Circular Cities: Strategy & Budget

The document features two case studies: one in Olavarria, Argentina, and another in Curitiba, Brazil, showcasing Delterra's waste management initiatives.

Circular Cities: Collection, Sorting & Treatment

The document provides a summary of case studies that investigated waste collection, sorting, and treatment activities in Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia, and Vietnam.

Circular Cities: Offtake & Market Demand

The document features two case studies analyzing the offtake and market demand for plastic and electronic waste in Argentina and Brazil, respectively.

Beyond Recycling: Reckoning with Plastics in a Circular Economy

This briefing provides an overview of the varying definitions of a circular economy and highlights the need to consider the entire plastics life cycle and supply chain, including resource use and externalities.

Plastic Pollution: New study finds at least €6.7 billion investment gap to meet Europe’s plastics recycling targets

This study, which was released by the European Investment Bank (EIB), analyzes the inefficiencies of the plastics value chain and proposes solutions.

The potential for a plastic recycling facility to release microplastic pollution and possible filtration remediation effectiveness

This pilot study investigates microplastic pollution from a mixed plastics recycling facility in the UK to advance current quantitative understanding of microplastic (MP) pollution release from a plastic recycling facility to receiving waters.

Plastic Waste Trade: The Hidden Numbers

This report by IPEN and other researchers highlights the significant volume of plastic waste exports that are often overlooked, particularly exports from Japan, the UK, the EU, and the US to non-OECD countries and Türkiye.

Chemicals in Plastics - A Technical Report

This report aims to inform the global community about the chemical-related issues of plastic pollution and options to address them.

Circular Cities: Capabilities & Partnerships

The document presents a summary of case studies that examine the capabilities and partnerships of local municipalities in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and Tembisa, South Africa, aimed at enhancing waste management activities in these cities.

Plastics Circularity Investment Tracker

The Circulate Initiative's Plastics Circularity Investment Tracker provides insights into private investments in plastics circularity in emerging markets.

Mapping Local Plastic Recycling Supply Chains: Insights from Selected Cities in India

This report presents the results of a study by The Circulate Initiative and Anthesis Group, which mapped plastic recycling supply chains and infrastructure in India.

Proven Practice Guide to Improve Waste Management and Address Plastic Pollution in South-East Asia

The guide examines plastic pollution in Southeast Asia across several implementation areas, including stakeholder engagement, capacity building, implementation, social and behavior change, data and evaluation, and financing.

Mapping Local Plastic Recycling Supply Chains: Insights from Selected Cities in Vietnam

This report presents the results of a study by The Circulate Initiative and Anthesis Group, which mapped plastic recycling supply chains and infrastructure in Vietnam.

Circular Cities: The Six Dimensions of Circular Waste Management

This report is the synthesis from four years of Delterra’s extensive learning and onthe-ground experimentation in Asia and Latin America.

Mapping Local Plastic Recycling Supply Chains: Insights from Selected Cities in Thailand

The research undertakes a detailed assessment of “wastesheds”, a geographical region with a common solid waste disposal system, or an area designated by the governing institutions as appropriate for developing a common recycling program in each country.

Solid Waste and Circular Economy Hub

Find links to information systems, authorities and national reports on solid waste and circular economy available in the different countries of the region.

Ending Plastic Pollution Innovation Challenge

Spearheaded by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) with support from the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (Norad), the Ending Plastic Pollution Innovation Challenge (EPPIC) is a brand-new ASEAN-wide competition calling for all innovators to share their bright ideas for tackling plastic pollution with the world.

LTA trials use of plastic waste to pave roads

This article reports that the Land Transport Authority in Singapore is conducting trials to assess the feasibility of using greener road surfacing materials that incorporate recycled plastic waste

Mapping local plastic recycling supply chains: Insights from selected cities in Indonesia

The study focused on municipal waste in areas with high plastic waste generation potential to scale up plastic waste collection and recycling, including established and emerging plastic recycling supply chains, assessing material flows of commonly used plastics, and including relevant infrastructure and key players outside city boundaries in the assessment.

Plastic Waste Makers Index 2023

In this 2023 edition, the Plastic Waste Makers Index includes new estimates of cradle-to-grave greenhouse gas emissions from single-use plastics, demonstrating how single-use plastics producers also contribute to the climate crisis.