RMC

Earlier this Sunday, the UNICEF in partnership with RMC engaged adolescent waste collectors in Johnsonville Township, Montserrado County.

The overall objectives of the task are in threefold:

Firstly, to analyze the issues, constraints, potential risks within the current plastic waste management and recycling value chain, as well as to explore the involvement of vulnerable adolescents youth in the value chain, and to benefit from clean environment and income-generating activities in Liberia.

Secondly, to examine the characteristics that influence waste management practices in families, communities, and schools.

Lastly, to identify best practices and innovative solutions for plastic waste management in Liberia and neighboring countries, such as Sierra Leone and Ghana, with a regional perspective.

Key activities to be implemented include:

1: Profile the current situation of the market for plastic waste management and recycling services and products via research.

2: Engage and Map existing actors and stakeholders involved in plastic waste management and recycling market, including, but not limited to the international and local private sector, public sector, community-based organizations and development partners (e.g., consumers, government agencies, and bulk material suppliers).

3: Identify and investigate policies (government and non-government) that support or restrict the development and growth of plastic waste management and recycling market.

4: Identify consumer preferences, perceived benefits and drawbacks of currently available options, a price range of new products to be developed and possible service/business models and support services, which have the potential to scale up the availability of affordable plastic waste management and recycling services and products in Liberia.

5: Identify the knowledge, attitude and practices of plastic waste management and recycling in families, communities, health facilities (excluding medical waste) and schools, especially in slum areas, and understand the characteristics that influence waste management practices.

6: Identify best practices and innovative solutions, including options for waste-to-product,
​for plastic waste management in Liberia and in neighboring countries (esp. Sierra Leone and Ghana).

It is worth noting that throughout this research process, the RMC team will engage with Government Authorities, SMEs, CBEs, Civil Society Organizations, the Private Sector, Formal and In-formal Waste Collectors and Young people.

Earlier this Sunday, the UNICEF in partnership with RMC engaged adolescent waste collectors in Johnsonville Township, Montserrado County.

The overall objectives of the task are in threefold:

Firstly, to analyze the issues, constraints, potential risks within the current plastic waste management and recycling value chain, as well as to explore the involvement of vulnerable adolescents youth in the value chain, and to benefit from clean environment and income-generating activities in Liberia.

Secondly, to examine the characteristics that influence waste management practices in families, communities, and schools.

Lastly, to identify best practices and innovative solutions for plastic waste management in Liberia and neighboring countries, such as Sierra Leone and Ghana, with a regional perspective.

Key activities to be implemented include:

1: Profile the current situation of the market for plastic waste management and recycling services and products via research.

2: Engage and Map existing actors and stakeholders involved in plastic waste management and recycling market, including, but not limited to the international and local private sector, public sector, community-based organizations and development partners (e.g., consumers, government agencies, and bulk material suppliers).

3: Identify and investigate policies (government and non-government) that support or restrict the development and growth of plastic waste management and recycling market.

4: Identify consumer preferences, perceived benefits and drawbacks of currently available options, a price range of new products to be developed and possible service/business models and support services, which have the potential to scale up the availability of affordable plastic waste management and recycling services and products in Liberia.

5: Identify the knowledge, attitude and practices of plastic waste management and recycling in families, communities, health facilities (excluding medical waste) and schools, especially in slum areas, and understand the characteristics that influence waste management practices.

6: Identify best practices and innovative solutions, including options for waste-to-product,
​for plastic waste management in Liberia and in neighboring countries (esp. Sierra Leone and Ghana).

It is worth noting that throughout this research process, the RMC team will engage with Government Authorities, SMEs, CBEs, Civil Society Organizations, the Private Sector, Formal and In-formal Waste Collectors and Young people.

We are grateful to the UNICEF Liberia, the Johnsonville Township and to our team for their superb efforts and performance in today’s FGDs.