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SUMMARY:Webinar series: Making plastics recovery work - viability\, traceab
 ility and material transition pathways 
CLASS:PUBLIC
DESCRIPTION:Plastic waste is a growing problem\, and the need for viable\, 
 scalable recovery models is more urgent than ever. Yet the gap between amb
 ition and implementation remains significant. With the global plastics tre
 aty process advancing slowly\, regional frameworks\, trade-linked mechanis
 ms\, and national policy are increasingly where plastics governance is bei
 ng shaped in practice.  Since 2020\, UNCTAD’s SMEP Programme\, funded b
 y UK-FCDO\, has supported plastics end-of-life interventions across Sub-Sa
 haran Africa and South Asia\, testing practical approaches to collection s
 ystems\, recycling models\, traceability\, alternative materials developme
 nt\, and community integration under real-world conditions. As the program
 me approaches its conclusion\, this three-part webinar series brings toget
 her some of the practitioners\, policymakers\, and technical experts invol
 ved in that work to share what they have learned.The aim is to examine whi
 ch approaches are most likely to be viable\, which require ongoing support
 \, and what evidence from these projects can contribute to wider debates o
 n plastics governance\, funding design\, and circular economy practice.REG
 ISTER HERESeries ObjectivesThe series aims to:Share practical learning fro
 m SMEP-supported projects\, with an emphasis on which approaches are most 
 likely to be viable\, which require ongoing support\, and what practitione
 rs would do differently\;Examine what traceability\, standards\, and regul
 atory alignment can realistically deliver for small enterprises in low-cap
 acity contexts\;Explore the policy infrastructure needed to bring innovati
 on in plastic substitutes and alternatives to scale\, and the risks of uni
 ntended consequences where that infrastructure is absent\;Connect implemen
 tation experience to wider regional and multilateral governance discussion
 s\, including trade-linked approaches and biodiversity linkages\, and\;Off
 er evidence for donors and programme designers on how flexible\, adaptive 
 funding enables learning and iteration.The Sessions and SpeakersSession 1 
 – Making plastics recovery models viable | 7 MayFor anyone designing\, f
 unding\, or operating plastics recovery systems\, one of the hardest quest
 ions is where genuine commercial viability ends and subsidy-dependence beg
 ins. This session draws on enterprise experience in Kenya and Ghana alongs
 ide a regulatory perspective from Kenya’s National Environmental Managem
 ent Authority (NEMA) to examine which components of plastics recovery mode
 ls prove viable in practice\, and what that means for how programmes and f
 unders structure their support.Speakers: – Mr. Christian Mang’eli\, M
 r Green Africa\, Kenya – Mr. John Adelegan\, RiverRecycle\, Ghana – 
 Mr. David Ong’are\, Director of Compliance\, Kenya National Environmenta
 l Management Authority (NEMA)   Session 2 – Traceability\, standards a
 nd regulatory alignment | 13 MayRigorous traceability can be the differenc
 e between accessing carbon offset markets and investment\, or being locked
  out of them entirely. But compliance requirements can also place unrealis
 tic burdens on small enterprises. This session brings together enterprise 
 experience from Nigeria\, a national regulatory perspective from Ghana and
  a standards-setting perspective from Kenya to examine what proportionate\
 , workable traceability looks like in practice.Speakers: – Mr. Victor B
 oyle-Komolafe\, Founder and CEO\, GIVO\, Nigeria – Ms. Judith Osei-Kumi
 \, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)\, Ghana – Ms. Marxine Waite\, 
 Environmental Coalition on Standards (ECOS)\, Kenya Session 3 – Substit
 utes\, compostability and regional pathways | 20 MayFor policymakers and r
 egional bodies\, the challenge with plastic substitutes is rarely a shorta
 ge of innovation. It is the absence of the policy infrastructure needed to
  bring that innovation to scale. This session examines where substitutes a
 nd compostable materials offer genuine value\, where they risk being overs
 old\, and what the East African Community’s legislative process on singl
 e-use plastics tells us about what regional harmonisation can and cannot a
 chieve.Speakers: – Ms. Faith Macharia\, Partner\, Africa Legal Network 
 (ALN) Kenya – Mr. Ebenezer Laryea\, Associate Professor\, Aston Univers
 ity / Project Director\, FreshPPact SMEP Project – Mr. Henrique Pacini\
 , Economic Affairs Officer\, UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD)  All sessi
 ons will be moderated by Ms. Zoë Lenkiewicz\, Founder of Global Waste Lab
  and Lead Author of the UN Global Waste Management Outlook 2024. https://
 www.unep.org/resources/global-waste-management-outlook-2024\n\nView meetin
 g on unctad.org\nhttps://unctad.org/meeting/webinar-series-making-plastics
 -recovery-work-viability-traceability-and-material-transition
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LOCATION:\, 
SUMMARY:Webinar series: Making plastics recovery work - viability\, traceab
 ility and material transition pathways 
CLASS:PUBLIC
DESCRIPTION:Plastic waste is a growing problem\, and the need for viable\, 
 scalable recovery models is more urgent than ever. Yet the gap between amb
 ition and implementation remains significant. With the global plastics tre
 aty process advancing slowly\, regional frameworks\, trade-linked mechanis
 ms\, and national policy are increasingly where plastics governance is bei
 ng shaped in practice.  Since 2020\, UNCTAD’s SMEP Programme\, funded b
 y UK-FCDO\, has supported plastics end-of-life interventions across Sub-Sa
 haran Africa and South Asia\, testing practical approaches to collection s
 ystems\, recycling models\, traceability\, alternative materials developme
 nt\, and community integration under real-world conditions. As the program
 me approaches its conclusion\, this three-part webinar series brings toget
 her some of the practitioners\, policymakers\, and technical experts invol
 ved in that work to share what they have learned.The aim is to examine whi
 ch approaches are most likely to be viable\, which require ongoing support
 \, and what evidence from these projects can contribute to wider debates o
 n plastics governance\, funding design\, and circular economy practice.REG
 ISTER HERESeries ObjectivesThe series aims to:Share practical learning fro
 m SMEP-supported projects\, with an emphasis on which approaches are most 
 likely to be viable\, which require ongoing support\, and what practitione
 rs would do differently\;Examine what traceability\, standards\, and regul
 atory alignment can realistically deliver for small enterprises in low-cap
 acity contexts\;Explore the policy infrastructure needed to bring innovati
 on in plastic substitutes and alternatives to scale\, and the risks of uni
 ntended consequences where that infrastructure is absent\;Connect implemen
 tation experience to wider regional and multilateral governance discussion
 s\, including trade-linked approaches and biodiversity linkages\, and\;Off
 er evidence for donors and programme designers on how flexible\, adaptive 
 funding enables learning and iteration.The Sessions and SpeakersSession 1 
 – Making plastics recovery models viable | 7 MayFor anyone designing\, f
 unding\, or operating plastics recovery systems\, one of the hardest quest
 ions is where genuine commercial viability ends and subsidy-dependence beg
 ins. This session draws on enterprise experience in Kenya and Ghana alongs
 ide a regulatory perspective from Kenya’s National Environmental Managem
 ent Authority (NEMA) to examine which components of plastics recovery mode
 ls prove viable in practice\, and what that means for how programmes and f
 unders structure their support.Speakers: – Mr. Christian Mang’eli\, M
 r Green Africa\, Kenya – Mr. John Adelegan\, RiverRecycle\, Ghana – 
 Mr. David Ong’are\, Director of Compliance\, Kenya National Environmenta
 l Management Authority (NEMA)   Session 2 – Traceability\, standards a
 nd regulatory alignment | 13 MayRigorous traceability can be the differenc
 e between accessing carbon offset markets and investment\, or being locked
  out of them entirely. But compliance requirements can also place unrealis
 tic burdens on small enterprises. This session brings together enterprise 
 experience from Nigeria\, a national regulatory perspective from Ghana and
  a standards-setting perspective from Kenya to examine what proportionate\
 , workable traceability looks like in practice.Speakers: – Mr. Victor B
 oyle-Komolafe\, Founder and CEO\, GIVO\, Nigeria – Ms. Judith Osei-Kumi
 \, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)\, Ghana – Ms. Marxine Waite\, 
 Environmental Coalition on Standards (ECOS)\, Kenya Session 3 – Substit
 utes\, compostability and regional pathways | 20 MayFor policymakers and r
 egional bodies\, the challenge with plastic substitutes is rarely a shorta
 ge of innovation. It is the absence of the policy infrastructure needed to
  bring that innovation to scale. This session examines where substitutes a
 nd compostable materials offer genuine value\, where they risk being overs
 old\, and what the East African Community’s legislative process on singl
 e-use plastics tells us about what regional harmonisation can and cannot a
 chieve.Speakers: – Ms. Faith Macharia\, Partner\, Africa Legal Network 
 (ALN) Kenya – Mr. Ebenezer Laryea\, Associate Professor\, Aston Univers
 ity / Project Director\, FreshPPact SMEP Project – Mr. Henrique Pacini\
 , Economic Affairs Officer\, UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD)  All sessi
 ons will be moderated by Ms. Zoë Lenkiewicz\, Founder of Global Waste Lab
  and Lead Author of the UN Global Waste Management Outlook 2024. https://
 www.unep.org/resources/global-waste-management-outlook-2024\n\nView meetin
 g on unctad.org\nhttps://unctad.org/meeting/webinar-series-making-plastics
 -recovery-work-viability-traceability-and-material-transition
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DTSTART:20260509T090000Z
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DTEND:20260509T110000Z
LOCATION:\, 
SUMMARY:Webinar series: Making plastics recovery work - viability\, traceab
 ility and material transition pathways 
CLASS:PUBLIC
DESCRIPTION:Plastic waste is a growing problem\, and the need for viable\, 
 scalable recovery models is more urgent than ever. Yet the gap between amb
 ition and implementation remains significant. With the global plastics tre
 aty process advancing slowly\, regional frameworks\, trade-linked mechanis
 ms\, and national policy are increasingly where plastics governance is bei
 ng shaped in practice.  Since 2020\, UNCTAD’s SMEP Programme\, funded b
 y UK-FCDO\, has supported plastics end-of-life interventions across Sub-Sa
 haran Africa and South Asia\, testing practical approaches to collection s
 ystems\, recycling models\, traceability\, alternative materials developme
 nt\, and community integration under real-world conditions. As the program
 me approaches its conclusion\, this three-part webinar series brings toget
 her some of the practitioners\, policymakers\, and technical experts invol
 ved in that work to share what they have learned.The aim is to examine whi
 ch approaches are most likely to be viable\, which require ongoing support
 \, and what evidence from these projects can contribute to wider debates o
 n plastics governance\, funding design\, and circular economy practice.REG
 ISTER HERESeries ObjectivesThe series aims to:Share practical learning fro
 m SMEP-supported projects\, with an emphasis on which approaches are most 
 likely to be viable\, which require ongoing support\, and what practitione
 rs would do differently\;Examine what traceability\, standards\, and regul
 atory alignment can realistically deliver for small enterprises in low-cap
 acity contexts\;Explore the policy infrastructure needed to bring innovati
 on in plastic substitutes and alternatives to scale\, and the risks of uni
 ntended consequences where that infrastructure is absent\;Connect implemen
 tation experience to wider regional and multilateral governance discussion
 s\, including trade-linked approaches and biodiversity linkages\, and\;Off
 er evidence for donors and programme designers on how flexible\, adaptive 
 funding enables learning and iteration.The Sessions and SpeakersSession 1 
 – Making plastics recovery models viable | 7 MayFor anyone designing\, f
 unding\, or operating plastics recovery systems\, one of the hardest quest
 ions is where genuine commercial viability ends and subsidy-dependence beg
 ins. This session draws on enterprise experience in Kenya and Ghana alongs
 ide a regulatory perspective from Kenya’s National Environmental Managem
 ent Authority (NEMA) to examine which components of plastics recovery mode
 ls prove viable in practice\, and what that means for how programmes and f
 unders structure their support.Speakers: – Mr. Christian Mang’eli\, M
 r Green Africa\, Kenya – Mr. John Adelegan\, RiverRecycle\, Ghana – 
 Mr. David Ong’are\, Director of Compliance\, Kenya National Environmenta
 l Management Authority (NEMA)   Session 2 – Traceability\, standards a
 nd regulatory alignment | 13 MayRigorous traceability can be the differenc
 e between accessing carbon offset markets and investment\, or being locked
  out of them entirely. But compliance requirements can also place unrealis
 tic burdens on small enterprises. This session brings together enterprise 
 experience from Nigeria\, a national regulatory perspective from Ghana and
  a standards-setting perspective from Kenya to examine what proportionate\
 , workable traceability looks like in practice.Speakers: – Mr. Victor B
 oyle-Komolafe\, Founder and CEO\, GIVO\, Nigeria – Ms. Judith Osei-Kumi
 \, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)\, Ghana – Ms. Marxine Waite\, 
 Environmental Coalition on Standards (ECOS)\, Kenya Session 3 – Substit
 utes\, compostability and regional pathways | 20 MayFor policymakers and r
 egional bodies\, the challenge with plastic substitutes is rarely a shorta
 ge of innovation. It is the absence of the policy infrastructure needed to
  bring that innovation to scale. This session examines where substitutes a
 nd compostable materials offer genuine value\, where they risk being overs
 old\, and what the East African Community’s legislative process on singl
 e-use plastics tells us about what regional harmonisation can and cannot a
 chieve.Speakers: – Ms. Faith Macharia\, Partner\, Africa Legal Network 
 (ALN) Kenya – Mr. Ebenezer Laryea\, Associate Professor\, Aston Univers
 ity / Project Director\, FreshPPact SMEP Project – Mr. Henrique Pacini\
 , Economic Affairs Officer\, UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD)  All sessi
 ons will be moderated by Ms. Zoë Lenkiewicz\, Founder of Global Waste Lab
  and Lead Author of the UN Global Waste Management Outlook 2024. https://
 www.unep.org/resources/global-waste-management-outlook-2024\n\nView meetin
 g on unctad.org\nhttps://unctad.org/meeting/webinar-series-making-plastics
 -recovery-work-viability-traceability-and-material-transition
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DTSTART:20260510T090000Z
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TRANSP:OPAQUE
DTEND:20260510T110000Z
LOCATION:\, 
SUMMARY:Webinar series: Making plastics recovery work - viability\, traceab
 ility and material transition pathways 
CLASS:PUBLIC
DESCRIPTION:Plastic waste is a growing problem\, and the need for viable\, 
 scalable recovery models is more urgent than ever. Yet the gap between amb
 ition and implementation remains significant. With the global plastics tre
 aty process advancing slowly\, regional frameworks\, trade-linked mechanis
 ms\, and national policy are increasingly where plastics governance is bei
 ng shaped in practice.  Since 2020\, UNCTAD’s SMEP Programme\, funded b
 y UK-FCDO\, has supported plastics end-of-life interventions across Sub-Sa
 haran Africa and South Asia\, testing practical approaches to collection s
 ystems\, recycling models\, traceability\, alternative materials developme
 nt\, and community integration under real-world conditions. As the program
 me approaches its conclusion\, this three-part webinar series brings toget
 her some of the practitioners\, policymakers\, and technical experts invol
 ved in that work to share what they have learned.The aim is to examine whi
 ch approaches are most likely to be viable\, which require ongoing support
 \, and what evidence from these projects can contribute to wider debates o
 n plastics governance\, funding design\, and circular economy practice.REG
 ISTER HERESeries ObjectivesThe series aims to:Share practical learning fro
 m SMEP-supported projects\, with an emphasis on which approaches are most 
 likely to be viable\, which require ongoing support\, and what practitione
 rs would do differently\;Examine what traceability\, standards\, and regul
 atory alignment can realistically deliver for small enterprises in low-cap
 acity contexts\;Explore the policy infrastructure needed to bring innovati
 on in plastic substitutes and alternatives to scale\, and the risks of uni
 ntended consequences where that infrastructure is absent\;Connect implemen
 tation experience to wider regional and multilateral governance discussion
 s\, including trade-linked approaches and biodiversity linkages\, and\;Off
 er evidence for donors and programme designers on how flexible\, adaptive 
 funding enables learning and iteration.The Sessions and SpeakersSession 1 
 – Making plastics recovery models viable | 7 MayFor anyone designing\, f
 unding\, or operating plastics recovery systems\, one of the hardest quest
 ions is where genuine commercial viability ends and subsidy-dependence beg
 ins. This session draws on enterprise experience in Kenya and Ghana alongs
 ide a regulatory perspective from Kenya’s National Environmental Managem
 ent Authority (NEMA) to examine which components of plastics recovery mode
 ls prove viable in practice\, and what that means for how programmes and f
 unders structure their support.Speakers: – Mr. Christian Mang’eli\, M
 r Green Africa\, Kenya – Mr. John Adelegan\, RiverRecycle\, Ghana – 
 Mr. David Ong’are\, Director of Compliance\, Kenya National Environmenta
 l Management Authority (NEMA)   Session 2 – Traceability\, standards a
 nd regulatory alignment | 13 MayRigorous traceability can be the differenc
 e between accessing carbon offset markets and investment\, or being locked
  out of them entirely. But compliance requirements can also place unrealis
 tic burdens on small enterprises. This session brings together enterprise 
 experience from Nigeria\, a national regulatory perspective from Ghana and
  a standards-setting perspective from Kenya to examine what proportionate\
 , workable traceability looks like in practice.Speakers: – Mr. Victor B
 oyle-Komolafe\, Founder and CEO\, GIVO\, Nigeria – Ms. Judith Osei-Kumi
 \, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)\, Ghana – Ms. Marxine Waite\, 
 Environmental Coalition on Standards (ECOS)\, Kenya Session 3 – Substit
 utes\, compostability and regional pathways | 20 MayFor policymakers and r
 egional bodies\, the challenge with plastic substitutes is rarely a shorta
 ge of innovation. It is the absence of the policy infrastructure needed to
  bring that innovation to scale. This session examines where substitutes a
 nd compostable materials offer genuine value\, where they risk being overs
 old\, and what the East African Community’s legislative process on singl
 e-use plastics tells us about what regional harmonisation can and cannot a
 chieve.Speakers: – Ms. Faith Macharia\, Partner\, Africa Legal Network 
 (ALN) Kenya – Mr. Ebenezer Laryea\, Associate Professor\, Aston Univers
 ity / Project Director\, FreshPPact SMEP Project – Mr. Henrique Pacini\
 , Economic Affairs Officer\, UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD)  All sessi
 ons will be moderated by Ms. Zoë Lenkiewicz\, Founder of Global Waste Lab
  and Lead Author of the UN Global Waste Management Outlook 2024. https://
 www.unep.org/resources/global-waste-management-outlook-2024\n\nView meetin
 g on unctad.org\nhttps://unctad.org/meeting/webinar-series-making-plastics
 -recovery-work-viability-traceability-and-material-transition
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DTSTART:20260511T090000Z
SEQUENCE:0
TRANSP:OPAQUE
DTEND:20260511T110000Z
LOCATION:\, 
SUMMARY:Webinar series: Making plastics recovery work - viability\, traceab
 ility and material transition pathways 
CLASS:PUBLIC
DESCRIPTION:Plastic waste is a growing problem\, and the need for viable\, 
 scalable recovery models is more urgent than ever. Yet the gap between amb
 ition and implementation remains significant. With the global plastics tre
 aty process advancing slowly\, regional frameworks\, trade-linked mechanis
 ms\, and national policy are increasingly where plastics governance is bei
 ng shaped in practice.  Since 2020\, UNCTAD’s SMEP Programme\, funded b
 y UK-FCDO\, has supported plastics end-of-life interventions across Sub-Sa
 haran Africa and South Asia\, testing practical approaches to collection s
 ystems\, recycling models\, traceability\, alternative materials developme
 nt\, and community integration under real-world conditions. As the program
 me approaches its conclusion\, this three-part webinar series brings toget
 her some of the practitioners\, policymakers\, and technical experts invol
 ved in that work to share what they have learned.The aim is to examine whi
 ch approaches are most likely to be viable\, which require ongoing support
 \, and what evidence from these projects can contribute to wider debates o
 n plastics governance\, funding design\, and circular economy practice.REG
 ISTER HERESeries ObjectivesThe series aims to:Share practical learning fro
 m SMEP-supported projects\, with an emphasis on which approaches are most 
 likely to be viable\, which require ongoing support\, and what practitione
 rs would do differently\;Examine what traceability\, standards\, and regul
 atory alignment can realistically deliver for small enterprises in low-cap
 acity contexts\;Explore the policy infrastructure needed to bring innovati
 on in plastic substitutes and alternatives to scale\, and the risks of uni
 ntended consequences where that infrastructure is absent\;Connect implemen
 tation experience to wider regional and multilateral governance discussion
 s\, including trade-linked approaches and biodiversity linkages\, and\;Off
 er evidence for donors and programme designers on how flexible\, adaptive 
 funding enables learning and iteration.The Sessions and SpeakersSession 1 
 – Making plastics recovery models viable | 7 MayFor anyone designing\, f
 unding\, or operating plastics recovery systems\, one of the hardest quest
 ions is where genuine commercial viability ends and subsidy-dependence beg
 ins. This session draws on enterprise experience in Kenya and Ghana alongs
 ide a regulatory perspective from Kenya’s National Environmental Managem
 ent Authority (NEMA) to examine which components of plastics recovery mode
 ls prove viable in practice\, and what that means for how programmes and f
 unders structure their support.Speakers: – Mr. Christian Mang’eli\, M
 r Green Africa\, Kenya – Mr. John Adelegan\, RiverRecycle\, Ghana – 
 Mr. David Ong’are\, Director of Compliance\, Kenya National Environmenta
 l Management Authority (NEMA)   Session 2 – Traceability\, standards a
 nd regulatory alignment | 13 MayRigorous traceability can be the differenc
 e between accessing carbon offset markets and investment\, or being locked
  out of them entirely. But compliance requirements can also place unrealis
 tic burdens on small enterprises. This session brings together enterprise 
 experience from Nigeria\, a national regulatory perspective from Ghana and
  a standards-setting perspective from Kenya to examine what proportionate\
 , workable traceability looks like in practice.Speakers: – Mr. Victor B
 oyle-Komolafe\, Founder and CEO\, GIVO\, Nigeria – Ms. Judith Osei-Kumi
 \, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)\, Ghana – Ms. Marxine Waite\, 
 Environmental Coalition on Standards (ECOS)\, Kenya Session 3 – Substit
 utes\, compostability and regional pathways | 20 MayFor policymakers and r
 egional bodies\, the challenge with plastic substitutes is rarely a shorta
 ge of innovation. It is the absence of the policy infrastructure needed to
  bring that innovation to scale. This session examines where substitutes a
 nd compostable materials offer genuine value\, where they risk being overs
 old\, and what the East African Community’s legislative process on singl
 e-use plastics tells us about what regional harmonisation can and cannot a
 chieve.Speakers: – Ms. Faith Macharia\, Partner\, Africa Legal Network 
 (ALN) Kenya – Mr. Ebenezer Laryea\, Associate Professor\, Aston Univers
 ity / Project Director\, FreshPPact SMEP Project – Mr. Henrique Pacini\
 , Economic Affairs Officer\, UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD)  All sessi
 ons will be moderated by Ms. Zoë Lenkiewicz\, Founder of Global Waste Lab
  and Lead Author of the UN Global Waste Management Outlook 2024. https://
 www.unep.org/resources/global-waste-management-outlook-2024\n\nView meetin
 g on unctad.org\nhttps://unctad.org/meeting/webinar-series-making-plastics
 -recovery-work-viability-traceability-and-material-transition
DTSTAMP:20260825T102048Z
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DTSTART:20260512T090000Z
SEQUENCE:0
TRANSP:OPAQUE
DTEND:20260512T110000Z
LOCATION:\, 
SUMMARY:Webinar series: Making plastics recovery work - viability\, traceab
 ility and material transition pathways 
CLASS:PUBLIC
DESCRIPTION:Plastic waste is a growing problem\, and the need for viable\, 
 scalable recovery models is more urgent than ever. Yet the gap between amb
 ition and implementation remains significant. With the global plastics tre
 aty process advancing slowly\, regional frameworks\, trade-linked mechanis
 ms\, and national policy are increasingly where plastics governance is bei
 ng shaped in practice.  Since 2020\, UNCTAD’s SMEP Programme\, funded b
 y UK-FCDO\, has supported plastics end-of-life interventions across Sub-Sa
 haran Africa and South Asia\, testing practical approaches to collection s
 ystems\, recycling models\, traceability\, alternative materials developme
 nt\, and community integration under real-world conditions. As the program
 me approaches its conclusion\, this three-part webinar series brings toget
 her some of the practitioners\, policymakers\, and technical experts invol
 ved in that work to share what they have learned.The aim is to examine whi
 ch approaches are most likely to be viable\, which require ongoing support
 \, and what evidence from these projects can contribute to wider debates o
 n plastics governance\, funding design\, and circular economy practice.REG
 ISTER HERESeries ObjectivesThe series aims to:Share practical learning fro
 m SMEP-supported projects\, with an emphasis on which approaches are most 
 likely to be viable\, which require ongoing support\, and what practitione
 rs would do differently\;Examine what traceability\, standards\, and regul
 atory alignment can realistically deliver for small enterprises in low-cap
 acity contexts\;Explore the policy infrastructure needed to bring innovati
 on in plastic substitutes and alternatives to scale\, and the risks of uni
 ntended consequences where that infrastructure is absent\;Connect implemen
 tation experience to wider regional and multilateral governance discussion
 s\, including trade-linked approaches and biodiversity linkages\, and\;Off
 er evidence for donors and programme designers on how flexible\, adaptive 
 funding enables learning and iteration.The Sessions and SpeakersSession 1 
 – Making plastics recovery models viable | 7 MayFor anyone designing\, f
 unding\, or operating plastics recovery systems\, one of the hardest quest
 ions is where genuine commercial viability ends and subsidy-dependence beg
 ins. This session draws on enterprise experience in Kenya and Ghana alongs
 ide a regulatory perspective from Kenya’s National Environmental Managem
 ent Authority (NEMA) to examine which components of plastics recovery mode
 ls prove viable in practice\, and what that means for how programmes and f
 unders structure their support.Speakers: – Mr. Christian Mang’eli\, M
 r Green Africa\, Kenya – Mr. John Adelegan\, RiverRecycle\, Ghana – 
 Mr. David Ong’are\, Director of Compliance\, Kenya National Environmenta
 l Management Authority (NEMA)   Session 2 – Traceability\, standards a
 nd regulatory alignment | 13 MayRigorous traceability can be the differenc
 e between accessing carbon offset markets and investment\, or being locked
  out of them entirely. But compliance requirements can also place unrealis
 tic burdens on small enterprises. This session brings together enterprise 
 experience from Nigeria\, a national regulatory perspective from Ghana and
  a standards-setting perspective from Kenya to examine what proportionate\
 , workable traceability looks like in practice.Speakers: – Mr. Victor B
 oyle-Komolafe\, Founder and CEO\, GIVO\, Nigeria – Ms. Judith Osei-Kumi
 \, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)\, Ghana – Ms. Marxine Waite\, 
 Environmental Coalition on Standards (ECOS)\, Kenya Session 3 – Substit
 utes\, compostability and regional pathways | 20 MayFor policymakers and r
 egional bodies\, the challenge with plastic substitutes is rarely a shorta
 ge of innovation. It is the absence of the policy infrastructure needed to
  bring that innovation to scale. This session examines where substitutes a
 nd compostable materials offer genuine value\, where they risk being overs
 old\, and what the East African Community’s legislative process on singl
 e-use plastics tells us about what regional harmonisation can and cannot a
 chieve.Speakers: – Ms. Faith Macharia\, Partner\, Africa Legal Network 
 (ALN) Kenya – Mr. Ebenezer Laryea\, Associate Professor\, Aston Univers
 ity / Project Director\, FreshPPact SMEP Project – Mr. Henrique Pacini\
 , Economic Affairs Officer\, UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD)  All sessi
 ons will be moderated by Ms. Zoë Lenkiewicz\, Founder of Global Waste Lab
  and Lead Author of the UN Global Waste Management Outlook 2024. https://
 www.unep.org/resources/global-waste-management-outlook-2024\n\nView meetin
 g on unctad.org\nhttps://unctad.org/meeting/webinar-series-making-plastics
 -recovery-work-viability-traceability-and-material-transition
DTSTAMP:20260825T102048Z
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UID:6a8d6c8074030
DTSTART:20260513T090000Z
SEQUENCE:0
TRANSP:OPAQUE
DTEND:20260513T110000Z
LOCATION:\, 
SUMMARY:Webinar series: Making plastics recovery work - viability\, traceab
 ility and material transition pathways 
CLASS:PUBLIC
DESCRIPTION:Plastic waste is a growing problem\, and the need for viable\, 
 scalable recovery models is more urgent than ever. Yet the gap between amb
 ition and implementation remains significant. With the global plastics tre
 aty process advancing slowly\, regional frameworks\, trade-linked mechanis
 ms\, and national policy are increasingly where plastics governance is bei
 ng shaped in practice.  Since 2020\, UNCTAD’s SMEP Programme\, funded b
 y UK-FCDO\, has supported plastics end-of-life interventions across Sub-Sa
 haran Africa and South Asia\, testing practical approaches to collection s
 ystems\, recycling models\, traceability\, alternative materials developme
 nt\, and community integration under real-world conditions. As the program
 me approaches its conclusion\, this three-part webinar series brings toget
 her some of the practitioners\, policymakers\, and technical experts invol
 ved in that work to share what they have learned.The aim is to examine whi
 ch approaches are most likely to be viable\, which require ongoing support
 \, and what evidence from these projects can contribute to wider debates o
 n plastics governance\, funding design\, and circular economy practice.REG
 ISTER HERESeries ObjectivesThe series aims to:Share practical learning fro
 m SMEP-supported projects\, with an emphasis on which approaches are most 
 likely to be viable\, which require ongoing support\, and what practitione
 rs would do differently\;Examine what traceability\, standards\, and regul
 atory alignment can realistically deliver for small enterprises in low-cap
 acity contexts\;Explore the policy infrastructure needed to bring innovati
 on in plastic substitutes and alternatives to scale\, and the risks of uni
 ntended consequences where that infrastructure is absent\;Connect implemen
 tation experience to wider regional and multilateral governance discussion
 s\, including trade-linked approaches and biodiversity linkages\, and\;Off
 er evidence for donors and programme designers on how flexible\, adaptive 
 funding enables learning and iteration.The Sessions and SpeakersSession 1 
 – Making plastics recovery models viable | 7 MayFor anyone designing\, f
 unding\, or operating plastics recovery systems\, one of the hardest quest
 ions is where genuine commercial viability ends and subsidy-dependence beg
 ins. This session draws on enterprise experience in Kenya and Ghana alongs
 ide a regulatory perspective from Kenya’s National Environmental Managem
 ent Authority (NEMA) to examine which components of plastics recovery mode
 ls prove viable in practice\, and what that means for how programmes and f
 unders structure their support.Speakers: – Mr. Christian Mang’eli\, M
 r Green Africa\, Kenya – Mr. John Adelegan\, RiverRecycle\, Ghana – 
 Mr. David Ong’are\, Director of Compliance\, Kenya National Environmenta
 l Management Authority (NEMA)   Session 2 – Traceability\, standards a
 nd regulatory alignment | 13 MayRigorous traceability can be the differenc
 e between accessing carbon offset markets and investment\, or being locked
  out of them entirely. But compliance requirements can also place unrealis
 tic burdens on small enterprises. This session brings together enterprise 
 experience from Nigeria\, a national regulatory perspective from Ghana and
  a standards-setting perspective from Kenya to examine what proportionate\
 , workable traceability looks like in practice.Speakers: – Mr. Victor B
 oyle-Komolafe\, Founder and CEO\, GIVO\, Nigeria – Ms. Judith Osei-Kumi
 \, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)\, Ghana – Ms. Marxine Waite\, 
 Environmental Coalition on Standards (ECOS)\, Kenya Session 3 – Substit
 utes\, compostability and regional pathways | 20 MayFor policymakers and r
 egional bodies\, the challenge with plastic substitutes is rarely a shorta
 ge of innovation. It is the absence of the policy infrastructure needed to
  bring that innovation to scale. This session examines where substitutes a
 nd compostable materials offer genuine value\, where they risk being overs
 old\, and what the East African Community’s legislative process on singl
 e-use plastics tells us about what regional harmonisation can and cannot a
 chieve.Speakers: – Ms. Faith Macharia\, Partner\, Africa Legal Network 
 (ALN) Kenya – Mr. Ebenezer Laryea\, Associate Professor\, Aston Univers
 ity / Project Director\, FreshPPact SMEP Project – Mr. Henrique Pacini\
 , Economic Affairs Officer\, UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD)  All sessi
 ons will be moderated by Ms. Zoë Lenkiewicz\, Founder of Global Waste Lab
  and Lead Author of the UN Global Waste Management Outlook 2024. https://
 www.unep.org/resources/global-waste-management-outlook-2024\n\nView meetin
 g on unctad.org\nhttps://unctad.org/meeting/webinar-series-making-plastics
 -recovery-work-viability-traceability-and-material-transition
DTSTAMP:20260825T102048Z
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UID:6a8d6c8074034
DTSTART:20260514T090000Z
SEQUENCE:0
TRANSP:OPAQUE
DTEND:20260514T110000Z
LOCATION:\, 
SUMMARY:Webinar series: Making plastics recovery work - viability\, traceab
 ility and material transition pathways 
CLASS:PUBLIC
DESCRIPTION:Plastic waste is a growing problem\, and the need for viable\, 
 scalable recovery models is more urgent than ever. Yet the gap between amb
 ition and implementation remains significant. With the global plastics tre
 aty process advancing slowly\, regional frameworks\, trade-linked mechanis
 ms\, and national policy are increasingly where plastics governance is bei
 ng shaped in practice.  Since 2020\, UNCTAD’s SMEP Programme\, funded b
 y UK-FCDO\, has supported plastics end-of-life interventions across Sub-Sa
 haran Africa and South Asia\, testing practical approaches to collection s
 ystems\, recycling models\, traceability\, alternative materials developme
 nt\, and community integration under real-world conditions. As the program
 me approaches its conclusion\, this three-part webinar series brings toget
 her some of the practitioners\, policymakers\, and technical experts invol
 ved in that work to share what they have learned.The aim is to examine whi
 ch approaches are most likely to be viable\, which require ongoing support
 \, and what evidence from these projects can contribute to wider debates o
 n plastics governance\, funding design\, and circular economy practice.REG
 ISTER HERESeries ObjectivesThe series aims to:Share practical learning fro
 m SMEP-supported projects\, with an emphasis on which approaches are most 
 likely to be viable\, which require ongoing support\, and what practitione
 rs would do differently\;Examine what traceability\, standards\, and regul
 atory alignment can realistically deliver for small enterprises in low-cap
 acity contexts\;Explore the policy infrastructure needed to bring innovati
 on in plastic substitutes and alternatives to scale\, and the risks of uni
 ntended consequences where that infrastructure is absent\;Connect implemen
 tation experience to wider regional and multilateral governance discussion
 s\, including trade-linked approaches and biodiversity linkages\, and\;Off
 er evidence for donors and programme designers on how flexible\, adaptive 
 funding enables learning and iteration.The Sessions and SpeakersSession 1 
 – Making plastics recovery models viable | 7 MayFor anyone designing\, f
 unding\, or operating plastics recovery systems\, one of the hardest quest
 ions is where genuine commercial viability ends and subsidy-dependence beg
 ins. This session draws on enterprise experience in Kenya and Ghana alongs
 ide a regulatory perspective from Kenya’s National Environmental Managem
 ent Authority (NEMA) to examine which components of plastics recovery mode
 ls prove viable in practice\, and what that means for how programmes and f
 unders structure their support.Speakers: – Mr. Christian Mang’eli\, M
 r Green Africa\, Kenya – Mr. John Adelegan\, RiverRecycle\, Ghana – 
 Mr. David Ong’are\, Director of Compliance\, Kenya National Environmenta
 l Management Authority (NEMA)   Session 2 – Traceability\, standards a
 nd regulatory alignment | 13 MayRigorous traceability can be the differenc
 e between accessing carbon offset markets and investment\, or being locked
  out of them entirely. But compliance requirements can also place unrealis
 tic burdens on small enterprises. This session brings together enterprise 
 experience from Nigeria\, a national regulatory perspective from Ghana and
  a standards-setting perspective from Kenya to examine what proportionate\
 , workable traceability looks like in practice.Speakers: – Mr. Victor B
 oyle-Komolafe\, Founder and CEO\, GIVO\, Nigeria – Ms. Judith Osei-Kumi
 \, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)\, Ghana – Ms. Marxine Waite\, 
 Environmental Coalition on Standards (ECOS)\, Kenya Session 3 – Substit
 utes\, compostability and regional pathways | 20 MayFor policymakers and r
 egional bodies\, the challenge with plastic substitutes is rarely a shorta
 ge of innovation. It is the absence of the policy infrastructure needed to
  bring that innovation to scale. This session examines where substitutes a
 nd compostable materials offer genuine value\, where they risk being overs
 old\, and what the East African Community’s legislative process on singl
 e-use plastics tells us about what regional harmonisation can and cannot a
 chieve.Speakers: – Ms. Faith Macharia\, Partner\, Africa Legal Network 
 (ALN) Kenya – Mr. Ebenezer Laryea\, Associate Professor\, Aston Univers
 ity / Project Director\, FreshPPact SMEP Project – Mr. Henrique Pacini\
 , Economic Affairs Officer\, UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD)  All sessi
 ons will be moderated by Ms. Zoë Lenkiewicz\, Founder of Global Waste Lab
  and Lead Author of the UN Global Waste Management Outlook 2024. https://
 www.unep.org/resources/global-waste-management-outlook-2024\n\nView meetin
 g on unctad.org\nhttps://unctad.org/meeting/webinar-series-making-plastics
 -recovery-work-viability-traceability-and-material-transition
DTSTAMP:20260825T102048Z
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BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:6a8d6c8074039
DTSTART:20260515T090000Z
SEQUENCE:0
TRANSP:OPAQUE
DTEND:20260515T110000Z
LOCATION:\, 
SUMMARY:Webinar series: Making plastics recovery work - viability\, traceab
 ility and material transition pathways 
CLASS:PUBLIC
DESCRIPTION:Plastic waste is a growing problem\, and the need for viable\, 
 scalable recovery models is more urgent than ever. Yet the gap between amb
 ition and implementation remains significant. With the global plastics tre
 aty process advancing slowly\, regional frameworks\, trade-linked mechanis
 ms\, and national policy are increasingly where plastics governance is bei
 ng shaped in practice.  Since 2020\, UNCTAD’s SMEP Programme\, funded b
 y UK-FCDO\, has supported plastics end-of-life interventions across Sub-Sa
 haran Africa and South Asia\, testing practical approaches to collection s
 ystems\, recycling models\, traceability\, alternative materials developme
 nt\, and community integration under real-world conditions. As the program
 me approaches its conclusion\, this three-part webinar series brings toget
 her some of the practitioners\, policymakers\, and technical experts invol
 ved in that work to share what they have learned.The aim is to examine whi
 ch approaches are most likely to be viable\, which require ongoing support
 \, and what evidence from these projects can contribute to wider debates o
 n plastics governance\, funding design\, and circular economy practice.REG
 ISTER HERESeries ObjectivesThe series aims to:Share practical learning fro
 m SMEP-supported projects\, with an emphasis on which approaches are most 
 likely to be viable\, which require ongoing support\, and what practitione
 rs would do differently\;Examine what traceability\, standards\, and regul
 atory alignment can realistically deliver for small enterprises in low-cap
 acity contexts\;Explore the policy infrastructure needed to bring innovati
 on in plastic substitutes and alternatives to scale\, and the risks of uni
 ntended consequences where that infrastructure is absent\;Connect implemen
 tation experience to wider regional and multilateral governance discussion
 s\, including trade-linked approaches and biodiversity linkages\, and\;Off
 er evidence for donors and programme designers on how flexible\, adaptive 
 funding enables learning and iteration.The Sessions and SpeakersSession 1 
 – Making plastics recovery models viable | 7 MayFor anyone designing\, f
 unding\, or operating plastics recovery systems\, one of the hardest quest
 ions is where genuine commercial viability ends and subsidy-dependence beg
 ins. This session draws on enterprise experience in Kenya and Ghana alongs
 ide a regulatory perspective from Kenya’s National Environmental Managem
 ent Authority (NEMA) to examine which components of plastics recovery mode
 ls prove viable in practice\, and what that means for how programmes and f
 unders structure their support.Speakers: – Mr. Christian Mang’eli\, M
 r Green Africa\, Kenya – Mr. John Adelegan\, RiverRecycle\, Ghana – 
 Mr. David Ong’are\, Director of Compliance\, Kenya National Environmenta
 l Management Authority (NEMA)   Session 2 – Traceability\, standards a
 nd regulatory alignment | 13 MayRigorous traceability can be the differenc
 e between accessing carbon offset markets and investment\, or being locked
  out of them entirely. But compliance requirements can also place unrealis
 tic burdens on small enterprises. This session brings together enterprise 
 experience from Nigeria\, a national regulatory perspective from Ghana and
  a standards-setting perspective from Kenya to examine what proportionate\
 , workable traceability looks like in practice.Speakers: – Mr. Victor B
 oyle-Komolafe\, Founder and CEO\, GIVO\, Nigeria – Ms. Judith Osei-Kumi
 \, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)\, Ghana – Ms. Marxine Waite\, 
 Environmental Coalition on Standards (ECOS)\, Kenya Session 3 – Substit
 utes\, compostability and regional pathways | 20 MayFor policymakers and r
 egional bodies\, the challenge with plastic substitutes is rarely a shorta
 ge of innovation. It is the absence of the policy infrastructure needed to
  bring that innovation to scale. This session examines where substitutes a
 nd compostable materials offer genuine value\, where they risk being overs
 old\, and what the East African Community’s legislative process on singl
 e-use plastics tells us about what regional harmonisation can and cannot a
 chieve.Speakers: – Ms. Faith Macharia\, Partner\, Africa Legal Network 
 (ALN) Kenya – Mr. Ebenezer Laryea\, Associate Professor\, Aston Univers
 ity / Project Director\, FreshPPact SMEP Project – Mr. Henrique Pacini\
 , Economic Affairs Officer\, UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD)  All sessi
 ons will be moderated by Ms. Zoë Lenkiewicz\, Founder of Global Waste Lab
  and Lead Author of the UN Global Waste Management Outlook 2024. https://
 www.unep.org/resources/global-waste-management-outlook-2024\n\nView meetin
 g on unctad.org\nhttps://unctad.org/meeting/webinar-series-making-plastics
 -recovery-work-viability-traceability-and-material-transition
DTSTAMP:20260825T102048Z
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BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:6a8d6c807403d
DTSTART:20260516T090000Z
SEQUENCE:0
TRANSP:OPAQUE
DTEND:20260516T110000Z
LOCATION:\, 
SUMMARY:Webinar series: Making plastics recovery work - viability\, traceab
 ility and material transition pathways 
CLASS:PUBLIC
DESCRIPTION:Plastic waste is a growing problem\, and the need for viable\, 
 scalable recovery models is more urgent than ever. Yet the gap between amb
 ition and implementation remains significant. With the global plastics tre
 aty process advancing slowly\, regional frameworks\, trade-linked mechanis
 ms\, and national policy are increasingly where plastics governance is bei
 ng shaped in practice.  Since 2020\, UNCTAD’s SMEP Programme\, funded b
 y UK-FCDO\, has supported plastics end-of-life interventions across Sub-Sa
 haran Africa and South Asia\, testing practical approaches to collection s
 ystems\, recycling models\, traceability\, alternative materials developme
 nt\, and community integration under real-world conditions. As the program
 me approaches its conclusion\, this three-part webinar series brings toget
 her some of the practitioners\, policymakers\, and technical experts invol
 ved in that work to share what they have learned.The aim is to examine whi
 ch approaches are most likely to be viable\, which require ongoing support
 \, and what evidence from these projects can contribute to wider debates o
 n plastics governance\, funding design\, and circular economy practice.REG
 ISTER HERESeries ObjectivesThe series aims to:Share practical learning fro
 m SMEP-supported projects\, with an emphasis on which approaches are most 
 likely to be viable\, which require ongoing support\, and what practitione
 rs would do differently\;Examine what traceability\, standards\, and regul
 atory alignment can realistically deliver for small enterprises in low-cap
 acity contexts\;Explore the policy infrastructure needed to bring innovati
 on in plastic substitutes and alternatives to scale\, and the risks of uni
 ntended consequences where that infrastructure is absent\;Connect implemen
 tation experience to wider regional and multilateral governance discussion
 s\, including trade-linked approaches and biodiversity linkages\, and\;Off
 er evidence for donors and programme designers on how flexible\, adaptive 
 funding enables learning and iteration.The Sessions and SpeakersSession 1 
 – Making plastics recovery models viable | 7 MayFor anyone designing\, f
 unding\, or operating plastics recovery systems\, one of the hardest quest
 ions is where genuine commercial viability ends and subsidy-dependence beg
 ins. This session draws on enterprise experience in Kenya and Ghana alongs
 ide a regulatory perspective from Kenya’s National Environmental Managem
 ent Authority (NEMA) to examine which components of plastics recovery mode
 ls prove viable in practice\, and what that means for how programmes and f
 unders structure their support.Speakers: – Mr. Christian Mang’eli\, M
 r Green Africa\, Kenya – Mr. John Adelegan\, RiverRecycle\, Ghana – 
 Mr. David Ong’are\, Director of Compliance\, Kenya National Environmenta
 l Management Authority (NEMA)   Session 2 – Traceability\, standards a
 nd regulatory alignment | 13 MayRigorous traceability can be the differenc
 e between accessing carbon offset markets and investment\, or being locked
  out of them entirely. But compliance requirements can also place unrealis
 tic burdens on small enterprises. This session brings together enterprise 
 experience from Nigeria\, a national regulatory perspective from Ghana and
  a standards-setting perspective from Kenya to examine what proportionate\
 , workable traceability looks like in practice.Speakers: – Mr. Victor B
 oyle-Komolafe\, Founder and CEO\, GIVO\, Nigeria – Ms. Judith Osei-Kumi
 \, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)\, Ghana – Ms. Marxine Waite\, 
 Environmental Coalition on Standards (ECOS)\, Kenya Session 3 – Substit
 utes\, compostability and regional pathways | 20 MayFor policymakers and r
 egional bodies\, the challenge with plastic substitutes is rarely a shorta
 ge of innovation. It is the absence of the policy infrastructure needed to
  bring that innovation to scale. This session examines where substitutes a
 nd compostable materials offer genuine value\, where they risk being overs
 old\, and what the East African Community’s legislative process on singl
 e-use plastics tells us about what regional harmonisation can and cannot a
 chieve.Speakers: – Ms. Faith Macharia\, Partner\, Africa Legal Network 
 (ALN) Kenya – Mr. Ebenezer Laryea\, Associate Professor\, Aston Univers
 ity / Project Director\, FreshPPact SMEP Project – Mr. Henrique Pacini\
 , Economic Affairs Officer\, UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD)  All sessi
 ons will be moderated by Ms. Zoë Lenkiewicz\, Founder of Global Waste Lab
  and Lead Author of the UN Global Waste Management Outlook 2024. https://
 www.unep.org/resources/global-waste-management-outlook-2024\n\nView meetin
 g on unctad.org\nhttps://unctad.org/meeting/webinar-series-making-plastics
 -recovery-work-viability-traceability-and-material-transition
DTSTAMP:20260825T102048Z
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BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:6a8d6c8074041
DTSTART:20260517T090000Z
SEQUENCE:0
TRANSP:OPAQUE
DTEND:20260517T110000Z
LOCATION:\, 
SUMMARY:Webinar series: Making plastics recovery work - viability\, traceab
 ility and material transition pathways 
CLASS:PUBLIC
DESCRIPTION:Plastic waste is a growing problem\, and the need for viable\, 
 scalable recovery models is more urgent than ever. Yet the gap between amb
 ition and implementation remains significant. With the global plastics tre
 aty process advancing slowly\, regional frameworks\, trade-linked mechanis
 ms\, and national policy are increasingly where plastics governance is bei
 ng shaped in practice.  Since 2020\, UNCTAD’s SMEP Programme\, funded b
 y UK-FCDO\, has supported plastics end-of-life interventions across Sub-Sa
 haran Africa and South Asia\, testing practical approaches to collection s
 ystems\, recycling models\, traceability\, alternative materials developme
 nt\, and community integration under real-world conditions. As the program
 me approaches its conclusion\, this three-part webinar series brings toget
 her some of the practitioners\, policymakers\, and technical experts invol
 ved in that work to share what they have learned.The aim is to examine whi
 ch approaches are most likely to be viable\, which require ongoing support
 \, and what evidence from these projects can contribute to wider debates o
 n plastics governance\, funding design\, and circular economy practice.REG
 ISTER HERESeries ObjectivesThe series aims to:Share practical learning fro
 m SMEP-supported projects\, with an emphasis on which approaches are most 
 likely to be viable\, which require ongoing support\, and what practitione
 rs would do differently\;Examine what traceability\, standards\, and regul
 atory alignment can realistically deliver for small enterprises in low-cap
 acity contexts\;Explore the policy infrastructure needed to bring innovati
 on in plastic substitutes and alternatives to scale\, and the risks of uni
 ntended consequences where that infrastructure is absent\;Connect implemen
 tation experience to wider regional and multilateral governance discussion
 s\, including trade-linked approaches and biodiversity linkages\, and\;Off
 er evidence for donors and programme designers on how flexible\, adaptive 
 funding enables learning and iteration.The Sessions and SpeakersSession 1 
 – Making plastics recovery models viable | 7 MayFor anyone designing\, f
 unding\, or operating plastics recovery systems\, one of the hardest quest
 ions is where genuine commercial viability ends and subsidy-dependence beg
 ins. This session draws on enterprise experience in Kenya and Ghana alongs
 ide a regulatory perspective from Kenya’s National Environmental Managem
 ent Authority (NEMA) to examine which components of plastics recovery mode
 ls prove viable in practice\, and what that means for how programmes and f
 unders structure their support.Speakers: – Mr. Christian Mang’eli\, M
 r Green Africa\, Kenya – Mr. John Adelegan\, RiverRecycle\, Ghana – 
 Mr. David Ong’are\, Director of Compliance\, Kenya National Environmenta
 l Management Authority (NEMA)   Session 2 – Traceability\, standards a
 nd regulatory alignment | 13 MayRigorous traceability can be the differenc
 e between accessing carbon offset markets and investment\, or being locked
  out of them entirely. But compliance requirements can also place unrealis
 tic burdens on small enterprises. This session brings together enterprise 
 experience from Nigeria\, a national regulatory perspective from Ghana and
  a standards-setting perspective from Kenya to examine what proportionate\
 , workable traceability looks like in practice.Speakers: – Mr. Victor B
 oyle-Komolafe\, Founder and CEO\, GIVO\, Nigeria – Ms. Judith Osei-Kumi
 \, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)\, Ghana – Ms. Marxine Waite\, 
 Environmental Coalition on Standards (ECOS)\, Kenya Session 3 – Substit
 utes\, compostability and regional pathways | 20 MayFor policymakers and r
 egional bodies\, the challenge with plastic substitutes is rarely a shorta
 ge of innovation. It is the absence of the policy infrastructure needed to
  bring that innovation to scale. This session examines where substitutes a
 nd compostable materials offer genuine value\, where they risk being overs
 old\, and what the East African Community’s legislative process on singl
 e-use plastics tells us about what regional harmonisation can and cannot a
 chieve.Speakers: – Ms. Faith Macharia\, Partner\, Africa Legal Network 
 (ALN) Kenya – Mr. Ebenezer Laryea\, Associate Professor\, Aston Univers
 ity / Project Director\, FreshPPact SMEP Project – Mr. Henrique Pacini\
 , Economic Affairs Officer\, UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD)  All sessi
 ons will be moderated by Ms. Zoë Lenkiewicz\, Founder of Global Waste Lab
  and Lead Author of the UN Global Waste Management Outlook 2024. https://
 www.unep.org/resources/global-waste-management-outlook-2024\n\nView meetin
 g on unctad.org\nhttps://unctad.org/meeting/webinar-series-making-plastics
 -recovery-work-viability-traceability-and-material-transition
DTSTAMP:20260825T102048Z
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BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:6a8d6c8074046
DTSTART:20260518T090000Z
SEQUENCE:0
TRANSP:OPAQUE
DTEND:20260518T110000Z
LOCATION:\, 
SUMMARY:Webinar series: Making plastics recovery work - viability\, traceab
 ility and material transition pathways 
CLASS:PUBLIC
DESCRIPTION:Plastic waste is a growing problem\, and the need for viable\, 
 scalable recovery models is more urgent than ever. Yet the gap between amb
 ition and implementation remains significant. With the global plastics tre
 aty process advancing slowly\, regional frameworks\, trade-linked mechanis
 ms\, and national policy are increasingly where plastics governance is bei
 ng shaped in practice.  Since 2020\, UNCTAD’s SMEP Programme\, funded b
 y UK-FCDO\, has supported plastics end-of-life interventions across Sub-Sa
 haran Africa and South Asia\, testing practical approaches to collection s
 ystems\, recycling models\, traceability\, alternative materials developme
 nt\, and community integration under real-world conditions. As the program
 me approaches its conclusion\, this three-part webinar series brings toget
 her some of the practitioners\, policymakers\, and technical experts invol
 ved in that work to share what they have learned.The aim is to examine whi
 ch approaches are most likely to be viable\, which require ongoing support
 \, and what evidence from these projects can contribute to wider debates o
 n plastics governance\, funding design\, and circular economy practice.REG
 ISTER HERESeries ObjectivesThe series aims to:Share practical learning fro
 m SMEP-supported projects\, with an emphasis on which approaches are most 
 likely to be viable\, which require ongoing support\, and what practitione
 rs would do differently\;Examine what traceability\, standards\, and regul
 atory alignment can realistically deliver for small enterprises in low-cap
 acity contexts\;Explore the policy infrastructure needed to bring innovati
 on in plastic substitutes and alternatives to scale\, and the risks of uni
 ntended consequences where that infrastructure is absent\;Connect implemen
 tation experience to wider regional and multilateral governance discussion
 s\, including trade-linked approaches and biodiversity linkages\, and\;Off
 er evidence for donors and programme designers on how flexible\, adaptive 
 funding enables learning and iteration.The Sessions and SpeakersSession 1 
 – Making plastics recovery models viable | 7 MayFor anyone designing\, f
 unding\, or operating plastics recovery systems\, one of the hardest quest
 ions is where genuine commercial viability ends and subsidy-dependence beg
 ins. This session draws on enterprise experience in Kenya and Ghana alongs
 ide a regulatory perspective from Kenya’s National Environmental Managem
 ent Authority (NEMA) to examine which components of plastics recovery mode
 ls prove viable in practice\, and what that means for how programmes and f
 unders structure their support.Speakers: – Mr. Christian Mang’eli\, M
 r Green Africa\, Kenya – Mr. John Adelegan\, RiverRecycle\, Ghana – 
 Mr. David Ong’are\, Director of Compliance\, Kenya National Environmenta
 l Management Authority (NEMA)   Session 2 – Traceability\, standards a
 nd regulatory alignment | 13 MayRigorous traceability can be the differenc
 e between accessing carbon offset markets and investment\, or being locked
  out of them entirely. But compliance requirements can also place unrealis
 tic burdens on small enterprises. This session brings together enterprise 
 experience from Nigeria\, a national regulatory perspective from Ghana and
  a standards-setting perspective from Kenya to examine what proportionate\
 , workable traceability looks like in practice.Speakers: – Mr. Victor B
 oyle-Komolafe\, Founder and CEO\, GIVO\, Nigeria – Ms. Judith Osei-Kumi
 \, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)\, Ghana – Ms. Marxine Waite\, 
 Environmental Coalition on Standards (ECOS)\, Kenya Session 3 – Substit
 utes\, compostability and regional pathways | 20 MayFor policymakers and r
 egional bodies\, the challenge with plastic substitutes is rarely a shorta
 ge of innovation. It is the absence of the policy infrastructure needed to
  bring that innovation to scale. This session examines where substitutes a
 nd compostable materials offer genuine value\, where they risk being overs
 old\, and what the East African Community’s legislative process on singl
 e-use plastics tells us about what regional harmonisation can and cannot a
 chieve.Speakers: – Ms. Faith Macharia\, Partner\, Africa Legal Network 
 (ALN) Kenya – Mr. Ebenezer Laryea\, Associate Professor\, Aston Univers
 ity / Project Director\, FreshPPact SMEP Project – Mr. Henrique Pacini\
 , Economic Affairs Officer\, UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD)  All sessi
 ons will be moderated by Ms. Zoë Lenkiewicz\, Founder of Global Waste Lab
  and Lead Author of the UN Global Waste Management Outlook 2024. https://
 www.unep.org/resources/global-waste-management-outlook-2024\n\nView meetin
 g on unctad.org\nhttps://unctad.org/meeting/webinar-series-making-plastics
 -recovery-work-viability-traceability-and-material-transition
DTSTAMP:20260825T102048Z
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:6a8d6c807404a
DTSTART:20260519T090000Z
SEQUENCE:0
TRANSP:OPAQUE
DTEND:20260519T110000Z
LOCATION:\, 
SUMMARY:Webinar series: Making plastics recovery work - viability\, traceab
 ility and material transition pathways 
CLASS:PUBLIC
DESCRIPTION:Plastic waste is a growing problem\, and the need for viable\, 
 scalable recovery models is more urgent than ever. Yet the gap between amb
 ition and implementation remains significant. With the global plastics tre
 aty process advancing slowly\, regional frameworks\, trade-linked mechanis
 ms\, and national policy are increasingly where plastics governance is bei
 ng shaped in practice.  Since 2020\, UNCTAD’s SMEP Programme\, funded b
 y UK-FCDO\, has supported plastics end-of-life interventions across Sub-Sa
 haran Africa and South Asia\, testing practical approaches to collection s
 ystems\, recycling models\, traceability\, alternative materials developme
 nt\, and community integration under real-world conditions. As the program
 me approaches its conclusion\, this three-part webinar series brings toget
 her some of the practitioners\, policymakers\, and technical experts invol
 ved in that work to share what they have learned.The aim is to examine whi
 ch approaches are most likely to be viable\, which require ongoing support
 \, and what evidence from these projects can contribute to wider debates o
 n plastics governance\, funding design\, and circular economy practice.REG
 ISTER HERESeries ObjectivesThe series aims to:Share practical learning fro
 m SMEP-supported projects\, with an emphasis on which approaches are most 
 likely to be viable\, which require ongoing support\, and what practitione
 rs would do differently\;Examine what traceability\, standards\, and regul
 atory alignment can realistically deliver for small enterprises in low-cap
 acity contexts\;Explore the policy infrastructure needed to bring innovati
 on in plastic substitutes and alternatives to scale\, and the risks of uni
 ntended consequences where that infrastructure is absent\;Connect implemen
 tation experience to wider regional and multilateral governance discussion
 s\, including trade-linked approaches and biodiversity linkages\, and\;Off
 er evidence for donors and programme designers on how flexible\, adaptive 
 funding enables learning and iteration.The Sessions and SpeakersSession 1 
 – Making plastics recovery models viable | 7 MayFor anyone designing\, f
 unding\, or operating plastics recovery systems\, one of the hardest quest
 ions is where genuine commercial viability ends and subsidy-dependence beg
 ins. This session draws on enterprise experience in Kenya and Ghana alongs
 ide a regulatory perspective from Kenya’s National Environmental Managem
 ent Authority (NEMA) to examine which components of plastics recovery mode
 ls prove viable in practice\, and what that means for how programmes and f
 unders structure their support.Speakers: – Mr. Christian Mang’eli\, M
 r Green Africa\, Kenya – Mr. John Adelegan\, RiverRecycle\, Ghana – 
 Mr. David Ong’are\, Director of Compliance\, Kenya National Environmenta
 l Management Authority (NEMA)   Session 2 – Traceability\, standards a
 nd regulatory alignment | 13 MayRigorous traceability can be the differenc
 e between accessing carbon offset markets and investment\, or being locked
  out of them entirely. But compliance requirements can also place unrealis
 tic burdens on small enterprises. This session brings together enterprise 
 experience from Nigeria\, a national regulatory perspective from Ghana and
  a standards-setting perspective from Kenya to examine what proportionate\
 , workable traceability looks like in practice.Speakers: – Mr. Victor B
 oyle-Komolafe\, Founder and CEO\, GIVO\, Nigeria – Ms. Judith Osei-Kumi
 \, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)\, Ghana – Ms. Marxine Waite\, 
 Environmental Coalition on Standards (ECOS)\, Kenya Session 3 – Substit
 utes\, compostability and regional pathways | 20 MayFor policymakers and r
 egional bodies\, the challenge with plastic substitutes is rarely a shorta
 ge of innovation. It is the absence of the policy infrastructure needed to
  bring that innovation to scale. This session examines where substitutes a
 nd compostable materials offer genuine value\, where they risk being overs
 old\, and what the East African Community’s legislative process on singl
 e-use plastics tells us about what regional harmonisation can and cannot a
 chieve.Speakers: – Ms. Faith Macharia\, Partner\, Africa Legal Network 
 (ALN) Kenya – Mr. Ebenezer Laryea\, Associate Professor\, Aston Univers
 ity / Project Director\, FreshPPact SMEP Project – Mr. Henrique Pacini\
 , Economic Affairs Officer\, UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD)  All sessi
 ons will be moderated by Ms. Zoë Lenkiewicz\, Founder of Global Waste Lab
  and Lead Author of the UN Global Waste Management Outlook 2024. https://
 www.unep.org/resources/global-waste-management-outlook-2024\n\nView meetin
 g on unctad.org\nhttps://unctad.org/meeting/webinar-series-making-plastics
 -recovery-work-viability-traceability-and-material-transition
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SUMMARY:Webinar series: Making plastics recovery work - viability\, traceab
 ility and material transition pathways 
CLASS:PUBLIC
DESCRIPTION:Plastic waste is a growing problem\, and the need for viable\, 
 scalable recovery models is more urgent than ever. Yet the gap between amb
 ition and implementation remains significant. With the global plastics tre
 aty process advancing slowly\, regional frameworks\, trade-linked mechanis
 ms\, and national policy are increasingly where plastics governance is bei
 ng shaped in practice.  Since 2020\, UNCTAD’s SMEP Programme\, funded b
 y UK-FCDO\, has supported plastics end-of-life interventions across Sub-Sa
 haran Africa and South Asia\, testing practical approaches to collection s
 ystems\, recycling models\, traceability\, alternative materials developme
 nt\, and community integration under real-world conditions. As the program
 me approaches its conclusion\, this three-part webinar series brings toget
 her some of the practitioners\, policymakers\, and technical experts invol
 ved in that work to share what they have learned.The aim is to examine whi
 ch approaches are most likely to be viable\, which require ongoing support
 \, and what evidence from these projects can contribute to wider debates o
 n plastics governance\, funding design\, and circular economy practice.REG
 ISTER HERESeries ObjectivesThe series aims to:Share practical learning fro
 m SMEP-supported projects\, with an emphasis on which approaches are most 
 likely to be viable\, which require ongoing support\, and what practitione
 rs would do differently\;Examine what traceability\, standards\, and regul
 atory alignment can realistically deliver for small enterprises in low-cap
 acity contexts\;Explore the policy infrastructure needed to bring innovati
 on in plastic substitutes and alternatives to scale\, and the risks of uni
 ntended consequences where that infrastructure is absent\;Connect implemen
 tation experience to wider regional and multilateral governance discussion
 s\, including trade-linked approaches and biodiversity linkages\, and\;Off
 er evidence for donors and programme designers on how flexible\, adaptive 
 funding enables learning and iteration.The Sessions and SpeakersSession 1 
 – Making plastics recovery models viable | 7 MayFor anyone designing\, f
 unding\, or operating plastics recovery systems\, one of the hardest quest
 ions is where genuine commercial viability ends and subsidy-dependence beg
 ins. This session draws on enterprise experience in Kenya and Ghana alongs
 ide a regulatory perspective from Kenya’s National Environmental Managem
 ent Authority (NEMA) to examine which components of plastics recovery mode
 ls prove viable in practice\, and what that means for how programmes and f
 unders structure their support.Speakers: – Mr. Christian Mang’eli\, M
 r Green Africa\, Kenya – Mr. John Adelegan\, RiverRecycle\, Ghana – 
 Mr. David Ong’are\, Director of Compliance\, Kenya National Environmenta
 l Management Authority (NEMA)   Session 2 – Traceability\, standards a
 nd regulatory alignment | 13 MayRigorous traceability can be the differenc
 e between accessing carbon offset markets and investment\, or being locked
  out of them entirely. But compliance requirements can also place unrealis
 tic burdens on small enterprises. This session brings together enterprise 
 experience from Nigeria\, a national regulatory perspective from Ghana and
  a standards-setting perspective from Kenya to examine what proportionate\
 , workable traceability looks like in practice.Speakers: – Mr. Victor B
 oyle-Komolafe\, Founder and CEO\, GIVO\, Nigeria – Ms. Judith Osei-Kumi
 \, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)\, Ghana – Ms. Marxine Waite\, 
 Environmental Coalition on Standards (ECOS)\, Kenya Session 3 – Substit
 utes\, compostability and regional pathways | 20 MayFor policymakers and r
 egional bodies\, the challenge with plastic substitutes is rarely a shorta
 ge of innovation. It is the absence of the policy infrastructure needed to
  bring that innovation to scale. This session examines where substitutes a
 nd compostable materials offer genuine value\, where they risk being overs
 old\, and what the East African Community’s legislative process on singl
 e-use plastics tells us about what regional harmonisation can and cannot a
 chieve.Speakers: – Ms. Faith Macharia\, Partner\, Africa Legal Network 
 (ALN) Kenya – Mr. Ebenezer Laryea\, Associate Professor\, Aston Univers
 ity / Project Director\, FreshPPact SMEP Project – Mr. Henrique Pacini\
 , Economic Affairs Officer\, UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD)  All sessi
 ons will be moderated by Ms. Zoë Lenkiewicz\, Founder of Global Waste Lab
  and Lead Author of the UN Global Waste Management Outlook 2024. https://
 www.unep.org/resources/global-waste-management-outlook-2024\n\nView meetin
 g on unctad.org\nhttps://unctad.org/meeting/webinar-series-making-plastics
 -recovery-work-viability-traceability-and-material-transition
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