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Organic residues: A sustainable solution to plastic pollution and development

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Good management of organic residues, a renewable resource, is often overlooked but constitutes a powerful tool to improve livelihoods and tackle plastic pollution. In Kenya, SMEP-supported organic waste projects are showcasing how circular economy principles can benefit communities. By transforming organic residues into valuable products, these initiatives create jobs, empower marginalised groups, and promote sustainable practices.

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Can cities in East Africa become Zero-Waste? An innovative partnership model shows a route to achieve this

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A Kenya-based entrepreneurial partnership between TakaTaka Solutions and Chanzi Ltd – who launched a business model in response to the SMEP Programme grant funding opportunity – has contributed to the scaling of an impactful waste management business model from Kenya into Tanzania.

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How the Ghana Clean-up Project is supporting SMEP’s Social Value Model through tackling plastic pollution

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SMEP-funded projects strive to leave no one behind and to facilitate decent work environments (SDG 8) by implementing various interventions, including activities that benefit the entire value chain and support SMEP’s social value model. This feature showcases activities from one SMEP grantee, the Ghana Clean-up Project, that align with SMEP’s social value model by tackling plastic pollution.

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The SMEP Programme: Highlighting the socio-economic impact of grant spending in underserved geographies

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Investing in donor grant spending in underserved geographies can significantly transform marginalised areas by stimulating local finance flows and local economic opportunities. We highlight two of the SMEP-funded projects which are designed to provide opportunities to those communities in difficult-to-reach areas and marginalised groups.

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The Electric Three-Wheeler Sector in Bangladesh: Regulating for Growth, Preventing Lead Pollution, and Unlocking Green Investment

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A successful stakeholder workshop was held in Dhaka with key partners to discuss policy levers to address the. health impacts of used lead acid batteries, informed by the recently released policy review entitled, ‘Unified Policies, Healthier Journeys: Addressing the Used-Lead-Acid-Battery challenge in Bangladesh.”

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