Senegal

Policy framework

National Action Plan

Name:
National action plan for the implementation of the plastic law.

Brief description:
The national action plan is developed as part of the implementation of the plastic law. It takes into account the prevention and fight against marine plastic pollution. This national action plan doesn’t specifically address the actually existing plastic pollution in the marine environment.

Legal framework

Name:
law n°2020-04 of January 8, 2020 relating to the prevention and the reduction of the impact on the environment of plastic products

Brief description:
Senegal, through this law, wants to limit the production and importation of plastic products with high environmental impact, while accelerating the dynamics in implementing the circular economy.
To achieve this goal, the law provides a range of measures including:

• the ban of single-use or disposable plastic products for which there are sustainable alternatives, (Cups, straws, plates, knives, forks, …)
• prohibition of checkout’s plastic bags,
• introduction of a plastic bottle deposit system, which is intended to be a good way to improve the collection rate and treatment of the resulting waste,
• setting target for integrating recycled plastic into new products made of or manufactured from plastic materials
• introduction of an Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) regime which obliges producers to take responsibility for the products they place on the market when they become waste
• introduction of a tax on products made from non-recyclable plastic materials

The law does not specifically target marine plastic pollution, but it helps prevent the marine environment from plastic pollution.

Measures

Challenges

• Recycling system improvement
• Proper waste management system (including lack of local capacity)
• Data collection related to marine plastic litter
• Lack of financial incentives for waste treatment in general
• Lack of financial incentives for technology development
• Others

Best practices

National level

• organization of seizure operations in supermarkets, gas stations, supermarkets, production plants, markets, stores, etc.
• training and awareness-raising activities
• use of alternative products;

Local level

• organization of seizure operations in supermarkets, gas stations, supermarkets, production plants, markets, stores, etc.
• awareness-raising activities
• use of alternative products;

Private sector

• abandonment of prohibited plastics products

International cooperation

• co-sponsor of the resolution on plastic pollution