Summary
This guidance document discusses the WFP's initiative to manage packaging waste sustainably in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. It outlines significant environmental benefits and challenges faced while reducing single-use plastics in humanitarian food assistance programs.
Content
The case study presented below illustrates the role that organizations can play in mainstreaming environmental sustainability into their life-saving humanitarian responses. It is part of a wider effort led by the Joint Initiative for Sustainable Humanitarian Assistance Packaging Waste Management (Joint Initiative) to compile best practices from aid organizations in their efforts to eliminate unnecessary packaging and support more sustainable packaging waste management. The document is available in English and French.