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To develop a waste stream-specific (plastic) roadmap and pilot project for the circular economy in Zambia.

Specific objectives:

1. Assessment of the waste management practices for the six waste streams (plastics, metals, glass, paper, household waste, agricultural waste), identifying and developing an up-to-date guide to key stakeholders, existing public and private sector initiatives, and policies and insights in waste generation and processing.
2. Identify potential opportunities and barriers to shifting to a more circular waste management system.
3. Selection of a prioritized waste stream showing the highest potential for transition to circularity.
4. Developing a national roadmap for the selected waste stream is a management tool for the implementation phase aimed at creating new businesses, innovation, and technology transfer.
5. The conceptualization of a pilot project will include potential benefits in economic, social, institutional, and environmental terms.

Target Group(s): The target groups were the NDE Zambia, Zambia National Government, government agencies, waste management organizations, informal waste players, and households.

Impact: 

• Conducted a successful study to assess the current state of the circular economy in the waste sector in Zambia.
• Analyzed policy gaps and provided recommendations for Zambia’s transition to circularity.
• Designed a conceptualized pilot project for the circular economy in Zambia.

Aided Zambia in designing a waste stream roadmap for attaining a circular economy in the waste sector, specifically focusing on plastic. This roadmap includes short-, medium-, and long-term recommendations for, among others, appropriate technologies, legal reforms, policies and regulations, and market engagement.