Plastic overshoot day report 2024
Plastic Overshoot Day marks the point when the amount of plastic waste generated exceeds the world’s capacity to manage it, resulting in environmental pollution. In 2024, the global Plastic Overshoot Day
Plastics
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Blue skies, blue seas: air pollution, marine plastics, and coastal erosion in the Middle East and North Africa
This book shows how virtually all forms of natural capital, but particularly “blue” natural capital – skies and seas – has been degrading in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region over the last
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Prospects for transitioning from a linear to circular economy in Developing Asia
Unsustainable consumption, driven by the increasing extraction of raw materials, manufacturing, and production, is contributing to environmental degradation and the acceleration of climate change. In developing
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Draft Plastic Waste Management Rules, 2022
The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change vide its notification dated 18th January 2022 has notified the Draft Plastic Waste Management Rules, 2022 through which it has widen the scope of
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Connecting the dots: plastic pollution and the planetary emergency
The predicted rise in plastic pollution spilling into the environment constitutes a planetary emergency, the latest report warns. The new report Connecting the Dots: Plastic pollution and the planetary
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Managing marine plastic debris in Asia and the Pacific
Plastics were first developed in 1907 with the discovery of Bakelite, a synthetic polymer that could be easily massproduced. This invention led to countless innovations and new products as plastics became
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Plastic pollution in Africa: identifying policy gaps and opportunities
This is a first-of-its-kind report on the state and impacts of plastic pollution in Africa, combined with existing policy and legal frameworks to address the issue and recommendations on the policy options
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Towards a multisectoral action plan for sustainable plastic management in Bangladesh
Sustainable management of plastic will be crucial for Bangladesh to tackle the increasing plastic pollution and ensure green growth, says a new World Bank Report. The ‘Towards a Multisectoral Action Plan
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Assessment of agricultural plastics and their sustainability: a call for action
This report presents the results of a study on agricultural plastic products used globally in a range of different value chains. The study assessed the types and quantities of plastic products, their benefits
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Riverine microplastic pollution in ASEAN countries: current state of knowledge
Water pollution caused by microplastics generated from land-based sources (e.g. as tire-wear particles, broken road markings, synthetic textile microfibre from washing, microbeads from personal care products,
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Handbook on sustainable urban plastic waste management
Niti Aayog has suggested that urban local bodies (ULBs) could provide land to set up material recovery facilities (MRFs) to be used by various industries to set up infrastructure for efficient plastic