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Plastic Tide Turners Challenge Badge Toolkit
From cutting back on our use of single-use plastic to recycling more effectively to nding sustainable alternatives to plastic, solutions to plastic pollution are within our... -
Plastics Toolbox: Business, Human Rights, and the Environment (August/November 2021)
This toolbox1 explores resources which integrate (or give context to) an environmental human rights-based approach to the problem of plastic pollution prevention and management. -
Sustainable Public Procurement Guidelines on Office Furniture
The sustainable procurement guidelines for office furniture for the Mauritius Public Procurement System have been developed with the twin objectives to give comprehensive... -
Tackling Plastic Pollution: Legislative Guide for the Regulation of...
Plastic products designed to be used only once before they are disposed of, termed “single-use plastic products”, are increasingly regulated by Governments concerned about the... -
Plastics in Agriculture: Sources and Impacts - Working Paper
This working paper is an initial assessment of the potential impact of plastics used in agriculture. The paper focuses primarily on identifying sources of plastics and examining... -
Provisional Summary of the Inventory of Technical and Financial Resources...
Both technical and financial resources and mechanisms are fundamental requirements andserve as enabling conditions to combat marine litter. This document aims to provide a... -
Summary of the Stocktake of Existing Activities and Action Towards the...
This document provides a summary of the submissions to the stock-taking of existing activities and action (hereinafter referred to as “actions”) towards the long-term... -
Reducing Plastic Bag Consumption in Egypt: SwitchMed in Egypt - SwitchMed...
In Egypt, the consumption of plastic bags is unrestrained at an average of 124 bags per person during 2015, equivalent to 12 billion annually. The top 5 consumers in Egypt are... -
Do you have what it takes to be a Marine Debris Detective? - Join the...
Up to 80% of marine plastic originates on land, and rivers are a major route for litter to travel to the ocean. You can be part of the solution to combat plastic pollution along... -
The Mississippi River Plastic Pollution Initiative: Clean River, Clean Seas
The Mayors of the Mississippi River, in partnership with the United Nations Environment Programme, National Geographic Society and the University of Georgia, launch an... -
Marine Pollution and Health: Waste Materials Find Their Way into European...
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Join the Mississippi River Plastic Pollution Initiative
Be a part of the solution to combat plastic pollution along the Mississippi River by helping to collect data on marine litter. -
Plastics and Microplastics - Factsheet July 2015
Plastics have become a valuable commodity and an important part of everyday life, more so that global plastic production has increased from 5 million tons in the 1950’s to over... -
Single-Use Plastics: A Roadmap for Sustainability - Fact-sheet for Policymakers
The benefits of plastic are undeniable. The material is cheap, lightweight and easy to make. These qualities have led to a boom in the production of plastic over the past... -
Giving Old Clothes New Life: Empowering Inclusivity, and Reusing Plastic
This case study demonstrates market-based solutions towards “less plastic wasted”, exemplary solutions for transformational changes in the way plastic is managed in the value... -
Ghana e-Waste Model (GEMOD) – Switch Africa Green
This impact sheet on Ghana e-waste model (GEMOD) provides a snapshot of results and achievements of the project under the green business development component of phase I... -
Policy Options to Eliminate Additional Marine Plastic Litter By 2050 Under...
Plastic litter entering the ocean is increasing, the impacts of plastic pollution on marine and coastal ecosystems are worsening, and our increasing understanding of the... -
Phthalates - Assessment Report on Issues of Concern
A two-page summary of the information on phthalates contained in the 2020 UNEP Assessment Report on Issues of Concern: Chemicals and Waste Issues Posing Risks to Human Health... -
Intentionally Added Microplastics in Products - Assessment Report on Issues...
A two-page summary of the information on microplastics contained in the 2020 UNEP Assessment Report on Issues of Concern: Chemicals and Waste Issues Posing Risks to Human Health... -
Annex 1 - [Compilation of chemicals identified as associated with plastics,...
Compilation of chemical substances that function as plastic additives and other chemical constituents of plastics across various sectors based on compilation of Aurisano et al....