Substituting single-use plastic products (SUPP) In 2022, the Colombian Congress approved a law [see Spanish version here] introducing the ban and gradual substitution of 14 single-use plastic products. In preparing the law, the plastic materials to be banned and possible substitutes were evaluated and compared by using standardized LCA protocols based on the Colombian Technical Standard under ISO...

In Namibia, as is the case with the rest of the world, efforts aimed at addressing the problem of marine litter and pollution are increasing as the risk continues to wreak havoc on the world's oceans and coastal areas (Shigwedha and Shikongo, 2021).

In Ghana, plastics litter large swathes of the five hundred kilometre coastline and impacts marine spaces. Estimates for Ghana’s contribution to global marine debris range from approximately 92,000 to 260,000 metric tons every year, or one to three percent of the global total. Putting Ghana’s score on the Ocean Health Index at a rapidly declining 59 in 2019 and ranked 188 out of 221 exclusive...

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

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

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

This Policy Brief outlines: 1) the nature of the plastic pollution problem in Maldives, 2) available information about the national, subnational, and to a smaller extent, international policy landscape guiding government approaches to the plastic pollution problem in Maldives, and 3) what, if any, information exists about the effectiveness of these policy approaches. Source: Karasik, R. 2022. “...

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

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...

Muli is one of the 9 inhabited islands in Meemu atoll in the central Maldives. Like almost all island of Maldives, the Muli island is also vulnerable to environmental and economic development variables such as waste management, rising sea level, coastal erosion, pollution/depletion of groundwater. Traditionally, food waste is generally disposed to the shoreline while other organic waste was burnt...