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PROFILE SHEET: PA CONSULTING

PA Consulting, the global innovation and transformation consultancy, partnered with Global Access Diagnostics Ltd (GAD) to displace single-use plastic in lateral flow tests (diagnostic cassettes) by replacing them with a cellulose fibre-based product, and ultimately producing these from local agricultural waste. DOWNLOAD

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

PROFILE SHEET: GAIA BIOMATERIALS

  GAIA Biomaterials, in collaboration with South African-based Kompost-it, FishSA, Alnet, and the Norwegian Independent Research organisation, SINTEF, are replacing harmful polyethene fishing nets with biodegradable nets engineered to match the performance of conventional fishing nets, but if lost or dumped, these nest will disintegrate into biomass without any toxins or micro-plastics. DOWNLOAD

PROFILE SHEET: AGRIBIOMULCHFILM

  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. DOWNLOAD

PROFILE SHEET: GHANA CLEAN-UP

    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. The project is 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 …

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PROFILE SHEET: GIVO-Warwick

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.   DOWNLOAD

Profile Sheet: The Plastic to Ghar

The University of Cambridge, Impact Hub Kathmandu and Field Ready UK have teamed up to establish an innovation and business support ecosystem to incubate new and emerging businesses working to provide solutions that address plastics wastes, transforming these into durable, long-lasting housing products in Nepal.   DOWNLOAD

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