PROFILE SHEET: B-PRISM
Bangladesh-Plastic Pollution Reduction through Industrial Symbiosis Matching (B-PRISM) aims to foster industrial symbiosis in Bangladesh to divert plastic waste from disposal, mitigating the harmful environmental and social impacts of pollution from manufacturing sectors. DOWNLOAD
SMEP Call for Concepts for solutions to manufacturing pollution in East Africa closes on Thursday, September 15th, 2022
The SMEP Call for Concepts for Piloting solutions that address manufacturing pollution in East Africa opened on July 18th 2022; the deadline for submitting concepts is Thursday, September 15th, 2022, at 13:00 GMT. All concepts for…
Call for Concepts for Piloting solutions that address manufacturing pollution in East Africa
The SMEP Call for Concepts for Piloting solutions that address manufacturing pollution in East Africa opened on July 18th 2022, and will close on September 15th 2022, at 13:00 GMT. SMEP seeks to fund concepts that pilot…
Manufacturing Pollution Procurement
Starting in July 2022, the SMEP programme will launch a staggered set of open calls for innovative projects to reduce or eliminate waste and manufacturing pollution in target countries in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. Projects should…
Dashboard shows environmental impacts of exports from African and South Asian countries
The tool helps governments and businesses understand how exports are hurting the local environment, so they can better align environmental, trade and industrial policies Every year, many developing countries export billions of dollars in manufactured products…
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…
New Fresh Produce Impact Hub to Find Innovative Solutions to Plastics Pollution
LAST WEEK, the UN Environment Assembly agreed on a new resolution on plastic pollution, which establishes a process towards a legally binding agreement by 2024. This is an opportunity for the private sector and governments to act firmly…
The FlipFlopi Project is Combating Marine Plastic in the Indian Ocean
Summary: The Sustainable Manufacturing and Environmental Pollution (SMEP) Programme has provided funding towards critical solutions to address plastic waste through the Flipflopi Project. On the 19th February 2022, the project launched a baseline study to map the impacts…