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Our work

Together with our local partners, UNIDO has made a global contribution to achieving a circular world. Our work focuses on innovative, sustainable solutions to tackle the global plastic pollution by empowering industries, fostering circular economy practices, and supporting global initiatives to protect our oceans and promote sustainable development.

Locations of our works

Plastic circular economy locations map
Support for transitioning from conventional plastics to more environmentally sustainable alternatives project photo

Support for transitioning from conventional plastics to more environmentally sustainable alternatives

South Africa

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Promoting sustainable plastic value chains through circular economy practices project image

Promoting sustainable plastic value chains through circular economy practices

Nigeria

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Supporting the promotion of circular economy practices on single-use plastic value chain

Egypt

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Study on available sustainable alternative materials to plastics, and innovative packaging and recycling technologies that meet market needs in Africa to reduce plastics leakages to the environment project image

Study on available sustainable alternative materials to plastics, and innovative packaging and recycling technologies that meet market needs in Africa to reduce plastics leakages to the environment

Africa (Egypt, Kenya, Nigeria)

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People cleaning beach from plastic waste

Promoting circular economy and resource efficiency in plastic value chains in Fiji

Fiji

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