Official development finance in solid waste management reveals insufficient resources for tackling plastic pollution: A global analysis of two decades of data

IF 11.2 1区环境科学与生态学 Q1 ENGINEERING, ENVIRONMENTAL

Resources Conservation and Recycling Pub Date : 2024-10-15 DOI:10.1016/j.resconrec.2024.107918

David J. Lerpiniere , David C. Wilson , Costas A. Velis

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Providing effective solid waste and resources management (SWM) is essential to tackle plastics pollution, reduce carbon emissions and local air pollution from open burning, avoid disease spreading and enable circularity. Official development finance (ODF) is vital in providing relevant infrastructure and capacity development. We developed a novel standardised methodology to analyse OECD ODF data and applied it to 2003–2021, offering insights on the scale, flows and changes in SWM ODF. Despite an 8-fold increase, SWM-focused ODF is still very low, representing just 0.41 % of all ODF; and an order of magnitude less than water and sanitation ODF. Low-income countries received only 8 % of SWM ODF. Total commitments in 2021 were ca. 1.8 Billion USD - significantly short of the >30 Billion USD investment estimated as necessary for substantially reducing plastics pollution. The multi-lateral environmental agreement under negotiation (‘Plastics Treaty) needs to set ambitious targets for ODF and wider international co-operation.

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固体废物管理方面的官方发展融资显示，用于解决塑料污染的资源不足：对二十年数据的全球分析

提供有效的固体废物和资源管理（SWM）对于解决塑料污染、减少露天焚烧造成的碳排放和当地空气污染、避免疾病传播和实现循环至关重要。官方发展融资（ODF）在提供相关基础设施和能力发展方面至关重要。我们开发了一种新颖的标准化方法来分析经合组织的官方发展资金数据，并将其应用于 2003-2021 年，从而为我们提供了有关 SWM 官方发展资金的规模、流量和变化的见解。尽管增长了 8 倍，但以 SWM 为重点的 ODF 仍然很低，仅占所有 ODF 的 0.41%；比供水和卫生 ODF 低一个数量级。低收入国家仅获得了 8%的全部门办法下可持续发展目标。2021 年的承诺总额约为 18 亿美元。18 亿美元，远远低于大幅减少塑料污染所需的 300 亿美元投资。正在谈判的多边环境协定（《塑料条约》）需要为全境自净和更广泛的国际合作设定雄心勃勃的目标。

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Resources Conservation and Recycling 环境科学-工程：环境

CiteScore

22.90

自引率

6.10%

发文量

625

审稿时长

23 days

期刊介绍： The journal Resources, Conservation & Recycling welcomes contributions from research, which consider sustainable management and conservation of resources. The journal prioritizes understanding the transformation processes crucial for transitioning toward more sustainable production and consumption systems. It highlights technological, economic, institutional, and policy aspects related to specific resource management practices such as conservation, recycling, and resource substitution, as well as broader strategies like improving resource productivity and restructuring production and consumption patterns. Contributions may address regional, national, or international scales and can range from individual resources or technologies to entire sectors or systems. Authors are encouraged to explore scientific and methodological issues alongside practical, environmental, and economic implications. However, manuscripts focusing solely on laboratory experiments without discussing their broader implications will not be considered for publication in the journal.