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In Jakarta, Indonesia, on July 21, 2019. Activists are trying to alert their fellow citizens about the harmfulness of single-use plastics. (Photo by ADEK BERRY / AFP)

Plastic: an environmental challenge made worse by COVID-19

Development news

ID4D editorial staff

Hybridize the Commons: The example of the Polynesian lagoons

Thierry Paulais

Director of the AFD’s office for French Polynesia

They create the debate

Charlotte Durand Investment officer at Proparco

Pascale Guiffant Sustainable Development Deputy Director for the French group Suez Environnement

Charlotte Durand Investment officer at Proparco

Pascale Guiffant Sustainable Development Deputy Director for the French group Suez Environnement

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A plastic (waste) world

Development news

ID4D editorial staff

The limits of the commons: The case of the Pacific

Thierry Paulais

Director of the AFD’s office for French Polynesia

Around 500 waste collectors, also known as ragpickers in India, live off the landfill. They make around $20 a week. (Photo: Carl Gierstorfer / Flickr CC)

Waste management : “Take account of informal actors”

Pascale Guiffant

Sustainable Development Deputy Director for the French group Suez Environnement

Tri des déchets au Brésil

Sustainable Waste Management Challenges in the South

Charlotte Durand

Investment officer at Proparco

Baptiste Flipo

Turn urban waste management into a source of development