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December 2018

Legal limits on single-use plastics and microplastics

United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
This report provides a global overview on the progress countries have made in passing laws and regulations that limit the manufacture, import, sale, use, and disposal of selected single-use plastics and microplastics. It is based on a review of national legally-binding instruments that include bans and restrictions, taxes and levies, and waste management measures to enhance disposal, encourage reuse and recycling, and promote alternatives to plastic products.
October 2018

Regulating Plastics In Pacific Island Countries

Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
This guide contains the policy foundations and high level policy settings for key areas of plastics regulation. Policymakers and legislative drafters in relevant PICs can use this guide to inform, develop and expand on laws to regulate the production, use and disposal of plastics.
February 2018

Addressing Marine Plastics: A systemic approach – Stocktaking report

United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
This document provides a summary of the available literature on the key sources and locations of marine plastics. It also looks at what is currently being done to address the problem of marine plastics and summarises existing policy responses in order to lay the groundwork for future action.
January 2016

Global Environment Outlook 6: Regional assessment for North America

United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment)
This assessment, Global Environment Outlook 6: Regional assessment for North America , was carried out in order to characterize the priority environmental issues, states and trends in the region in a systematic, evidence-based manner, as input into the sixth iteration of UNEP’s flagship Global Environment Outlook (GEO-6) process.
December 2019

Addressing Marine Plastics: A systemic approach – Recommendations for action

United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
This report identifies gaps to address marine plastics at each value chain stage and recommends actions to achieve a circular economy for plastics at the global level.
November 2019

Unwrapping the Risks of Plastic Pollution to the Insurance Industry

United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment)
This study Unwrapping the Risks of Plastic Pollution to the Insurance Industry identifies how risks related to plastic pollution play out across insurance lines and asset classes in which insurers invest.
March 2017

Wastewater: The Untapped Resource

United Nations World Water Assessment Programme (WWAP)

Most human activities that use water produce wastewater. As the overall demand for water grows, the quantity of wastewater produced and its overall pollution load are continuously increasing worldwide.

February 2019

A Vision for a Circular Economy for Plastics in Canada: The Benefits of Plastics Without the Waste and How We Get it Right

Smart Prosperity Institute (SPI)
A plastics circular economy in Canada would recirculate materials in an environmentally- and financially-sustainable closed loop. It reduces waste and emissions while capturing value.
December 2016

Global Gender and Environment Outlook

United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment)

Recognizing the importance of highlighting gender from an environmental perspective, and in response to a call from the Network of Women Ministers and Leaders for the Environment (NWMLE), UN Environment made a commitment at Rio+20 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development and the futur

August 2019

Quality Unknown : The invisible water crisis

World Bank Group
The World Bank report 'Quality Unknown: The Invisible Water Crisis' presents new evidence and new data that shows how poor water quality stalls economic progress, reduces food production, and lowers growth in downstream regions.

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