In partnership with The Energy and Research Institute, India, be Waste Wise structured a series of workshops to train five municipal corporations in India to improve their access to global knowledge related to waste management.
In 2020, the Netherlands Institute for Sustainable Packaging (KIDV) published a detailed report titled “The State of Sustainable Packaging” which explores how the international packaging industry can use recycling and circularity to achieve intrinsic sustainability ultimately.
KIDV wanted to create a live webcast discussing sustainable packaging with diverse stakeholders to release the publication to a larger audience. be Waste Wise joined the team to strategize and structure the webinar.
The final webinar, “Beyond closing the loops: PackForward - Join the future of sustainable packaging,” was a 2-hour livecast with a roundtable. The panelists included Chris Bruijnes, Managing Director, KIDV; Roland ten Klooster, Professor of Packaging Design, Twente University; Robbert de Vreede, VP of Food and Drink for Unilever; and Tom Szaky, CEO, Terracycle, moderated by Tracy Sutton, Founder and Lead Consultant of Root.
Between 2016-18, be Waste Wise managed the TD Pushpom and James Grant towards the advocacy for decentralized waste management in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India. Implemented by Thanal, the project aimed to spread the message of decentralized source-level waste management to 49000 households and establish source-level composting equipment at interested households.
In addition to vocational and technical training, the project also mapped all material recovery facilities and waste dumps in the city. The Thanal team also worked with the City Corporation to formulate the Green Protocol guidelines for preventing the use of disposable plastic products in the city. The city responded to the campaign by banning the sale and use of plastic carry bags, disposable plastic cups, plates, and plastic-lined paper cups.
Circulate Capital published a report titled “Safeguarding the Plastic Recycling Value Chain: Insights from COVID-19 Impact in South and Southeast Asia”, which explored the impacts of the global pandemic on the plastic recycling value chain across five countries – India, Indonesia, Philippines, Vietnam, and Thailand.
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