Closing_the_Loop_on_Waste_Plastics_Through_Heritage_Boat_Building_fa3fb51194.pdf

Business case

Impact on increased knowledge and understanding as a result of the case study

Increase Awareness

Impact on the ease of innovation, and facilitating uptake of innovations

Innovation

Minimise waste through diversion: Instead of sending waste to landfill, it is redirected into other industrial processes for handling, treatment, recycling, recovery, or reuse in various forms. 

Minimise waste through design: At the outset of a process of project, plan and design such that there is zero waste or minimal waste during production, use, and at end of life. 

Minimise Waste (SDG12)

Collection programmes that process products and parts for reuse or recycling within other industries

Open loop collection

Transforming waste products, materials for reuse within other industries

Open loop upcycling

Engaging in discussions with government bodies and policymakers to push for regulations that support the circular economy

Advocacy for circular economy policy

Conduct research

Participatory governance mechanisms

Advocate for circular change

Bans

Raise awareness and run information campaigns about  strategies for and impacts of the circular economy in different contexts.

Communication and awareness

Awareness raising events

Information campaigns

Impacts

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A framework of policy instruments that enabled and encourage the transition to the circular economy

Policy Instruments

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A framework of policy instruments that enable and stimulate the transition to the circular economy

The principles of a circular economy concern designing out waste, regenerating ecosystems and keeping items in use. Decoupling the economy from material flows—improving the rate of resource productivity faster than the economic growth rate—is also a consistent guide. By evolving with the growing number of applications of circular economy principles, and consolidating these strategies across thematic areas, Circle Economy’s Key Elements Framework (KE) renders the elements of the circular economy salient and serves as a basis to derive contextual strategies and interventions. 


The Framework consists of:
- Core Elements: Activities directly handling product or material flows; and uniquely,
- Enabling Elements: those that remove obstacles for core actors.


Key elements of the circular economy

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Circle Economy's framework of strategies and activities that define the circular economy

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Based on the work of [Bocken et al. (2016)](https://www.researchgate.net/publication/309699661_Product_design_and_business_model_strategies_for_a_circular_economy), the Four Flows Framework serves as a simple framework for managing resource flows in a circular economy by using less (Narrow), using for longer (Slow), using again (Cycle), and using clean, regenerative materials and energy (Regenerate).

These different principles of circular economy can be applied to our socioeconomic metabolism: we can design stocks like buildings, infrastructure, machinery, and vehicles to be rich resource mines for the future, and design manufactured goods and consumables to be cycled and made regenerative. Furthermore, the focus must also centre on getting more value out of fewer materials. Achieving the aims of a circular economy—minimising material use, regenerating the Earth, and preventing material losses—can be done through these four key strategies mentioned above.

Source: Circle Economy. (2023). *[The circularity gap report 2023](https://www.circularity-gap.world/2023)* (p.22). Amsterdam: Circle Economy. 

Four Flows Framework

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The 'Flipflopi vessel' is the first ever ship made out of recycled plastic.It sets sail on Lake Victoria in Kenya this week to promote an awareness campaign around plastic pollution.Activists onboard will meet business leaders, community leaders and even school children in three countries on their journey (Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda). Their goal is to highlight the impact of pollution on both the lake environment and human health.The Flipflopi movement has already made multiple expeditions with this unique ship over the last four years.The rainbow-coloured 9 metre-long sailing boat is made of 9 tonnes of waste collected from local beaches, including 30,000 multicoloured flip flops.In the last four years, the movement has joined forces with organisations like the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) to advocate against marine pollution.They have also created innovation hubs and circular economy start-ups."We've actually set up waste management projects on the South Coast of Kenya, in Lamu, and now we're opening one in Kisumu with the recycling machinery," says co-founder of the FlipFlopi project Dipesh Pabari."Our point now is to see whether we can stimulate a circular economy surrounding waste as well."The founders of the FlipFlopi project hope they can create a movement where people use recycled waste to build boats and other ships."Our hope over time is to create 'Jua Kali' sector industry where people are able to build small boats, traditional boats, canoes, ngalawas, jahazis, also from recycled waste," says Pabari.Click on the video above to learn more about this project.Every weekday at 15.30 CET, Euronews Living brings you a cutting edge, environmental story from somewhere around the world. Download the Euronews app to get an alert for this and other breaking news. It's available on Apple and Android devices.

  Discussions in place with the partners to take Flipflopi plastic innovation campaign to COP 26 to inspire global leaders to embed circular economy policies. Ongoing partnership with UNEP to continue the momentum of the Flipflopi campaign.  -------------------- Testimonials Kenya “Just have a look on the way the Nile perch is fed with waste in the lake Victoria. You will agree with me that if the trend continues this fish species will be threatened with extinction” - Dr. Juliette Biao Koudenoukpo, UNEP Director and Regional Representative for Africa “Flipflopi is a great African example of the circular economy in action; we are proud to see it start this new journey around Lake Victoria, a shared resource that we must do all we can to protect” - Joyce Msuya, Deputy Executive Director of UNEP. "There will be no blue economy without Lake Victoria and there will be no Lake Victoria if we continue to devastate it. On behalf of the CECs around Lake Victoria, this is a dream come true. Seeing 2 Governors come together to start something. Lake Victoria has become the largest septic tank in Africa. It's better that we start now than not start at all. " - Dickson Oruko Nyawinda, CEC Member for Water, Sanitation, Environment & Forestry, Homa Bay County Uganda “We must ask ourselves critical questions. Do I need that polythene bag? Do I really need to use that bottle? Changing plastic consumption habits can go a long way to reduce plastic waste.” - Nnabagereka of Buganda, Queen Sylvia Nagginda “Yes it would be fair for us to take personal responsibility of the plastics that us as manufacturers in Uganda create.” - Morgan Bonna, Uganda Water and Juice Manufacturers Association Tanzania "Congratulations for the mission accomplished amidst the challenges. What a great team of partners who each did their bit excellently... I am sure UNEP know they have a trustworthy and credible partnership in the Flipflopi initiative." - Clara Makenya, National Coordinator and representative for UNEP, Tanzania "What a wonderful example of multi-partner working – and in what we can all agree were extraordinary circumstances. It was a pleasure to be part of the wonderful Flipflopi initiative and bring British Council engagement to both the Mwanza launch and Dar es Salaam events. Wonderful to see so much youth engagement on an essential issue – plenty of food for thought on what more we can do collectively to raise awareness on plastic pollution, especially building momentum in the lead up to Commonwealth Heads of Government (CHOGM) and COP26!" - Cat Sinclair-Jones, British Council "Congratulations on such an impressive and successful expedition! The amount of work that everyone put in was incredible. Cat said it well - an extraordinary boat, navigating an extraordinary expedition in ‘extraordinary circumstances’! Huge admiration and heartfelt gratitude to all partners involved that made this project a success. Indeed I look forward to working with you on future collaborations in this year of climate action!" - Laura Blizzard, Head of Economic and Trade Policy, British High Commission "Hongera sana, the Flipflopi is finally back home in Lamu after two years of revolutionising East Africa's approach to plastic. Thanks for this great initiative that has brought us all together, that has shone the light on local recyclers and organisations which has made sustainable living accessible to thousands of people and for giving young people like me the voice and platform to fight for our future. The Flipflopi is indeed incredible and leaves a very colourful footprint everywhere it goes." - Maliha Sumar, My Mark My City International “We wanted to hear more about the Flipflopi Expedition because we felt it was an inspiring initiative that didn't just involve a beautiful boat made of waste plastic, but importantly, involved working with local and regional communities, partners, policymakers and businesses. Ben amazed, energised and inspired everyone with the Flipflopi project - what an incredible approach to advancing long-lasting, meaningful change in tackling an urgent, global issue.” - Camilla Tham, Anthropocene Manager, The Natural History Museum, London -------------------- About the Flipflopi We are a circular economy movement based in East Africa whose vision is a world without single-use plastic. We showcase alternate uses of waste plastic and the viability of a circular economy in Africa through our education programmes, our innovation hubs and our advocacy and governance programmes. Visit our website. Special thanks and acknowledgement to all our partner organisations, and individuals without which none of this would have been possible and through which the African led #plasticrevolution continues to grow. 

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We are Flipflopi - an East African movement with a mission to end single use plastic and inspire a plastic-reuse revolution through our innovation hubs, positive storytelling and education, and campaigning to influence policy change.Since 2019 we have been sailing Flipflopi, the world’s first recycled plastic sailing dhow, on expeditions having discovered her amazing convening ability to bring the media, policy-makers, communities, artists and plastic entrepreneurs together to make change happen. We have sailed from the Indian Ocean to Lake Victoria to bring widespread awareness to the issue and engage East Africans in alternative ways to use existing waste plastic and ban unnecessary single-use plasticNow, we are partnering with community-based organisations around East Africa to develop locally-grown plastic-innovation and waste management centres and to bring the practice of plastic boat building to the world. 

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<p>The Flipflopi project is a circular economy movement with the aim of advocating alternative uses for plastic waste.</p><p>We’re building on the success of building the world’s first recycled plastic sailing dhow to establish a Heritage Boat Building Training Centre to design and construct recycled plastic sailing vessels with local boat builders based on indigenous heritage, knowledge and skills.</p>