Circular Solutions for Plastic Pollution: Sustainable and Ethical Collection Infrastructure for Plastic Waste

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dc.contributor.authorUnited Nations Environment Programme
dc.contributor.organizationAsia & Pacific Office
dc.coverage.spatialAsia
dc.date.accessioned2023-02-17T07:00:10Z
dc.date.available2023-02-17T07:00:10Z
dc.date.issued2023-02
dc.descriptionThis good practice case study is part of a series of knowledge products developed by the SEA circular project to showcase exemplary market-based solutions that bring about transformational changes in the way plastic is managed in the value chain. Only about nine per cent of this plastic waste being produced globally ends up being recycled. At present, the economy is linear: product consumption, use and waste. The circular economy is an essential alternative that relies on increasing the amount of plastic that is recycled and reused, and thus requires collective action from businesses, public actors, development institutions and consumers. Plastic Bank is a social enterprise that has successfully created a model that supports different actors in the plastic value chain to ultimately eliminate ocean plastic. Its business model is based on revealing the value in plastic waste by turning it into money.en
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dc.identifier.urihttps://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/41866
dc.languageEnglish
dc.page.number9 p.
dc.relation.ispartofSEA Circular
dc.rights.accessLevelPublic
dc.subjectcircular economy
dc.subjectwaste collection
dc.subjectrecycling
dc.subjectplastic waste
dc.subjectwaste management
dc.subjectSoutheast Asia
dc.subject.sdgSDG 3 - Good Health and Well-Being
dc.subject.sdgSDG 12 - Responsible Consumption and Production
dc.subject.themechemistry
dc.subject.themechemical pollution
dc.subject.themeeconomics
dc.subject.themefinance
dc.titleCircular Solutions for Plastic Pollution: Sustainable and Ethical Collection Infrastructure for Plastic Wasteen
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