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Governing plastic waste management in the Republic of Cyprus
According to the National Guidance for Plastic Pollution Hotspotting and Shaping Action Report for the Republic of Cyprus1 ,the plastic waste generation per capita is very high, and amounts to 94 kg/cap/year (> 53 kg/, cap/year, world average from Jambeck et al. 2015), of which up to 11 kg/…
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Governing plastic waste management in Menorca
In Menorca, plastic waste per capita generation (60 kg/cap/year) is close to the Western Europe average (64 kg/cap year), according to the National Guidance for Plastic Pollution Hotspotting and Shaping Action Report for Menorca. 1 One of the main problems that has been detected in this study is…
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Policy and Legal Recommendations in Menorca
As a result of the previous gap analysis, the Plastic Hotspot Assessment1 and the stakeholders’ consultation, we will hereafter provide a series of recommendations, which will help achieve the targets.
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Policy and Legal Recommendations in the Republic of Cyprus
As a result of the previous gap analysis, the plastic hotspot assessment and the stakeholders’ consultation, we will hereafter provide a series of recommendations.
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Action Plan to prevent plastic waste in the Republic of Cyprus 2030
The Republic of Cyprus has the highest per-capita plastic waste generation in Europe. Around 8-10% of this plastic is either mismanaged or leaks into the environment. This is due to the fact that the island state in the Mediterranean Sea has a big tourism sector, with up to 4 million tourists on…
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This IUCN economic brief is based on the dissertation “Economic assessment of a deposit refund system, an instrument for the implementation of a circular economy solution to reduce plastic waste in Menorca, Spain”, developed in fulfilment of International Master of Science in Sustainable and…
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Plastic Waste Free Islands in the Mediterranean
Widely regarded as one of the most threatened environments in the world, the Mediterranean Sea is subject now to ubiquitous plastic pollution. As a result of high population densities, lack of consistent waste-management schemes, and large influxes of tourists and strategic merchant navigation,…
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This policy brief has been prepared as part of the ‘Plastic Waste Free Islands - Mediterranean’ (PWFI-Med) project, which is implemented in Menorca (Spain) and the Republic of Cyprus by IUCN, the International Union for Conservation of Nature, and funded by the Didier and Martine Primat…