The Impact of COVID-19 on Plastic Waste Management in South Asia : Challenges and Policy Recommendations

This report is part of a larger series of stocktaking and analytical products on plastic pollution in South Asia. It supports the Bank’s commitment to work with countries of South Asia to pursue and scale-up policies and programs that help them mov...

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Main Author: World Bank
Format: Policy Note
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2021
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/undefined/361871639027510564/The-Impact-of-COVID-19-on-Plastic-Waste-Management-in-South-Asia-Challenges-and-Policy-Recommendations
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spelling okr-10986-367602021-12-22T05:10:50Z The Impact of COVID-19 on Plastic Waste Management in South Asia : Challenges and Policy Recommendations World Bank PLASTIC WASTE WASTE MANAGEMENT RECYCLING MEDICAL WASTE CORONAVIRUS COVID-19 PLASTIC POLLUTION This report is part of a larger series of stocktaking and analytical products on plastic pollution in South Asia. It supports the Bank’s commitment to work with countries of South Asia to pursue and scale-up policies and programs that help them move toward a circular plastic economy and, in partnership with civil society and the private sector, harnesses the power of innovation to bring viable and sustainable solutions for plastic waste reduction and management across the region. This report is supported through the South Asia Water Initiative (SAWI), a multi-donor trust fund administered by the World Bank and designed to build a shared understanding of transboundary river pollution flows in South Asia, especially plastics pollution. 2021-12-21T21:21:04Z 2021-12-21T21:21:04Z 2021-09 Policy Note http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/undefined/361871639027510564/The-Impact-of-COVID-19-on-Plastic-Waste-Management-in-South-Asia-Challenges-and-Policy-Recommendations http://hdl.handle.net/10986/36760 English CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work Economic & Sector Work :: Other Environmental Study South Asia South Asia
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topic PLASTIC WASTE
WASTE MANAGEMENT
RECYCLING
MEDICAL WASTE
CORONAVIRUS
COVID-19
PLASTIC POLLUTION
spellingShingle PLASTIC WASTE
WASTE MANAGEMENT
RECYCLING
MEDICAL WASTE
CORONAVIRUS
COVID-19
PLASTIC POLLUTION
World Bank
The Impact of COVID-19 on Plastic Waste Management in South Asia : Challenges and Policy Recommendations
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description This report is part of a larger series of stocktaking and analytical products on plastic pollution in South Asia. It supports the Bank’s commitment to work with countries of South Asia to pursue and scale-up policies and programs that help them move toward a circular plastic economy and, in partnership with civil society and the private sector, harnesses the power of innovation to bring viable and sustainable solutions for plastic waste reduction and management across the region. This report is supported through the South Asia Water Initiative (SAWI), a multi-donor trust fund administered by the World Bank and designed to build a shared understanding of transboundary river pollution flows in South Asia, especially plastics pollution.
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title The Impact of COVID-19 on Plastic Waste Management in South Asia : Challenges and Policy Recommendations
title_short The Impact of COVID-19 on Plastic Waste Management in South Asia : Challenges and Policy Recommendations
title_full The Impact of COVID-19 on Plastic Waste Management in South Asia : Challenges and Policy Recommendations
title_fullStr The Impact of COVID-19 on Plastic Waste Management in South Asia : Challenges and Policy Recommendations
title_full_unstemmed The Impact of COVID-19 on Plastic Waste Management in South Asia : Challenges and Policy Recommendations
title_sort impact of covid-19 on plastic waste management in south asia : challenges and policy recommendations
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
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