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Business and Industry

Recommendation 1: Educate employees on proper disposal techniques and the impacts of plastics more broadly.


Business and Industry

Recommendation 5: Research plastic alternatives to promote materials innovation.


Countries

Recommendation 17: Consider developing and implementing curricula on environmental justice, including training courses for government employees and partners so they may recognize, report, and address actual and potential injustices.


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Recommendation 18: Educate consumers on the full life cycle of plastics, the waste management stream, and how to reduce their own production and creation of waste.


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Recommendation 20: Regularly monitor waterways for plastics and leachates.


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Recommendation 21: Integrate monitoring programs into government initiatives, including waste management efforts, education, and housing, to track and report on impacts. The most successful examples of legislation and regulation will include provisions for monitoring.


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Recommendation 23: Improve monitoring of sources of plastic waste, including imports, exports, diversion rates, and proportion of current waste management volume.


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Recommendation 25: Document the locations and compositions of fenceline communities, including historical context and health impacts.


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Recommendation 26: Collaborate with national authorities on international policies and agreements related to waste management.


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Recommendation 27: Increase coordination between SDGs and waste management legislation.


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