Documentation relating to the WACA project, mainly on environmental safeguard issues.

Document relating to the WACA project, mainly on environmental safeguard issues.

Document relating to the WACA project, mainly on environmental safeguard issues.

This document is based on findings from the first phase of the Invest in Africa Côte d'Ivoire Manufacturing project involving desk review and one on one interviews with key stakeholders In the next phase, the team will move from one on one interviews to a series of smaller group workshops to verify the information gathered and to disseminate new information among the industry The preliminary results presented in this report serve as input for the focus groups and the EDW. 

This document is based on findings from the first phase of the Invest in Africa Côte d'Ivoire Manufacturing project involving desk review and one-on-one interviews with key stakeholders.

The use of plastics has increased twentyfold worldwide in the last 50 years and is expected to double
in the next 20 years The food packaging, medical, automotive, electronics, building construction, agriculture and textile industries all make extensive use of plastics It is widely recognized that plastics play a crucial role in a sustainable future.

Côte d’Ivoire is a lower-middle-income country in West Africa bordered by Liberia, Guinea, Mali, Burkina Faso, and Ghana. As the economic hub of Francophone West Africa, Côte d’Ivoire is one of the world’s fastest-growing economies and remains the globe’s leading producer and exporter of cocoa beans and cashew nuts. 1 The country comprises 12 administrative districts and 2 district-level autonomous cities2 and runs a unitary presidential republic system with a parliament.