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. Policy Brief: Curbing River Plastic Pollution and empowering Nepal’s Informal Waste Sector. GRID-Arendal, 2025, Arendal, Norway.
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(2025). Policy Brief: Curbing River Plastic Pollution and empowering Nepal’s Informal Waste Sector. Arendal, Norway: GRID-Arendal.
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. Policy Brief: Curbing River Plastic Pollution and empowering Nepal’s Informal Waste Sector. Arendal, Norway: GRID-Arendal, 2025.
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, 2025. Policy Brief: Curbing River Plastic Pollution and empowering Nepal’s Informal Waste Sector. Arendal, Norway: GRID-Arendal.
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. Policy Brief: Curbing River Plastic Pollution and empowering Nepal’s Informal Waste Sector. Arendal, Norway: GRID-Arendal; 2025 Feb 22.
Publications Policy Brief: Curbing River Plastic Pollution and empowering Nepal’s Informal Waste Sector

Policy Brief: Curbing River Plastic Pollution and empowering Nepal’s Informal Waste Sector

22 Feb 2025

The brief contains recommendations for Nepali policy- and decision-makers to prevent plastic pollution in Kathmandu, Nepal by empowering informal recyclers, through lessons learned in the 3-year RIPL project. The project was financed by the Norwegian Retailers' Environment Fund, with additional support from Norad.


Banner photo credit: DOKO Recyclers.

Status: Completed

Type: Brochures and Briefs

Year of publication: 2025

Publisher: GRID-Arendal

Place of publication: Arendal, Norway

Tags: circular economy gender equality Himalayas mountains Nepal plastic waste waste management informal recycling wastepicker

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