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The order also forbids the burning, burial and littering of plastics in the open.9 Circular No.096/c/CAB/ Relating to the control of conformity and the repression of the MINEPDED of 10 April 2014 violators of Joint Order No.004/MINEPDED/MINCOMMERCE of 24 October 2012 and the prohibition of plastic packaging of less than 61 microns. [...] As stated Official Journal of the Republic of Cote d’Ivoire, the Prime Minister and the Minister of the Economy, Finance and Budget are responsible for the execution of the decree on plastics. [...] According to estimates made in 2019, the country mismanages 1.37 million tonnes of plastic waste every year, ranking ninth in the world and third in Africa.3 The Democratic Republic of Congo mismanages ten per cent of the total plastic waste mismanaged in Africa and 2.2 per cent of the global share.4 The per capita mismanaged plastic waste is about 15.78 kg per person per day, ranking DRC twenty-e. [...] 08/016 of 2008 of the DRC states that it is the duty of each decentralised entity (urban, municipal and sectoral councils) in the country to organise the collection and treatment of waste, including plastic waste.12 However, due to the DRC’s long-running civil conflict in most territories in the country, waste management is poor or non-existent due to a lack of funding and infrastructure. [...] The price paid by the recycling company in Addis Ababa (around 0.25 euro per kg of PET) allows the SWA to cover expenses such as the purchasing costs paid to the primary collectors, the running costs of the collection site, and the transport costs of transporting the plastics to Addis Ababa.
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