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The objective of this guide is to raise awareness about the crucial socioeconomic, environmental and climate importance of the oceans, and the growing existential threats posed by plastics discharged into and accumulating in the oceans.

The guide illustrates how the lack of or substandard management systems for solid waste and wastewater in many coastal cities, especially in sub-Saharan Africa and Asia, contribute to the problem. It then highlights how the problem will increase unless action is taken due to increasing global production and use of plastics.

After presenting the key regulatory, institutional, technical and financing challenges and barriers to addressing the ocean plastics problem, the guide discusses ways to reduce and prevent plastic discharge by addressing these challenges and barriers.

Given the importance of financing, the guide identifies numerous sources of financing for plastic-reduction projects, including the Clean Oceans Initiative,[1] under which the European Investment Bank and four other European financing institutions support projects that reduce ocean plastics discharge.

The guide is intended to inspire policymakers, planners, project promoters and other stakeholders to engage in addressing the ocean plastics problem and catalyse impactful action and change.

While the guide concentrates on oceans, the problems highlighted are equally important and solutions proposed equally relevant for the seas and for larger lakes and rivers.