice Guide to Improve Waste COBSEA, COBSEA, UNEP | Management and Address Plastic Pollution in Southeast Asia
Proven Practices to Improve Waste Management and Address Plastic Pollution in Southeast Asia was codeveloped by Battelle and the Coordinating Body on the Seas of East Asia (COBSEA), along with qualitative data gathered across a select group of organizations and programs with demonstrated experience successfully designing and implementing ocean plastics pollution mitigation efforts across Southeast […]
WWF-Singapore | PACT Impact Report 2022
To achieve the elimination of plastic pollution and the extension of material life beyond single use, WWF-Singapore launched its WWF PACT business initiative in 2019. WWF PACT aims to help businesses reduce their waste footprint by following circular economy principles. The WWF PACT goals are aligned to the Singapore government’s Zero Waste Masterplan and the […]
Global Plastic Action Partnership | Unlocking the Plastics Circular Economy: Case Studies on Investment
It is estimated that 11 million tonnes of plastic currently flows into the ocean every year, and, without significant action, that number will grow to 29 million tonnes each year by 2040. Solutions—both downstream and upstream—to this potential disaster exist, yet the transition to a circular economy will require an investment of $1.2 trillion, as […]
WWF | Research Assessment on the Attitudes and Motivations of Women in Waste
Studies on plastics and gender displayed three overarching concepts including women’s interlinked role with household care, their role in the plastics value chain, and perception of hazard in the waste sector. Environmental behaviors often serve as animpetus for determining green consumptionpractices (Zhao et al., 2021), with womenendorsing stronger pro-environmentalattitudes than men. Aruta (2021) observedthat women […]
WWF-Indonesia | Extended Producer Responsibility Guideline on Plastic Products & Packaging for Industries in Indonesia
Extended Producers Responsibility (EPR) is widely recognized as a critical policy tool to encourage businesses to be held accountable for the end-of-life impacts of their plastic products and packaging and the development of eco-friendly products. Indonesia’s government strengthens its commitment towards EPR by the launch of the Ministry of Environment and Forest Regulation No. P.75/2019, […]
WWF | Rising Tides II: Public Opinion Overwhelmingly Supports Global Rules to End Plastic Pollution
Plastic production, consumption and pollution levels have increased exponentially since plastic became widespread in the 1950s. More than 2,000 animal species have encountered plastic pollution in their environment, and nearly 90% of species specifically studied are known to be negatively affected. WWF and the Plastic Free Foundation commissioned global research company Ipsos to undertake this […]