Jamaica · Position paper
Advancing a circular economy in Jamaica
Explore ESL’s circular economy paper for Jamaica: material recovery, enabling systems, marine protection and climate resilience, with the complete report PDF.
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- Document title
- Advancing the Circular Economy: A Pathway to Marine Protection and Sustainable Development
- Document date
- Edition
- Position paper
- Author / preparer
- Environmental Solutions Limited
- Format
- PDF · 15 pages · English
Jamaica context and scope
This ESL position paper examines how Jamaica can retain the value of materials while reducing waste leakage into rivers, coastal waters and marine ecosystems. It connects the country’s waste-management challenges with biodiversity protection, climate resilience and economic opportunities.
The paper presents a four-component framework: material inputs, enabling infrastructure and policy systems, circular pathways, and measurable environmental and economic outcomes. It discusses plastics, organic materials, scrap metals and disaster debris alongside opportunities for recovery, waste interception and demonstration projects.
For public agencies, businesses and development partners, the paper offers a Jamaica-specific basis for discussing policy and investment priorities. Its recovery opportunities and expected benefits are proposals and analytical findings, not claims of achieved diversion or verified project outcomes. The document date is 6 February 2026.
What the report covers
- Jamaica’s material flows and waste leakage
- ESL’s four-component circular systems framework
- Waste interception, recovery and circular pathways
- Marine protection, climate benefits, policy and investment
ESL’s role and source
The cover identifies Environmental Solutions Limited as the author. The executive summary identifies ESL as the developer of the four-component framework, under an initiative funded by the Caribbean Biodiversity Fund through its Advancing Circular Economy Facility.
Related ESL capabilities
- Environmental compliance and monitoring →
- Biodiversity and natural resources →
- Climate resilience and infrastructure →