Governing Plastics Network
The Governing Plastics Network was jointly created by the University of Nairobi in Kenya and the Â鶹ÊÓƵ in the UK, and is funded by UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) through the Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF).
Since the Network was established, we have broadened our reach, creating new projects with partners across Europe, East Africa, the Caribbean, Brazil and Australia, and engaging with the process of building and implementing the United Nations legally binding instrument on plastic pollution. Research across our projects is funded by the UKRI/GCRF, AHRC, EPSRC and UGPN.
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Symposium on plastic waste colonialism
The Governing Plastics Network’s Professor Rosalind Malcolm will be speaking at a symposium on Friday 11th April at Zone2Source in Amsterdam marking the exhibition Material Flows: The Hidden Afterlives of Plastic Waste.
The symposium charts how the flow of plastic waste from the developing world to Southeast Asia perpetuates inequalities, reframing dialogue on plastic pollution amongst researchers, artists, designers and activists around waste colonialism. Click for further details and tickets.
Plastics in the Circular Economy Research at the Â鶹ÊÓƵ
The Governing Plastics network is allied with the Plastics in the Circular Economy research programme at the Â鶹ÊÓƵ, which is part of Surrey's Institute for Sustainability.
Find out more about this research tackles different stages of the plastics cycle by exploring our new interactive online .
Projects
The network works with policy makers, scientists, NGOs and other stakeholders in Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda and is now engaging with development of the UN Global Plastics Treaty and its implementation across developing nations in general and Brazil in particular.
Search the database
A wealth of articles and policy documents related to plastic governance can be found here in the network's searchable document repository, providing a forum for knowledge and information exchange.
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Professor Nicholas Oguge and Professor Rosalind Malcolm describe how the network examines plastics governance systems across Africa and around the world to develop innovative new approaches to governing plastics waste.
New Governing Plastics Network blog series
The network's latest series features extensive day-by-day coverage of the INC treaty negotiations for building the UN Legally Binding Instrument on Plastic Waste.
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- Email: gpnp@uonbi.ac.ke
- Telephone: 20-2247968/318262 Ext 28364
- Address: Centre for Advanced Studies in Environmental Law and Policy, University of Nairobi, P.O. Box 30197-00100, Nairobi
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