This Policy Brief outlines: 1) the nature of the plastic pollution problem in the Philippines, 2) available information about the national, subnational, and to a smaller extent, international policy landscape guiding government approaches to the plastic pollution problem in the Philippines, and 3) what, if any, information exists about the effectiveness of these policy approaches. Source...

This campaign aims to clean 10 million miles of beach by 2030, aligning with Surfers Against Sewage 10 year ambition of ending plastic pollution on UK beaches by 2030. They tackle the issue of plastics in the ocean at every level, from asking individuals to reduce their plastic consumption to lobbying the government for changes to legislation. The campaign mobilised around 150 thousand volunteers...

With the Regional Plan on Marine Litter Management in the Mediterranean (the Plan), the UNEP Mediterranean Action Plan (MAP) was the first Regional Seas Programme and Convention to develop legally binding measures to prevent and reduce the adverse effects of marine litter on marine and coastal environments. Adopted in 2013, the entry into force of the Plan coincided with the update of national...

The Sustainable Enterprises Network (RedES) drives changes towards sustainable production systems in companies and value chains in order to improve efficiency and competitiveness. Since 2013, RedES has been applied in Cundinamarca, Colombia through the RedES-CAR program. In this program, 550 companies have adopted the circular economy strategies of Cleaner Production and Industrial Symbiosis...

Africa, the second largest continent in the world, is experiencing a higher urban population growth (estimated at 3.5% per year) than any other continent, with a steep rise in the middle class and the associated increase of municipal solid waste from 0.78kg per capita per day to 0.99kg by 2025. When coupled with various waste management challenges, there is an expected increase in mismanaged waste...