Sustainable Manufacturing and Environmental Pollution Programme

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Addressing potentials for Organic Waste in the Circular Economy

Our technical delivery partner, UNCTAD, will be hosting a side-event to the World Circular Economy Forum 2025!   Opportunities for embedding the bio-economy into national circular economy plans 🗓 Date: 12 May 2025🕒 Time: 2:00 PM GMT -3⌛Duration: 3 hours📍 Venue: In person at Sala da Congregação, FEA-USP, São Paulo, Brazil Registration Here (note that registration is mandatory to […]

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Small-scale plastics recycling in Africa

Join Waste Wise for a webinar on small-scale plastics recycling in Africa!   Small-scale Plastics Recycling in Africa  🗓 Date: 23 April 2025🕒 Time: 12:00 GMT | 14:00 SAST | 15:00 EAT⌛ Duration: 1 hour📍 Venue: Online Register here Recycling plastic in Africa is seldom a straightforward win, especially in remote and coastal areas. Across the continent, the cost

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Understanding Traceability and Due Diligence in the Leather Supply Chain: Perspectives from Pakistan and Bangladesh 

Join us for a webinar on leather supply chain traceability!   Understanding Traceability and Due Diligence in the Leather Supply Chain: Perspectives from Pakistan and Bangladesh  🗓 Date: 16 April 2025🕒 Time: 2:00 PM UTC+5 | 11:00 AM CEST | 11:00 AM SAST⌛Duration: 1.5 hours📍 Venue: Online (Zoom) Register here Background The leather industry plays a

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1st Workshop on Eco-Tanning Processes in Kenya and the East African Region

This hybrid workshop, which took place on 17-18 August, 2023 in Nairobi, Kenya, was sponsored by the UK’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) and co-organized by UNCTAD, the Technical University of Kenya (TUK), the Kenyan State Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development and the Tanners Association of Kenya (TAK).

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Research Seminar: Tackling Manufacturing Pollution in the South

The uptake of productive capacities by developing countries has delivered important economic and social gains. But as productive capacities increase, countries often incur various types of air, soil, and water pollution as a consequence of manufacturing in response to domestic and foreign demand. The resulting impacts of pollution on the local environment and human health imposes

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