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Sustainable Plastic Attitudes to Benefit Communities and their Environments (SPACES)


Co-investigators:
Henry Chilobwe
Social sciences

Project details


Status: COMPLETED
From: 2022 To: 2025

The project was about understanding the public health and environmental effects of plastic pollution in Malawi. The study area was Ndirande where data will be collected through observations, household interviews and focus group discussions with residents, market leaders, vendors and distributors of plastics. At the local level the study also had key in-depth interviews with municipal authorities, civil society groups and producers and manufacturers of plastics while at the national level the study interacted with key informant interviews with Government ministries, officials, regulators of the environment and development partners,

Funding

With funding from University of Durham

Organization

University of Malawi

Partners

University of Malawi