Publications

Learn about the project to modernise solid household waste management in the Grand Nokoué area in Benin and how it will help reduce ocean plastic.

Hear from COPIP’s Delivery Lead, Jonathan Barnes, about the waste problems and lack of recycling facilities in Tanga, Tanzania, and how COPIP is supporting the vision to move towards zero-waste model town by 2036.

At a World Circular Economy Forum (WCEF) side event in November 2023, hosted by COPIP, Eva Röben, COPIP’s Solid Waste Management Expert, presented on the Towards Zero Waste Model Town Tanga City project. Watch the video to find out about the project.

At a World Circular Economy Forum (WCEF) side event in November 2023, hosted by COPIP, Kenneth Otieno from the Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute presented on the TakaConnect Regional App, a digital marketplace for segregated waste.

At a World Circular Economy Forum side event H.E Francis Thoya discusses the Mombasa Solid Waste Management Circular Economy Project, Kenya.

Watch Alex Kubasu, WWF-Kenya, present the Segregation of Waste at Source project at a World Circular Economy Forum event, hosted by COPIP.

Hear from COPIP’s Environmental Expert, Joanes Odero, on how innovative waste management projects and a circular economy approach are helping to build resilience for people in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Hear from COPIP’s Team Leader, Charles Reeve, about the waste problem in Sub-Saharan Africa and how the Clean Oceans Initiative and COPIP are helping tackle it.

The Clean Oceans Initiative identifies projects that fight plastic waste in rivers, seas and on land. The goal is to finance €4 billion in public and private sector projects by 2025. The publication provides an update on the initiative’s progress and outlines some of the projects approved so far.

The problem of plastic pollution Global production of plastics increased nearly 200 – fold between 1950 and 2015[1]. It is projected that the import of plastics in some African countries will double by 2030 and close to 165 million tonnes of plastics will reach their end of life in African countries in the next decade[2]. […]