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Plastic pollution has become one of the most pressing environmental issues of our decade as the production of this “durable and convenient” item has increased rapidly to fulfill the global demand. Every day, we see plastic being used across almost all aspects of our lives. From food wrappers to straws and plastic bags, it seems practically impossible for us to avoid plastic usage altogether. But is it really that way? Is plastic really unavoidable?
For World Cities Day on 31st October, we follow the story of how the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is working with San Salvador city and its surrounding coffee farms to create a ‘natural’ defence against floods.
Microbeads are manufactured solid plastic particles of less than one millimeter in their largest dimension. They are most frequently made of polyethylene but can be of other petrochemical plastics such as polypropylene and plystyrene. These plastic products also unfortunately affect marine, land-based, and human life in negative ways.
In this session of the Asia-Pacific Climate Project, two speakers will discuss more about this issue.
The Third Asia-Pacific Day for the Ocean, which will take place on Thursday, 29 October 2020, from 12:00 noon to 14:30 via zoom. (Bangkok time, ICT, verify your time zone here).
This UNESCAP event will offer four interactive dialogues on:
The SWITCH-Asia Regional Policy Advocacy Component (RPAC) funded by European Union, implemented by UNEP Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, in partnership with Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) presents the Regional Policy Dialogue on Circular Economy for Plastic Waste Management. it will be organized on Tuesday 20 October 2020, 14:00 hrs (GMT+7) as a hybrid event, broadcast live from AIT. You may find attached documents to this email herewith a programme leaflet and speaker profiles for your kind information.