South Asia – SMEP

Comprehensive overview of the Pakistan Textile Waste Industry

Comprehensive overview of the Pakistan Textile Waste Industry This report, developed by Reverse Resources and their Consortium Partners through the SMEP-funded project Using data to revolutionise textile waste management and recycling, investigates the Textile Waste Industry in Pakistan. The textile industry is a cornerstone of Pakistan’s economy, contributing significantly to GDP and employment. However, it […]

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Textile waste segregation and traceability

Podcast / By Staci Warrington

Textile waste segregation and traceability The Upstream Circularity Podcast This podcast is Episode 1 in the Upstream Circularity podcast series posted by the Global Fashion Agenda. This three-part series unpacks The Upstream Circularity Playbook – exploring the technical innovations, systemic shifts, and real-world solutions shaping the future of textile recycling. This episode on ‘Textile waste segregation and

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Butterfly Diagram: Mapping the SMEP Programme’s projects onto circular economy processes

Factsheet / By Staci Warrington

The butterfly diagram provides a comprehensive framework for circularity across sectors. Using this model, the SMEP Programme has mapped its projects in Africa and South Asia, showcasing how organic and technical material loops complement each other.

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Battery Value Chains: The challenges for e-mobility in South Asia

Report / By Staci Warrington

In South Asia, the urgent need for affordable mobility has led to a rapid embrace of e-mobility, but often with regrettable technology choices like lead-acid batteries (LABs) used in electric 3-wheelers. This report explores the challenges associated with LABs as well as potential solutions to managing these in Bangladesh.

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Dirty, difficult and dangerous: Establishing a plastics waste upcycling system in Nepal

Journal publication / By Staci Warrington

The growing global issue of plastic waste can be offset by upcycling it into new and useful products. This article relays the lessons from the Plastic to Ghar upcycling project in Nepal.

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Plastics Management and Recycling amid Global Governance Change

Report / By Staci Warrington

Using a mixed method approach, this report examines the plastic portfolio intervention projects under the SMEP Programme, identifies lessons learned from the contextual and policy environment in which they operate as well as documents their business ecosystems, through which their social and environmental impact can be better understood.

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Practical tips for incorporating the GESI and LNB agendas into SMEP grant funding applications and project delivery

Toolkit / By Staci Warrington

‘Gender Equality and Social Inclusivity’ and the ‘Leave No One Behind’ Agendas Practical tips for incorporating the GESI and LNB agendas into SMEP grant funding applications and project delivery (Version 4) The SMEP Programme addresses aspects of Gender Equality and Social Inclusion (GESI) in two areas: (1) Research and (2) Impact. The Project Management Agent

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SMEP Business case

SMEP's business case / By Staci Warrington

The SMEP Business Case provides a full narrative summary of why UK Government support is needed, what the funds will be spent on, where, over what period of time, and what the programme will deliver.

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Sustainable Manufacturing and Environmental Pollution Programme