United Nations Human Settlement Programme

This rapid assessment aimed to identify and quantitatively estimate the waste management infrastructure gaps for plastic waste in the Philippines to provide a baseline for investments required to bridge and close the gaps. The paper was developed by the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies with support from UN-Habitat and Save Philippine...

This paper presents the different EPR models and its application to plastic waste management in selected Asian countries, and looks into then approved EPR bills, proposed EPR mechanisms from the private and non-government sectors, and existing EPR-similar schemes from other organizations. The paper discusses recommendations for a collaborative...