Sustainable Manufacturing and Environmental Pollution Programme

Sub-Saharan Africa

The Role of Exports in Manufacturing Pollution in Sub–Saharan Africa and South Asia. Towards a Better Trade-Environment Governance

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The Role of Exports in Manufacturing Pollution in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. Towards a Better Trade-Environment Governance The Sustainable Manufacturing and Environmental Pollution (SMEP) programme has been established by the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Irelandand is implemented in partnership with United Nations Conference […]

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The Agrimulchfilm Project

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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.

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The GIVO-Warwick Project

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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.

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Production of eco-friendly roofing materials from plastic waste

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The Chinhoyi University of Technology, Zimbabwe, and Kudiwa Waste and Energy Solutions have teamed up to prototype and then produce solar roofing tiles from plastic waste composite material. By creating a demand for plastic waste as feedstock for the roof tiles, the project plays a vital role in supporting the increased collection of plastic waste and improved revenues for existing waste collectors.

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The Ghana Clean-up Project

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RiverRecycle Oy, in collaboration with Beach Clean-up Ghana Ltd and Ambitious Africa, is implementing river cleaning technology to collect plastic waste in the Kpeshi Lagoon, engaging the local community in a land-based collection system and creating value for the plastic waste collected by utilising the waste as feedstock for mechanical recycling.

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Research Report: Manufacturing pollution in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia: Implications for the environment, health and future work

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Research Report: 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

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