SMEP Projects
A full list of all SMEP Projects can be found below.
The SMEP programme contracts research and funds pilot projects that are implementing solutions to mitigate manufacturing pollution and plastics wastes in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. These projects are diverse in their approaches and are led by a range of organisation types. The central objective of the work is to implement and test solutions, be they business models or technologies or a combination, and to prove effective pollution mitigation and viability for wider uptake.
Through SMEP’s targeted procurement calls, a total of 27 projects have been selected for funding across Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia to pilot solutions within one of SMEP’s five intervention areas: Plastics Waste, Organic Waste and Water, Textiles, Tanneries and Used Lead Acid Batteries.
Sub-Saharan Africa
South Asia
The Agrimulch Project
Biodegradable Fishing Nets
Biodegradable Fishing Nets
The Flipflopi Project
The Ghana Clean-up Project
The Fresh Produce Impact Hub (FreshPPact)
The Plastic-to-Ghar Project
The GIVO-Warwick Project
Eco-friendly Roofing Materials
The B-Prism Project
Scaling RECP in Nairobi Rivers
Assessing biogas feasibility at RioFish
A Multi-technology Organic Waste Solution
Complete Pineapple Waste Solutions
Biochar Production from Food & Beverage Waste
Wastewater Treatment in Plastics Recycling
Recycling Used Lead-Acid Batteries
Enhancing Wastewater Management
Zero Liquid Discharge Technology
Uganda Circular Textiles
Reverse Resources
SAFECONOMY
BANATEX-EA
The Green Tannery Initiative
LeatherTrace Bangladesh
Improving Environmental/Social Conditions in Savar
Traceability, Cleaner Production and Circularity
Notes maps are not to scale. Countries in green are those where SMEP-funded projects are being implemented. While a high-level overview of project themes can be found on this map, the information is not exhaustive. For more detailed information on individual projects, please visit the relevant project page below.
SMEP's individual project pages
Assessing the feasibility of a biogas plant for a fish farm: A pre-feasibility study
SMEP is funding Rio Fish LTD and the Kenya Private Sector Alliance (KEPSA) to conduct a pre-feasibility study to pilot the production of biogas (energy) by utilising fish waste from the production process.
Solutions to informal recycling of Used Lead Acid Batteries
Pure Earth, working in close collaboration with Georgetown University, is contracted to develop business models and policy interventions to deduce informal recycling of lead acid batteries in Bangladesh.
A multi-technology industrial organic waste solution
The pilot project will prevent the release of diverse organic waste into the environment when dumped in landfills and create valuable by-products from this waste.
Advanced wastewater treatment technology for the plastics recycling industry
This project is geared towards microplastic pollution mitigation through treating the wastewater produced through the plastic recycling process. That is, an innovative solution that will isolate and separate the pollutants from the water and ensure that the refuse is within the acceptable standards of purity that will not cause any
Complete pineapple waste solutions including decortication for textile production
The Chequered Flag, in partnership with Mananasi Fibre Ltd and Ananas Anam Ltd, are piloting the decortication of pineapple waste for a) the recovery of fibres that can be used in the textiles value chain; b) producing organic compost; and c) production of biochar. Decortication of pineapple fibre is a
The Fresh Produce Impact Hub (FRESHPPACT)
A consortium of key public and private entities launched the FRESHPPACT Impact Hub (FRESHPPACT) to create a platform that facilitates research and development into the shared environmental challenges facing the fresh produce industry.
