Project STOP: city partnerships to prevent ocean plastics in Indonesia
An estimated 80% of marine plastic litter comes from land-based sources, with 50% originating from just five Asian economies: China, Indonesia, the Philippines, Vietnam and Thailand*. As economic growth has increased in these countries, so has plastic consumption, which has outpaced the development...
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| author | Martin R. Stuchtey Ben Dixon Joi Danielson Jason Hale Dorothea Wiplinger Phan Bai |
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| description | An estimated 80% of marine plastic litter comes from land-based sources, with 50% originating from just five Asian economies: China, Indonesia, the Philippines, Vietnam and Thailand*. As economic growth has increased in these countries, so has plastic consumption, which has outpaced the development of effective solid waste management systems. That is why the first STOP city partnership was launched in 2018 in Muncar, a city of 130,000 residents in Banyuwangi Regency, East Java, Indonesia. The goal of Project STOP is to create an economically viable “zero leakage” system that involves state-based systems, communities and the informal sector, and that can be sustained through secure government revenues, household and business collection fees and valorization of waste. Project STOP has three objectives: zero leakage of waste into the environment; increased resource efficiency and recycling of plastics; and benefits for the local community by creating new jobs in the waste management system and reducing the impacts of mismanaged waste on public health, tourism and fisheries.Early insights from Project STOP’s scoping activities, system design and first six months of system change implementation are presented in three areas: 1) An integrated “value chain engineering” approach is key to system change, 2) Institutions, governance and community factors are critical, 3) Economic incentives are a great tool to develop recycling initiatives. Action-innovation partnerships at the city level – Project STOP and many others – can provide much-needed insight into the challenges and potential solutions that could accelerate change toward a plastic system that works, and an environment free from plastic waste.* Jenna R. Jambeck et al., “Plastic Waste Inputs from Land into the Ocean,” Science 347, no. 6223 (2015): 768–71, doi:10.1126/science.1260352. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-4f60dc462eec40069f6c17ec39e9c0242022-12-21T19:48:46ZengInstitut Veolia EnvironnementField Actions Science Reports1867-139X1867-85212019-03-018691Project STOP: city partnerships to prevent ocean plastics in IndonesiaMartin R. StuchteyBen DixonJoi DanielsonJason HaleDorothea WiplingerPhan BaiAn estimated 80% of marine plastic litter comes from land-based sources, with 50% originating from just five Asian economies: China, Indonesia, the Philippines, Vietnam and Thailand*. As economic growth has increased in these countries, so has plastic consumption, which has outpaced the development of effective solid waste management systems. That is why the first STOP city partnership was launched in 2018 in Muncar, a city of 130,000 residents in Banyuwangi Regency, East Java, Indonesia. The goal of Project STOP is to create an economically viable “zero leakage” system that involves state-based systems, communities and the informal sector, and that can be sustained through secure government revenues, household and business collection fees and valorization of waste. Project STOP has three objectives: zero leakage of waste into the environment; increased resource efficiency and recycling of plastics; and benefits for the local community by creating new jobs in the waste management system and reducing the impacts of mismanaged waste on public health, tourism and fisheries.Early insights from Project STOP’s scoping activities, system design and first six months of system change implementation are presented in three areas: 1) An integrated “value chain engineering” approach is key to system change, 2) Institutions, governance and community factors are critical, 3) Economic incentives are a great tool to develop recycling initiatives. Action-innovation partnerships at the city level – Project STOP and many others – can provide much-needed insight into the challenges and potential solutions that could accelerate change toward a plastic system that works, and an environment free from plastic waste.* Jenna R. Jambeck et al., “Plastic Waste Inputs from Land into the Ocean,” Science 347, no. 6223 (2015): 768–71, doi:10.1126/science.1260352.http://journals.openedition.org/factsreports/5409action-innovation partnershipszero leakage systeminformal sectorplastic value chain |
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| title | Project STOP: city partnerships to prevent ocean plastics in Indonesia |
| title_full | Project STOP: city partnerships to prevent ocean plastics in Indonesia |
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| title_short | Project STOP: city partnerships to prevent ocean plastics in Indonesia |
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| topic | action-innovation partnerships zero leakage system informal sector plastic value chain |
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