The United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) and partners call for case studies of initiatives to manage plastic waste in remote and mountainous areas.
Rapidly increasing amounts of plastic waste are polluting remote and mountainous areas across the world. The Secretariat of the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions (BRS Secretariat), in cooperation with Grid-Arendal and funding from the Governments of France and Norway, is implementing a project addressing the environmentally sound management of plastic waste in remote and mountainous areas. In this context, case studies are collected to inform future interventions and thus improve the management of plastic waste in remote and mountainous areas.
Do you have a case study to share? Contributions are solicited by 11 June 2021 and should be sent to: jost.dittkrist@un.org, with copy to lesya.nikolayeva@zoinet.org .
Background
In 2019, the Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention adopted the Plastic Waste Amendments, making the Basel Convention the only global legally binding instrument that specifically addresses plastic waste. Aiming to strengthen capacity for the management of plastic waste, the BRS Secretariat is implementing the project “Plastic Waste in Remote and Mountainous Areas”. Often lacking the necessary infrastructure and resources, remote and mountainous areas are among the most affected by plastic waste. Tourism contributes significantly to increasing volumes of plastic waste in such areas.
Collection of case studies
The BRS Secretariat is collecting examples of initiatives to monitor, collect, separate, transport, store, recycle and/or dispose plastic waste in remote and/or mountainous areas. Initiatives addressing municipal waste, including plastic waste, are also solicited. This includes approaches such as clean-ups, awareness-raising campaigns, installation of collection points, establishment of recycling infrastructure, extended producer responsibility, fiscal schemes, policy/regulatory instruments etc. These could be implemented by governments, the private sector, civil society, academia etc. The case studies will be used to learn from existing practices and inform future interventions targeting the environmentally sound management of plastic waste in remote and mountainous areas.
Submission
Any entity or individual with knowledge of concrete cases of initiatives to manage plastic waste in remote and/or mountainous areas is invited to contribute. Please submit your case study using the template in the Call for Case Studies by 11 June 2021 to: jost.dittkrist@un.org, with copy to lesya.nikolayeva@zoinet.org. Contributions will be duly acknowledged and/or can remain anonymous, as requested by the contributor.
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Download the Call for Case Studies
Cover image by Charles Miles.