Plastic Waste Mitigation Strategies: A review of lessons from Developing Countries Global plastics waste is an issue of ever-increasing urgency. Estimates suggest some 79% of plastic waste is dumped into the environment, where it is likely to have devastating effects on ecosystems and human health. Marine plastic pollution is a particularly challenging issue, as plastics
Sustainable Manufacturing and Environmental Pollution (SMEP) Programme: A circular economy experiment in the Global South The circular economy (CE) is a topic of growing interest, spurred by climate change and increasing recognition of the considerable costs of energy and materials waste, that reflect increasing stress on global environmental systems. Those costs range from physical landfill
The Role of Exports in Manufacturing Pollution in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia Towards a Better Trade-Environment Governance This report considers the role of exports in driving pollution in selected manufacturing sectors in four specific countries located in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) and South Asia. The report aims to understand how the group of the SMEP
The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research CSIR), South Africa, has collaborated with Elizade University, Nigeria, in AgriBioMulchFilm Project to develop biodegradable mulch films (BDM) by using locally available natural polymers such as starch and other additives to customise biodegradation rates of mulches, to replace the current non biodegradable Polyethylene (PE) mulch films.
The University of Warwick and GIVO Africa have teamed up to tackle the problem of plastic waste in Nigeria by deploying a simple, modular, readily scalable, sustainable, digital-enabled waste management solution. The GIVO project will develop digital tools to enable smart and efficient operations of GIVO centres.
Manufacturing pollution in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia Implications for the environment, health and future work A scoping study was commissioned by the SMEP programme at the inception of the initiative to lay the foundational base for understanding the consequences of environmental degradation caused by manufacturing industries in these two regions. Despite acknowledging limitations in
UNCTAD and Instituto 17 created an interactive dashboard which combines economic, trade and product life-cycle analysis, to provide governments and industry actors with key export pollution data for manufacturing sectors in 13 countries in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia.
A concise visual summary of the SEI baseline report’s findings for Sub-Saharan Africa (Senegal, Nigeria, Rwanda, Ethiopia, Kenya, United Republic of Tanzania, Zambia, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ghana)