Preventing Plastics Pollution with a Circular Economy approach
The Life Cycle Initiative’s Llorenç Milà i Canals contributed to a lively event co-hosted by UNEP, the British High Commission in Dar es Salaam and the FlipFlopi project, on Preventing Plastic Pollution, in April. The role of LCA in informing policies to prevent plastic pollution was the key topic of the Initiative’s presentation, based on the latest reports published on the LCI website. At the event, ongoing and forthcoming actions by the Government of Tanzania were also shared, as well as the approach and support from the European Union in this domain towards a circular economy. IUCN’s Peter Manyara also shared the latest country report of the National Guidance for Plastics Pollution Hotspotting applied to Tanzania, which will be soon uploaded on the LCI website. The government highlighted the need to work strongly on education and behaviour change, as well as on enforcing the legislation to extend producers’ responsibility.
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