An Overview Of Our Solution
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Working towards reducing the use of single-use plastic and plastic bags as well as recycling plastic bottles and bags across all households, through the use of nudging and promotin recyclingstations in local communities
- Population Impacted: 10,000 to 500,000
- Continent:
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Context Analysis
Based on experience from Denmark, it is the vision that local recycling stations for glass, plastic, paper and metal can be installed in areas with high population, in order to prevent an excess of waste being dumped directly in nature, and contaminating water and polluting the oceans.
Describe the technical solution you wanted the target audience to adopt
As described. Recycling stations, strategically placed in order for populations to dispose of waste in a safe manner, ratherthan dumping wastein nature. Recycling stations to be services by local government, creating waste collection services.
Type of intervention
Describe your behavioral intervention
Through NGOs, UNDP and commercial waste disposal companies, using nudging to educate populations with the benefits of keeping a tidy environment. Improve access to clean water through clean environment.
As needed, please explain the type of intervention in more detail
Getting a dialogue going with local environmental agencies, and install recycling facilities in highly populated areas.
Describe your implementation
As previous. Through UNDP and local environmental agencies, implement recycling stations in order to keep a clean environment and curb plastic pollution
External connections
Danish MFA and UNDP.
Who adopted the desired behaviors and to what degree?
The solution is implemented in Denmark, and serviced by local government. In addition, you have large facilities for recycling larger items, available in all constituencies in Denmark. Burning facilities are used in Denmark to power heating in winter.
How did you impact natural resource use and greenhouse gas emissions?
The burning facilities burn "clean", reducing the amount of CO2 released into the atmosphere. The size of the burning facilities are scaled for the local population where the energy will be used.
What were some of the resulting co-benefits?
A local chain of stores Rema1000 have started an initiative to eliminate single-use plastic in their supplychain.
Sustainability
It is envisaged that UNDP sponsorship an commercial sponsorship will be required. Overa period of 5-10 years the recycling initiativeshould be close to self sustainable
Return on investment
No business casehas been produced yet.
How could we successfully replicate this solution elsewhere?
It is a working part of Denmark's infrastructure, servicing dailly 5,6m people. Funding requirements depends on detailed business case, which is to be completed.