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LOCATION:Vancouver and online\, Canada
SUMMARY:Workshop on the global problem of plastic waste
CLASS:PUBLIC
DESCRIPTION:UNCTAD has partnered with the Simon Fraser University\, Departm
 ent of Political Science in Canada to organize a workshop &#039\;The Globa
 l Problem of Plastic Waste&#039\;.The workshop features featuring speakers
  from the University of Cambridge\, project lead on the Sustainable Manufa
 cturing and Environmental Pollution (SMEP) programme plastics upcycling pr
 oject in Nepal ‘Plastic Upcycling for Housing and the Policy Opportuniti
 es in the Himalayas’\, from which concrete experiences and results will 
 be discussed. UNCTAD will also present the latest research being done on p
 lastics recycling\, alternatives and non-plastics substitutes.Simon Fraser
  University will present\, among other things\, recent research carried ou
 t by Professor Hira\, based on empirical research from the SMEP project in
  Nepal\, ‘Dirty\, Difficult and Dangerous: Establishing a Plastics Waste
  Upcycling System in Nepal’. &lt\;p&gt\;UNCTAD has partnered with the S
 imon Fraser University\, Department of Political Science in Canada to orga
 nize a workshop &#039\;The Global Problem of Plastic Waste&#039\;.&lt\;/p&
 gt\;&lt\;p&gt\;The workshop features featuring speakers from the Universit
 y of Cambridge\, project lead on the Sustainable Manufacturing and Environ
 mental Pollution (SMEP) programme plastics upcycling project in Nepal ‘P
 lastic Upcycling for Housing and the Policy Opportunities in the Himalayas
 ’\, from which concrete experiences and results will be discussed. UNCTA
 D will also present the latest research being done on plastics recycling\,
  alternatives and non-plastics substitutes.&lt\;/p&gt\;&lt\;p&gt\;Simon Fr
 aser University will present\, among other things\, recent research carrie
 d out by Professor Hira\, based on empirical research from the SMEP projec
 t in Nepal\, ‘Dirty\, Difficult and Dangerous: Establishing a Plastics W
 aste Upcycling System in Nepal’.&lt\;/p&gt\;&lt\;p&gt\;&amp\;nbsp\;&lt\;
 /p&gt\;\n\nView meeting on unctad.org\nhttps://unctad.org/meeting/workshop
 -global-problem-plastic-waste
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