Workshop on the global problem of plastic waste

UNCTAD has partnered with the Simon Fraser University, Department of Political Science in Canada to organize a workshop 'The Global Problem of Plastic Waste'.

The workshop features featuring speakers from the University of Cambridge, project lead on the Sustainable Manufacturing and Environmental Pollution (SMEP) programme plastics upcycling project in Nepal ‘Plastic Upcycling for Housing and the Policy Opportunities in the Himalayas’, from which concrete experiences and results will be discussed. UNCTAD will also present the latest research being done on plastics recycling, alternatives and non-plastics substitutes.

Simon Fraser University will present, among other things, recent research carried out by Professor Hira, based on empirical research from the SMEP project in Nepal, ‘Dirty, Difficult and Dangerous: Establishing a Plastics Waste Upcycling System in Nepal’.

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