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In 2015, a global study estimating inputs of plastic waste into the oceans ranked Indonesia as the second largest contributor to plastic marine pollution. In 2017, another study ranked four Indonesian rivers in the world's most polluting top 20. The challenge of plastic waste and marine debris...
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critical need for a private sector focused market assessment of plastics recycling in the Philippines. Reuse, refill and new … packaging is lost from the global economy each year due to lack of recycling and suboptimal value creation where recycling … delivery model aspects of a circular economy for plastics are evaluated, but the primary focus of the study is plastic …
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plastic waste, as well as sorting and then transporting plastic waste to a viable recycling market. This study combines a …
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producers of plastics in the WACA region include Ghana and Cote d'Ivoire. The plastic landscape investigation included a spatial ….5 kilograms (kg) to 17.3 kg. The largest plastics consumer of the three sectors is plastic packaging, followed by construction …, plastic waste recovery and avoidance/reuse/recycling of between 2.2 and 4 million tons of plastic in a "pragmatic" 1 circular …
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Plastics have been a development driver for decades but have turned into a development problem due to their … decisions for plastic pollution management. Overall, the report concludes that the effectiveness of policies to address plastics …
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Chennai, a city on the southeastern coast of India and the state capital of Tamil Nadu, has one of the world's fastest …-growing economies. Chennai is the automotive hub for India and is also home to several other industries ranging from petrochemicals to … Economy and Resilience (WICER) system. This case study focuses on the experience of Chennai in India …
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Thailand, like many countries around the world, is in the midst of a significant plastic waste crisis. In 2019, the government of Thailand released the Roadmap for Plastic Waste Management 2018-2030 and is developing the National action plan on Marine plastic debris to alleviate the current...
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pollution and liberate their coastlines from plastics (Littoral Sans Plastique (LISP)) with the first phase of technical …
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In response to a request from the Government of Vietnam, this World Bank study was conducted from July 2020 to April 2021 to deepen knowledge about the different plastic waste types leaking into rivers and the ocean in Vietnam and identify their market alternatives for potential substitution....
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) policy reforms in place. Pillar 3: Create Value for Waste Reuse focuses on the development of markets for plastics recycling …, respectively, by 2025 and 2030. Reducing plastics pollution requires a three-pillar pathway that aligns with the 2021 ASEAN … System focuses on upstream measures such as reducing the use of single-use, low-value plastics. Pillar 2: Enhance Collection …
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