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Senegal

Actions and Progress on Marine Plastic Litter
Last Update : 2023/03/14

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

Measures

Achievements

Prevention and reduction of plastic waste generation

Charge for single-use plastic products (e.g. shopping bags, straws)

  Comments:
Single-use plastics are prohibited.
Actions for encouraging sustainable / circular product design
Names of actions:

  • the plastic law has introduced a tax on non-recyclable plastic products
  • awareness activities to encourage alternatives to plastic products

We see a positive improvement from last two years

Comments:
The taxation measure is still not yet implemented.

Measures

Achievements

Environmentally sound waste management

Enforcement of proper waste management system

Names of actions:
setting up of standardized waste collection points
We see a positive improvement from last two years
Prevention of littering, illegal dumping and unintentional leakage of waste into the ocean

Names of actions:
The implementation of legislation such as the Environmental Code and the Plastic Law

Brief description:
In general, the Environmental Code prohibits either the dischargement or the dumping of waste in marine waters.

We see a positive improvement from last two years

Measures

Achievements

Promotion of innovative solutions

Policy actions for encouraging plastic alternatives (e.g. biodegradable plastics, circular product design – including use of recycled materials or closed-loop recycling)

Names of actions:
awareness activities to encourage alternatives to plastic products

Brief description:
the development and implementation of a communication strategy based on press briefings, media interventions, skits and commercials.

We see a positive improvement from last two years

Comments:
We have noted a real reduction in single-use plastic products (disappearance of plastic cups and bags replaced by paper products)

Public-private partnerships for creating and implementing innovative solution
  We see a positive improvement from last two years

Measures

Achievements

Education and awareness raising

Education system for encouraging public awareness on MPL issues

the development and implementation of a communication strategy based on press briefings, media interventions, skits and commercials; We do not see any particular trend
Awareness raising campaigns related to MPL

National level:

Brief description:
Awareness campaigns on plastic pollution in general are conducted through the development and implementation of a communication strategy based on press briefings, media interventions, skits and commercials

National level:

We do not see any particular trend

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

– lack of alternative products
– need to effectively run the EPR regime by:

・ establishing specifications for the eco-organism, and
・ setting up an eco-organism in accordance with the plastics law, and

– need to address the integration of recycled plastic into new products manufactured by existing plants
– need to channel investments into waste infrastructure

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

Contact details

Ministère de l’Environnement et du Développement durable
– Monsieur Cheikh NDIAYE SYLLA : Director of Cabinet of the Minister of Environment and Sustainable Development
cheikh.syllan@gmail.com

– Monsieur Baba DRAME : Director of the Environment and Classified Establishments
babadrame@gmail.com

– Madame Khadidiatou DRAME : incharge of legal affairs at the Directorate of Environment and Classified Establishments
dikhadrame@yahoo.fr

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