RT null T1 Education to Empower: Citizen Science and Education to Empower Communities for Safer and Cleaner Environments A1 United Nations Environment Programme, A1 Coordinating Body on the Seas of East Asia, K1 education K1 capacity building K1 plastic waste K1 case study K1 empowerment K1 citizen science K1 environmental education YR 2022 FD 2022 LK https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/40500 UL https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/40500 NO This case study demonstrates market-based solutions towards “less plastic wasted”, exemplary solutions for transformational changes in the way plastic is managed in the value supply chain. Circular Economy approaches, including business incentives for plastic reduction and recycling, are used, leading to increases in plastic re-use and recycling, and to the reduction of single-use plastic packaging. DS UN Environment Document Repository RD Sep 17, 2026