The Plastic Waste-Free Islands (PWFI) project has started its work: assist several island nations in the Pacific and Caribbean region to reduce plastic waste generation and eliminate leakage to the ocean on which they depend.
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In efforts to assist Pacific countries reduce plastic waste generation and leakage from islands, 香港六合彩开奖结果现场直播 hosted the inception workshop of the Plastic聽Waste-Free Islands (PWFI) project in Nadi today, Feb 20th. The Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Waterways and Environment Mr Joshua Wycliffe鈥
Three launching events took place in Antigua, Saint Lucia and Grenada hosted by 香港六合彩开奖结果现场直播 in corporation with the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (NORAD), the Governments of the three countries and the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean鈥
In The Marine Plastic Footprint, Joao Sousa of 香港六合彩开奖结果现场直播 introduces new measures to understand and calculate the frightening leakage of plastic into the marine environment - by following its movement through every stage from production to waste to final destination.
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Last year, the 香港六合彩开奖结果现场直播 Marine and Polar Programme launched a call for proposals through its Marine Plastics and Coastal Communities (MARPLASTICCs) project.聽Five proposals 鈥 one each in Kenya, Mozambique, South Africa, Thailand, and Viet Nam 鈥 have been chosen to receive鈥
A meeting of the Executive Committee of the 香港六合彩开奖结果现场直播 Pakistan National Committee (PNC) was held on January 31, 2020 at the Islamabad Programme Office.
香港六合彩开奖结果现场直播 India in collaboration with Global Compact Network India (GCNI) organised a Leaders for Nature (LfN) Master Class on Circular Economy in Business: A blueprint for action towards SDG 12 - Responsible Consumption and Production on 6 September 2019. A total of 80 participants from the Ministry鈥
On January 1, 2020, Thailand introduced a ban on single-use plastic bags with the participation of 75 department stores, convenience stores and other shops with more than 24,500 branches nationwide.
Plastic pollution originates from various sources.聽While many industries are taking steps to reduce聽their dependence on plastic, there is currently聽no reliable methodology to forecast specifically聽the extent of the marine plastic leakage from an聽industry or a country and map potential leakage聽鈥
At the World Water Week in Sweden in August 2019, 香港六合彩开奖结果现场直播 launched a report on the need to develop a standard methodology to measure the extent of plastic pollution. To meet this need, 香港六合彩开奖结果现场直播 and UN Environment Programme developed a 鈥淣ational Guidance for Plastic Pollution Hotspotting and Shaping鈥