Replacing Single Use Plastic Commodities in the Economy of Suriname

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Basel Convention Regional Centre for Training and Technology Transfer for the Caribbean (BCRC-Caribbean), Suriname Waste Management Foundation (SUWAMA)

In Suriname, less than 10% of all plastic waste is recycled - most of it ends up in landfills, burned, or dumped into the environment, including in rivers. As recycling options are limited and managing plastic waste remains a challenge in Suriname, alternative solutions to deal with plastic at the source need to be sought.

For this reason, the Basel Convention Regional Centre for Training and Technology Transfer for the Caribbean (BCRC-Caribbean), in collaboration with the Suriname Waste Management Foundation (SUWAMA), is undertaking a project - "Replacing single use plastic commodities in the economy of Suriname".

The project is part of the Basel and Stockholm Conventions’ Regional Centre Small Grants Programme on Plastic Waste that aims to improve the management of plastic waste in partner countries and contribute to the prevention and significant reduction of marine pollution.

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Suriname
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