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
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 solutions that show potential for uptake and scaling to address pollution generated by the manufacturing sector will be …
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 innovative investible pollution mitigation concepts that create viable business cases around the following thematic areas: Concepts that contribute …
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 result in either proof of concept or a piloted solution, or both. A two-stage application process will be …
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 all over the world. Bangladesh, for example, exports jute yarn for the textile industry. For every ton of …
Dashboard shows environmental impacts of exports from African and South Asian countries Read More »
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 …
Research Seminar: Tackling Manufacturing Pollution in the South Read More »
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 and decisively to tackle the plastics crisis. Matching this momentum, Blue Skies, an award-winning fresh produce company, and Waitrose …
New Fresh Produce Impact Hub to Find Innovative Solutions to Plastics Pollution Read More »
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 of marine litter in the Lamu Archipelago in the Western Indian Ocean. The research-based community outreach programme will …
The FlipFlopi Project is Combating Marine Plastic in the Indian Ocean Read More »
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