Plastic Waste Data Modelling Across Six Islands

As part of the IUCN Plastic Waste Free Islands project, funded by Norad and implemented across six island nations, Dr. Amardeep Wander led a project team that undertook waste data collection and material flow modelling across all countries. The work produced plastic generation, disposal, and leakage profiles that formed the basis of business process modelling, economic impact studies, and downstream market development work by partner organizations. The project was part of IUCN’s global Close the Plastic Tap Programme and contributed to a growing evidence base for circular economy solutions in Small Island Developing States. Amardeep led this work as director of APWC.

Summary

Client: IUCN
Funded by: IUCN
Timeline: 2019 to 2022
Countries: Samoa, Fiji, Vanuatu, Antigua and Barbuda, St. Lucia, Grenada 
Year: 2020
Client: IUCN