GEF

The GEF-8 (the eighth replenishment of resources of the GEF Trust Fund) Programming Directions (2022-2026) stipulated a strategy addressing pollution reduction related to plastic pollution especially in the Chemicals and Waste Focal Area, Circular Solutions to Plastic Pollution Integrated Program, Clean and Healthy Ocean Integrated Program, Sustainable Cities Integrated Program. The GEF has emphasized public-private partnerships in its regional and national investments to implement the strategy.
 
The GEF has funded several projects during the GEF-7 and GEF-8 (mainly Integrated Programme) period which directly and indirectly address marine plastic litter issues (introduced in questionnaire 3), building on previous investments, analyses and partnerships to address the lifecycle of marine plastics with targeted interventions that emphasize circular solutions, public-private partnerships and on the ground investments.

Implementing Sustainable Low and Non-Chemical Development in SIDS (ISLANDS) | GEF (thegef.org)
To prevent the build-up of materials and chemicals in the environment that contain POPS and Mercury and other harmful chemicals in SIDS, and to manage and dispose of existing harmful chemicals and materials in SIDS including marine plastic litter.

Circular Solutions to Plastic Pollution | GEF (thegef.org)
To transition towards a circular economy of plastics in the food and beverage sector, to prevent plastic pollution.

Reduce marine plastics and plastic pollution in Latin American and Caribbean cities through a circular economy approach | GEF (thegef.org)
Reducing marine plastics and plastic pollution in the Latin America and the Caribbean region by facilitating circular actions at the city level to accelerate the transition to a circular economy, in line with government and business commitments on addressing marine plastics and plastic pollution.

Promoting Resource Efficiency and Circularity to Reduce Plastic Pollution for Asia and the Pacific | GEF (thegef.org)
To create enabling conditions for governments and relevant stakeholders to promote actions to reduce plastic pollution from source to sea in Asia and the Pacific.

Plastik Sulit: Accelerating Circular Economy for Difficult Plastics in Indonesia | GEF (thegef.org)
To reduce plastic pollution and support Indonesia’s transition to a circular plastics economy through a multi-stakeholder value chain approach demonstrated at city level.

Establishing a circular economy framework for the plastics sector in Ghana | GEF (thegef.org)
To strengthen the national capacity of Ghana to transition to a circular economy framework that addresses plastic leak-age into the country’s oceans and waterways, facilitates sustainable plastics management through operationalising the National Plastic Action Partnership (NPAP-GPAP) and the National Plastic Management Policy (NPMP; and ultimately ends marine plastic pollution and reduces the unintentional emissions of POPs (u-POPs).

Life Cycle Management Project in Plastic Industry in China | GEF
The project aims to eliminate the production and use of problematic and avoidable plastics, reduce and prevent toxic and hazardous chemicals release, improve the plastic reuse and recycling system, and promote the utilization of low-value plastic waste, thus facilitating the transformation of plastics industry towards circularity and zero waste in China.