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Unlocking the Plastics Circular Economy: A Toolkit for Investment

Auteur: Global Plastic Action Partnership

It is estimated that, without significant action, 29 million tonnes of plastics will flow into the ocean every year by 2040.

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Policies to Reduce Single-Use Plastic Marine Pollution in West Africa

Auteur: IssahakuAdama, Tony RobertWalker b, Joana CarlosBezerra c, Andrea Clayton

Countries in Africa are increasingly adopting policies to reduce single-use plastic (SUP) pollution, yet there has been limited analysis of policies adopted by African countries. This paper reviews SUP reduction policies, specifically in West Africa.

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National Guidance for Plastic Pollution Hotspotting and Shaping Action

Auteur: Julien Boucher; Melissa Zgola; Xun Liao; Anna Kounina; Guillaume Billard; Paola Paruta; Alexandre Bouchet; EA – Shaping Environmental Action; Quantis International

Plastic pollution is a key environmental challenge that has received significant public attention in recent years. While it is often attributed to a “take-make-dispose” economic model, plastic leakage is a complex issue with multiple sources and actors involved. Addressing this challenge requires all stakeholders joining forces to intervene at various levels.

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Future scenarios of global plastic waste generation and disposal

Auteur: Laurent Lebreton, & Anthony Andrady

The accumulation of mismanaged plastic waste (MPW) in the environment is a global growing concern. Knowing with precision where litter is generated is important to target priority areas for the implementation of mitigation policies.

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A global mass budget for positively buoyant macroplastic debris in the ocean

Auteur: Laurent Lebreton, Matthias Egger & Boyan Slat

Since mass production of synthetic polymers started in the 1950s, plastic waste has been accumulating and degrading in terrestrial and oceanic environments.

Preventing and managing marine litter in west, central and southern Africa

Auteur: UNEP, Abidjan Convention and GRID-Arendal (2020)

West Africa’s contribution to Africa´s GDP growth has increased over the last few years—from below 7 percent in 2016 to more than 28 percent in the last two years (African Development Bank 2020).

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Etude sur la gestion des dechets plastiques dans l'espace UEMOA

Auteur: UEMOA

L’objectif général de l’étude est de développer une stratégie communautaire pour les Etats membres de l’UEMOA basée sur des mesures institutionnelles, juridiques, environnementales, techniques et socioéconomiques propices à une gestion durable des déchets plastiques.

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The Accra plastics management pilot a baseline report

Auteur: SEURECA EXPERT ADVISORY CALL DOWN SERVICE, LOT C

This Baseline study is completed under the Accra Plastics Management Pilot (APMP) which started in February 2019 and is funded by the Department for International Development (DFID) of the UK government.

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A new UN treaty to address plastic pollution

Auteur: ELLEN MACARTHUR FOUNDATION

The New Plastics Economy initiative has brought together key stakeholders to rethink and redesign the future of plastics,15 starting with packaging.

Guidelines for the monitoring and assessment of plastic litter in the ocean

Auteur: Peter Kershawa , Alexander Turrab and Francois Galganic

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Increasing circularity in Africa’s plastics sector detailed research report

Auteur: African Circular Economy Alliance, Circular Economy Innovation Partnership

Global environmental degradation resulting from human activity is one of the most urgent issues facing this generation. The challenge of managing plastic waste puts the extent of this reality into sharp focus.

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Main report: a comprehensive assessment of pathways towards stopping ocean plastic pollution

Auteur: University of Oxford, The Ellen MacArthur Foundation, University of Leeds, Common Seas

In recent years, an increasing number of studies and reports have advanced the global understanding of the challenge posed by ocean plastic pollution. But most leaders across industry, government, and civil society have noted a critical gap: an evidence-based roadmap to describe the pathways available and to foster convergent action.

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Africa waste management summary for decision-makers

Auteur: UN Environment, WACA Program

125 million tonnes of municipal solid waste (MSW) was generated in Africa in 2012, which is expected to double by 2025. The growth in waste generation in Africa is expected to be so significant, that any decrease in waste generation in other regions globally will be overshadowed by Africa.

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Africa Waste Management Outlook 2018

Auteur: WACA Program, CSIR

A far cry from the African Union vision that “African cities will be recycling at least 50 per cent of the waste they generate by 2023”.

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Preventing and managing marine Lltter in West, Central and Southern Africa

Auteur: UNEP, Abidjan Convention, WACA Program, GRID Arendal

Regional Seas Conventions and Action Plans play a crucial role in facilitating action at the national level. It is therefore important to identify the challenges faced by member states in preventing and managing marine litter and prioritize actions to overcome the barriers and improve the effectiveness of national and regional efforts.