Sustainable Manufacturing and Environmental Pollution Programme

Manufacturing Pollution

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

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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MANUFACTURING POLLUTION – Synopsis Series 1: Kenya – Distilleries; Ethiopia – Leather; Tanzania – Textiles

As part of the SMEP prioritisation work for East Africa, Teifa IQ, in partnership with the Ethiopian Society of Chemical Engineers, Cleaner Production Centre of Tanzania, and Kenya National Cleaner Production Centre undertook: A Country Review of Manufacturing and Pollution in Kenya, Ethiopia and Tanzania. Prioritisation of industries for intervention, using a set of agreed

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MANUFACTURING POLLUTION – Synopsis Series 1: Kenya and Uganda – Uptake of pollution mitigating technologies

SMEP engaged Open Capital Advisors (OCA) to identify private-sector-generated pollution mitigation solutions that have the potential to scale and realise pollution abatement impact in Kenya and Uganda’s manufacturing sector.

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MANUFACTURING POLLUTION – Synopsis Series 1: Bangladesh – Used Lead Acid Batteries & Tanneries

As part of the SMEP prioritisation work for South Asia, Pure Earth presented high-priority interventions/solutions to reduce environmental impacts and human health exposure from lead contamination from the Tanneries and Used Lead-Acid Batteries (ULAB) sectors in Bangladesh.

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MANUFACTURING POLLUTION – Synopsis Series 1: Bangladesh – Used Lead Acid Battery Manufacture; Pakistan – Tanneries

SMEP contracted Global Alliance on Health and Pollution, in partnership with Sustainable World-Air Quality Asia to research Used Lead Acid Battery Manufacture in Bangladesh and Tanneries in Pakistan

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Dashboard shows environmental impacts of exports from African and South Asian countries

UNCTAD and Instituto 17 created an interactive dashboard which combines economic, trade and product life-cycle analysis, to provide governments and industry actors with key export pollution data for manufacturing sectors in 13 countries in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia.

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Pollution from manufacturing in Kenya and Uganda

Adopting pollution control solutions is a complex challenge. Understanding the solutions that act as “horizontal improvers” across various industries is essential to effectively target public and private investments and improve pollution mitigation solutions in sectors that can yield the greatest benefits for the local environment and human health.

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