Substitutes for single-use plastics in sub-Saharan Africa and south Asia: Case studies from Bangladesh, Kenya and Nigeria
This paper assesses the economic and technical feasibility of the production, deployment and scale-up of substitutes for single-use plastics (SUPs) in selected countries in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. A shift towards SUP substitutes could be one means of addressing the growing environmental and health challenges, including marine pollution, posed by the mismanagement of plastic waste in these regions....