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Young Plastics

Building collective ownership of single-use plastics waste in youth communities: case studies from Kenya, Jamaica, and Malawi

This project addresses the impact from pollution by single-use plastics (SUP) waste, designing intervention tools such as social media campaigns, school presentations and competitions, schools/universities collaborative projects and policy recommendations and guidelines which will have an impact on the reduction of SUP waste and will support the attainment of the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals.

Key objektives

The specific issue we are addressing is the impact from pollution by SUP waste. Our project will support the objectives of Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) 8 to promote economic development and sustainable growth; 11 to make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable; 12 to ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns; 14 to conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development; and 15 to protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems. Our objective is to design intervention tools such as social media campaigns, school presentations and competitions, schools/universities collaborative projects and policy recommendations and guidelines which will have an impact on the reduction of SUP waste and will support the attainment of the SDGs.

All the members of the research team are members of the Governing Plastics Network (GPN) and involved in one or more of the projects on plastics under that umbrella. This project would add an important opportunity for building and developing the impact outcomes of the GPN. The GPN is linked to the Surrey Special Interest Group on Plastics in the Environment which is chaired by the PI, Prof Malcolm.
We are also building on the Earth Ambassadeurs programme which includes research work undertaken by Dr Clayton (CMU, Jamaica). Earth Ambassadeurs is a nonprofit environmental body committed to using education and science to raise awareness and find solutions to marine litter and is a member of the UN Global Partnership on Marine Litter.

Partners in the project will be:

  • Kenya partner: Prof Nicholas Otienoh Oguge, CASELAP, University of Nairobi, Kenya (nicholas.oguge@uonbi.ac.ke)

  • Jamaica partner: Dr Andrea Clayton (aclayton@faculty.cmu.edu.jm) (Caribbean Maritime University)

  • Malawi lead partner: Prof Dr Thoko Kaime (Thoko.Kaime@uni-bayreuth.de) (Chair of African Legal Systems, University of Bayreuth, Germany)

  • Malawi co-partner: Tisungeni Tikhalenawo Kaime (tisukaime@gmail.com), (Catholic University of Malawi
  • We are building on an existing partnership in Kenya with Prof Oguge who is PI on the Governance project and Co-I on the Wicked project. We have two collaborative agreements in place with University of Nairobi for these two projects which fall under the Governing Plastics Network. 

  • Dr Andrea Clayton and Prof Dr Thoko Kaime are already partners in the two GCRF funded Governing Plastics Network projects mentioned above and terms of reference are in place for their involvement on these projects.

  • Tisungeni Tikhalenawo Kaime has previously been a funded collaborator in the QR GCRF project: ‘A rapid, high level analysis of water safety planning in rural communities using groundwater sources in Uganda and Malawi’ (2019 – 2020).

Want to know more about the plastic polution in Malawi?

Watch Prof Dr Kaime on Plastic Pollution Snapshots: Malawi Part 1 Part 2

Watch Ms Tisungeni Kaime of the Catholic University of Malawi describes the challenges of putting Malawi's environmental management policies into practice and what can be done to overcome them. Watch here


Verantwortlich für die Redaktion: Kevin König

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