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PLASTIC CREDITS: WHAT ARE THEY?

Lincoln Journal Star 04 Dec 2023
At Verra's event in Nairobi, Linscott said plastic credits can help low and middle income countries get the financing to establish and scale up waste management infrastructure and its program helps increase global recycling collection and recycling capacity.
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In Some Neighborhoods in Drought-Prone Kenya, Clean Water Is Scarce

Voa News 03 Dec 2023
Machakos' local government has been desilting and cleaning up the river, but most of the pollution, including plastic bags and bottles, happens upstream, where residents in poorer areas of Nairobi dump waste into the Nairobi River that then flows into the Athi River.
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In some neighborhoods in drought-prone Kenya, clean water is scarce. Filters are one solution

Wtop 03 Dec 2023
Machakos’ local government has been desilting and cleaning up the river, but most of the pollution, including plastic bags and bottles, happens upstream, where residents in poorer areas of Nairobi dump waste into the Nairobi River that then flows into the Athi River.
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PLASTIC REDITS: WHAT ARE THEY?

The Bismarck Tribune 03 Dec 2023
At Verra's event in Nairobi, Linscott said plastic credits can help low and middle income countries get the financing to establish and scale up waste management infrastructure and its program helps increase global recycling collection and recycling capacity.
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The global plastic crisis and how to tackle its growing hazards

Deccan Herald 03 Dec 2023
The enactment of a legally binding global plastics treaty proposed for next year by the United Nations will help tackle the global plastic crisis and realise the goal of a zero-waste world.&nbsp;</p>.<p><em>(The writer is Lead Author, Global Environment Outlook-7, UNEP, Nairobi, Kenya)</em></p> .
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UAE announces $100,000 award winners for innovative ideas in vital fields at COP28

Khaleejtimes 03 Dec 2023
Energy, Efficiency and Waste ... Remarkably, over 98% of materials like copper end up as waste, stored in TSFs ... While Nairobi produces 480 tons of daily plastic waste, of which it only recycles 45%, water hyacinth wreaks havoc in over 70 countries, blocking waterways and causing significant economic loss.
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Winners of Prototypes for Humanity 2023 Award’s $100,000 prize announced at COP28

Emirates 24/7 03 Dec 2023
Energy, Efficiency and Waste ... Remarkably, over 98% of materials like copper end up as waste, stored in TSFs ... While Nairobi produces 480 tons of daily plastic waste, of which it only recycles 45%, water hyacinth wreaks havoc in over 70 countries, blocking waterways and causing significant economic loss.
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Oil Interests Impede Progress on Plastic Treaty

The Maritime Executive 28 Nov 2023
Plastic waste isn’t just about the physical litter we see, Congdon adds ... We also contacted the Alliance to End Plastic Waste, another industry group that was in Nairobi, but received no response ... Our water bodies are choking, and dumpsites are full of plastics which form 20% of the 2,400 tonnes of waste generated daily in Nairobi alone.
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US production of planet-heating fuels hits record levels

The Hill 27 Nov 2023
U.S ... treaty negotiation earlier this month that aimed to stem the rising tide of plastic waste. At negotiations in Nairobi, fossil fuel and petrochemical representatives argued that plastic waste could be addressed without slowing plastic production — an argument, activists noted, that the industry has made since at least the 1970s ...The U.S ... ....
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At talks on cutting plastics pollution, plastic credits are on the table. What are they?

Auburnpub dot com 22 Nov 2023
At Verra’s event in Nairobi, Linscott said plastic credits can help low- and middle- income countries get the financing to establish and scale up waste management infrastructure and its program helps increase global recycling collection and recycling capacity ... It said in a statement that it is one of many solutions for plastic waste.
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Plastic credits: What are they? 5 things to know as nations begin talks on plastics pollution

Auburnpub dot com 22 Nov 2023
At Verra’s event in Nairobi, Linscott said plastic credits can help low- and middle- income countries get the financing to establish and scale up waste management infrastructure and its program helps increase global recycling collection and recycling capacity.
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UNEP says negotiations for global plastic treaty making headway

China.dot.org 20 Nov 2023
NAIROBI, Nov. 20 (Xinhua) -- The negotiations for a legally binding international treaty to eliminate plastic waste that concluded in Nairobi, the Kenyan capital, Sunday evening have borne some fruit, the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) said Monday ... released in Nairobi.
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UN plastic treaty talks grapple with re-use, recycle, reduce debate

The News International 20 Nov 2023
A heap of plastic waste can be seen on the shore ... NAIROBI ... Negotiators, who have spent a week meeting in the Kenyan capital at talks known as INC3, have until the end of next year to strike a deal for the control of plastics, which produce an estimated 400 million tonnes of waste every year.
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Plastics plan useless, groups say

Arkansas Democrat-Gazette 18 Nov 2023
NAIROBI, Kenya -- ... At Verra's event in Nairobi, Linscott said plastic credits can help low- and middle-income countries get the financing to establish and to scale up waste management infrastructure, and its program helps increase global recycling collection and recycling capacity.
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At talks on cutting plastics pollution, plastics credits are on the table. What are they?

Bowling Green Daily News 17 Nov 2023
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) ... At Verra’s event in Nairobi, Linscott said plastic credits can help low- and middle- income countries get the financing to establish and scale up waste management infrastructure and its program helps increase global recycling collection and recycling capacity.
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