# Pakistan

[Contact the National Secretariat](mailto:pakistan@globalplasticaction.org)


## Challenge and Opportunities

Pakistan is facing an urgent plastic waste crisis, driven by rapid population growth and rising per-capita consumption. The country generates 3 million tonnes of plastic waste annually, yet only 4% is recycled—a volume that could stack as high as two K2 mountains. This crisis threatens both land and marine ecosystems, with the most severe impact on vulnerable communities within the plastics value chain - particularly waste workers, women, and children, who bear the heaviest burden.


## Pakistan joins the Global Plastic Action Partnership

Pakistan is taking bold steps to tackle plastic pollution. Following its 2019 plastic bag ban - led by the Ministry of Climate Change and Environmental Coordination in conjunction with the World Economic Forum - the country joined the Global Plastic Action Partnership (GPAP) in 2022, launching its National Plastic Action Partnership (NPAP). This multi-stakeholder platform brings together government, businesses, civil society, and informal workers to accelerate the transition to a circular plastics economy.


## Catalog

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### Pakistan National Action Roadmap to Reduce Plastic Pollution

The Pakistan National Action Roadmap offers a comprehensive analysis of the country's plastic ecosystem, emphasizing key challenges such as waste generation, mismanagement, and environmental leakage. Serving as a strategic blueprint, the roadmap outlines targeted interventions for stakeholders across sectors to drive meaningful action toward a circular plastics economy.

[Download here](https://www.globalplasticaction.org/case-study-details/pakistan-national-action-roadmap-to-reduce-plastic-pollution/aJYTG0000000Pcj4AE)


### Financing the National Action Roadmap to Reduce Plastic Pollution in Pakistan

The Pakistan Financing Roadmap for Plastic Pollution assesses the country's financing landscape across the plastic value chain and outlines the investment pathways and policy levers needed to meet city-level targets to reduce plastic pollution by 2040.

[Read here](https://www.globalplasticaction.org/case-study-details/financing-the-national-action-roadmap-to-reduce-plastic-pollution-in-pakistan/aJYTG0000001Arl4AE)


### Pakistan Gender Equity and Social Context Assessment

Understanding the human impact of plastic pollution is essential for designing effective and equitable solutions. In Pakistan, waste workers, women, and children are among the most affected by the plastics crisis.This Social Context Assessment examines the human dimensions of plastic pollution, highlighting the disproportionate burden on marginalized communities and proposing actionable solutions for change.

[Read here](https://www.globalplasticaction.org/case-study-details/pakistan-plastics-sector-gender-equity-and-social-context-assessment/aJYTG0000000Bcz4AE)


### Pakistan Landscape Analysis

This report presents the findings of an early assessment conducted in Pakistan between November 2021 and January 2022. Combining desk research with interviews from diverse stakeholders across the country, the analysis laid the groundwork for the development of the National Action Roadmap.

[Read here](https://www.globalplasticaction.org/resources/case-studies/plastic-landscape-analysis:-pakistan/aJY68000000CaSyGAK#query=pakistan)


### Let's Connect

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