Theme: Plastics and Plastic Pollution

Investing in the Waste and Circularity Sector in Kenya Plastic Waste Management Guide

Aspen Network of Development Entrepreneurs (ANDE)

Charlotte Badenoch, Hugo Le Blay, Marie De Greef

Type: Reports and Publications
Theme/Sector: Waste Management, Plastics and Plastic Pollution, Waste and Pollution, Pollution
Year: 2025

Navigating Environmental Policy Change: Lessons from Kenya?s Plastic Bag Ban for a Just Transition of MSMEs

International Labour Organization (ILO)

Type: Reports and Publications
Theme/Sector: Plastics and Plastic Pollution, MSMEs, Governance,
Year: 2025

Household Plastic Waste Management Strategies For Socio-economic And Environmental Sustainability In Eldoret City, Kenya

European Centre for Research Training and Development

Moses Kamau Kariuki, Otieno Ezekiel Juma, Diana Christabel Natecho Wekesa, Loktary Ywapamoy Paul, Robert Githinji, Pamela Engairo, Lucy Wanza, Bor Gilbert, Beatrice Jemaiyo

Type: Research and Academic
Theme/Sector: Plastics and Plastic Pollution, Circular Economy, Uasin Gishu County
Year: 2025

Unraveling The Second-Hand Clothing Industry: A Case Study Of H&M?s Campaign Let?s Close The Loop

Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU)

Ella Ihre

Type: Research and Academic
Theme/Sector: Plastics and Plastic Pollution, Circular Economy, Civil Society, Health and Climate Change
Year: 2025

Pwani Focus 2025

WWF Kenya

Mohamed Awer, Asma Awadh

Type: Reports and Publications
Theme/Sector: Blue Economy and Coastal Ecosystems, Plastics and Plastic Pollution, Circular Economy, Climate Change Impacts
Year: 2025

Africa Community Sensitisation Guidebook: 101 To Organising For The Global Plastics Treaty

Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives (GAIA)

Type: Reports and Publications
Theme/Sector: Plastics and Plastic Pollution, Civil Society, Health and Climate Change, Chemicals and Waste
Year: 2024

Fast Fashion, Slow Poison

Greenpeace Africa

Sam Quashie-Idun

Type: Reports and Publications
Theme/Sector: Plastics and Plastic Pollution, Civil Society, Chemicals and Waste, Health and Climate Change
Year: 2024

Health Aspects Of The Proposed Treaty To End Plastic Pollution

World Health Organization (WHO)

Type: Reports and Publications
Theme/Sector: Plastics and Plastic Pollution, Health and Climate Change, Chemicals and Waste, Civil Society
Year: 2024

Assessing Effects Of Polythene Waste On The Urban Environment In Bungoma Town, Kenya

International Journal for Multidisciplinary Research

Godfrey Wekesa Wafula, Dr. Amos Ngira, Dr. William Sakataka, Martin Wandie

Type: Research and Academic
Theme/Sector: Bungoma County, Plastics and Plastic Pollution, Waste Management, Health and Climate Change
Year: 2024

Making Plastic Polluters Pay: How Cities And States Can Recoup The Rising Costs Of Plastic Pollution

Center for International Environmental Law

Steven Feit, Patrick Boyle, Carroll Muffett, Ka?sha Bernard

Type: Reports and Publications
Theme/Sector: Plastics and Plastic Pollution, Civil Society, Chemicals and Waste, Health and Climate Change
Year: 2024

Coastal Plastic Circular Economy

USAID

Type: Research and Academic
Theme/Sector: Blue Economy and Coastal Ecosystems, Circular Economy, Plastics and Plastic Pollution
Year: 2024

Waste Wise Cities & African Clean Cities Platform Newsletter Issue 19

UN-Habitat

Agharese Onaghise, Kentaro Hotta, Ryota Okiguchi, Priyen Tanna

Type: Reports and Publications
Theme/Sector: Circular Economy, Plastics and Plastic Pollution, Waste Management, Governance
Year: 2024

Navigating Successful Policy Reform: Reducing Plastic Pollution in Kenya

La Trobe University

Clare Cummings, Francis Oremo

Type: Research and Academic
Theme/Sector: Plastics and Plastic Pollution, Pollution
Year: 2023

Trashion: The stealth export of waste plastic clothes to Kenya

Changing Markets

Urska Trunk, George Harding-Rolls, Ximena Banegas, Nusa Urbancic, Mario Rautner, Veena Holkar

Type: Reports and Publications
Theme/Sector: Plastics and Plastic Pollution, Pollution, Waste Management
Year: 2023

Assessment Of Plastics Reduction Strategies In The Kenyan Hospitality Industry In Post Covid-19 Era

American Research Institute for Policy Development

Kabii Francis, John K.M. Wandaka, Samuel K. Mwaura

Type: Research and Academic
Theme/Sector: Plastics and Plastic Pollution, COVID-19, Tourism and Wildlife, Nairobi County
Year: 2023

Kenya design for recycling guidelines for plastic packaging for pet bottles

Kenya Plastic Pact

Type: Reports and Publications
Theme/Sector: Plastics and Plastic Pollution, Pollution
Year: 2023

Towards a Just and Inclusive Transition for Waste Pickers in the Plastics Treaty and Circular Economy

Centre for Environmental Justice and Development

Type: Reports and Publications
Theme/Sector: Plastics and Plastic Pollution, Circular Economy, Waste Management
Year: 2023

East Africa Regional Workshop On Single Use Plastics (Sups)

ALN Academy, International Conservation Caucus Foundation Group, Flipflopi Project Foundation

Type: Reports and Publications
Theme/Sector: East Africa, Plastics and Plastic Pollution, Cities and Climate Change, Circular Economy
Year: 2023

Trashion: The Stealth Export Of Waste Plastic Clothes To Kenya

Changing Markets Foundation

Urska Trunk, George Harding-Rolls, Ximena Banegas, Nusa Urbancic, Mario Rautner, Veena Holkar

Type: Reports and Publications
Theme/Sector: Plastics and Plastic Pollution, Pollution, Climate Change Impacts, Nairobi County
Year: 2023

The plastic bag ban in Kenya; A study on consumer perceptions and attitudes following the plastic bag ban in Nairobi,Kenya

Sodertorn University

Sauda Luzze

Type: Research and Academic
Theme/Sector: Plastics and Plastic Pollution, Pollution
Year: 2023

Global Governance Of Plastics And Associated Chemicals

UNEP

Type: Reports and Publications
Theme/Sector: Plastics and Plastic Pollution, Chemicals and Waste, Circular Economy, Policy and Legislation
Year: 2023

Legal Framework On Waste Management In Kenya And Other African Countries

ALN Kenya

Huldah Ateka

Type: Reports and Publications
Theme/Sector: Plastics and Plastic Pollution, Chemicals and Waste, Civil Society, Policy and Legislation
Year: 2023

Hazardous Chemicals in Plastic Products and Food Chain in Kenya

Centre for Environmental Justice and Development

Type: Reports and Publications
Theme/Sector: Plastics and Plastic Pollution, Food Security
Year: 2023

Reducing Plastic Pollution In Kenya: Navigating Successful Policy Reform

The Asia Foundation, La Trobe University

Clare Cummings, Francis Oremo

Type: Research and Academic
Theme/Sector: Africa, Policy and Legislation, Plastics and Plastic Pollution, Cities and Climate Change
Year: 2023

Managing plastic waste crisis in Kenyan urban centers with the circular economy approach

Tampere University of Applied Sciences

Kelvin Getanda

Type: Research and Academic
Theme/Sector: Circular Economy, Plastics and Plastic Pollution, Waste Management
Year: 2023

Regulation Of Hazardous Chemicals In Plastic Products Is Urgently Needed In Kenya

, Heinrich Böll Foundation

Type: Reports and Publications
Theme/Sector: Plastics and Plastic Pollution, Chemicals and Waste, Circular Economy,
Year: 2023

The Environmental Justice Impacts Of Plastic Pollution

Environmental Law Institute (ELI)

Type: Reports and Publications
Theme/Sector: Plastics and Plastic Pollution, Chemicals and Waste, Civil Society, Climate Justice
Year: 2023

Towards A Just And Inclusive Transition For Waste Pickers In The Plastics Treaty And Circular Economy

Type: Reports and Publications
Theme/Sector: Plastics and Plastic Pollution, Circular Economy, Chemicals and Waste, Civil Society
Year: 2023

Accelerating the Circular Economy in Plastic Waste Management for Kenya

Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis (KIPPRA)

Type: Research and Academic
Theme/Sector: Circular Economy, Plastics and Plastic Pollution, Pollution, Waste and Pollution
Year: 2022

Kenya Plastics Pact Roadmap To 2030

Kenya Private Sector Alliance (KEPSA)

Type: Reports and Publications
Theme/Sector: Plastics and Plastic Pollution, Circular Economy, Civil Society, Chemicals and Waste
Year: 2022

Improving The Municipal Solid Waste Management System In Taita Taveta County Through The Go Blue Project

County Government of Taita Taveta

Type:
Theme/Sector: Taita Taveta County, Circular Economy, Plastics and Plastic Pollution, Environment and Natural Resources
Year: 2022

Plastic Pollution in Africa: Identifying Policy Gaps and Opportunities

World Wide Fund (WWF)

Lorren de Kock, Zaynab Sadan

Type: Reports and Publications
Theme/Sector: Africa, Plastics and Plastic Pollution, Pollution, Waste and Pollution
Year: 2022

Plastic waste management and recycling in Mombasa, Kenya: A scoping study of the value chain and its institutional, policy and regulatory frameworks

Stockholm Environment Institute

Daniel Ddiba, George Njoroge, Jaee Nikam

Type: Reports and Publications
Theme/Sector: Counties, Mombasa County, Plastics and Plastic Pollution, Pollution, Waste and Pollution
Year: 2022

Plastic waste management and recycling in Mombasa,Kenya; A scoping study of the value chain and its institutional,policy and regulatory frameworks

Stockholm Environment Institute

George Njoroge, Jaee Nikam, Daniel Ddiba

Type: Research and Academic
Theme/Sector: Plastics and Plastic Pollution, Circular Economy, Waste Management, Mombasa County
Year: 2022

Sustainable Plastic Waste Management for Youth

Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis (KIPPRA)

B. Koech, M. Maina, D. Migwa, R. Ngugi

Type: Research and Academic
Theme/Sector: Plastics and Plastic Pollution, Women Gender and Youth, Waste Management
Year: 2022

Plastic Pollution Policy Country Profile: Kenya

Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions

Madison Griffin, Rachel Karasik

Type: Research and Academic
Theme/Sector: Plastics and Plastic Pollution
Year: 2022

The Toxic Plastic Waste Trade- A Case Study of Muoroto Slum in Mombasa,Kenya

Eco-Ethics Kenya (EEK)

Brian Gicheru, Gordian Kimbio

Type: Research and Academic
Theme/Sector: Plastics and Plastic Pollution, Pollution
Year: 2021

The Toxic Plastic Waste Trade-- A Case Study of Muoroto Slum in Mombasa,Kenya

International Pollutants Elimination Network (IPEN)

Brian Gicheru, Gordian Kimbio

Type: Research and Academic
Theme/Sector: Plastics and Plastic Pollution, Waste Management
Year: 2021

Kenyaâ??s Plastic Bag Ban: Exploring Behind the Countryâ??s Green Diplomacy

International Institute of Social Studies

Type: Research and Academic
Theme/Sector: Plastics and Plastic Pollution, Pollution
Year: 2021

Increasing Circularity In Africa’s Plastics Sector

African Circular Economy Alliance

Type: Reports and Publications
Theme/Sector: Africa, Circular Economy, Plastics and Plastic Pollution, Pollution, Waste and Pollution
Year: 2020

National Guidance for Plastic Pollution Hotspotting and Shaping Action

International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)

Type: Reports and Publications
Theme/Sector: Plastics and Plastic Pollution, Pollution, Waste and Pollution
Year: 2020

National Guidance for Plastic Pollution Hotspoting and Shaping Action

EA-QUANTIS

Dr. Paola Paruta, Alexandre Bouchet, Guillaume Billard, Dr. Julien Boucher

Type: Reports and Publications
Theme/Sector: Plastics and Plastic Pollution, Pollution
Year: 2020

Panics over Plastics: A Matter of Belonging in Kenya

Harvard University

George Paul Meiu

Type: Research and Academic
Theme/Sector: Plastics and Plastic Pollution, Pollution
Year: 2020

National Guidance For Plastic Pollution Hotspotting and Shaping Action,Country report Kenya

International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)

Dr. Paola Paruta, Alexandre Bouchet, Guillaume Billard, Dr. Julien Boucher,

Type: Reports and Publications
Theme/Sector: Plastics and Plastic Pollution, Pollution
Year: 2020

Sustainable Building and living,focus on plastics

Dr Beate Kummer, Dr Alexis Bazzanella, Dr Claudio Cinquemani, Professor Klaus Kümmerer

Type: Reports and Publications
Theme/Sector: Sustainable Lifestyles, Plastics and Plastic Pollution, Pollution
Year: 2020

Accelerating a Circular Economy in Kenya

Kenya Association of Manufacturers

Type: Reports and Publications
Theme/Sector: Plastics and Plastic Pollution, Circular Economy, Waste Management
Year: 2019

The comparative political economy of plastic bag bans in East Africa: why implementation has varied in Rwanda,Kenya and Uganda

University of Manchester

Pritish Behuria

Type: Research and Academic
Theme/Sector: East Africa, Plastics and Plastic Pollution
Year: 2019

Circular Economy Measures: An Opportunity for Rethinking Plastics Waste Governance in Kenya

Law Environment and Development Journal

Nicholas O. Oguge

Type: Research and Academic
Theme/Sector: Circular Economy, Plastics and Plastic Pollution
Year: 2019

Plastic case study - tourism in Kenya

Encounter Edu

Type: Research and Academic
Theme/Sector: Plastics and Plastic Pollution, Pollution, Tourism and Wildlife
Year: 2019

The Efficacy of the ban on use of plastic bags in Kenya

Journal of Conflict Management and Sustainable Development

John Kariuki Njuguna

Type: Research and Academic
Theme/Sector: Plastics and Plastic Pollution, Pollution
Year: 2018

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