Heinrich Böll Stiftung Hong Kong, Break Free from Plastic Asia Pacific and the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) will be launching the new publication Plastic Atlas Asia Edition: Facts and Figures about the World of Synthetic Polymers.

On 22 April 2021, contributing to the Earth Day 2021, IGES will present a webinar dedicated to assisting policymakers and practitioners in developing countries with safe closure and rehabilitation of municipal solid waste dumpsites. This is based on guidelines developed by the Ministry of Environment, Sri Lanka with support from the IGES Centre Collaborating with UNEP on Environmental Technologies (CCET). 

Date/Time 25th March, 2021, 11:30 A.M. – 1:30 P.M in Indian time (15:00 - 17:00 PM in Japan time)

IGES and CCET are going to co-organise the side event of the Asia Pacific Forum on Sustainable Development 2021.

Zero Waste Solutions towards a Regenerative Asia-Pacific Region | IGES

CCET was introduced in the newsletter by UN HABITAT's Waste Wise cities as one of the affiliates. 

Waste Wise Cities Newsletter 9 | CCET (p.5)

The webinar on Mechanical-Biological Treatment will be held on 17 February 2021, 13:00 – 14:30 (JST)

For more information: https://www.iges.or.jp/en/events/20210217

Registration: https://form.iges.or.jp/webapp/form/11205_zoq_394/index.do

“Ecology Note: Towards a Green, Clean and Beautiful Bhutan” was officially launched by the National Environment Commission (NEC), Bhutan on 14th October 2020.

CCET held an online session titled "Waste Management in Response to COVID-19: Exploring Ways of Response and Recovery". 

You can watch the recording at :

(English) https://isap.iges.or.jp/2020/en/tt7.html

(Japanese) https://isap.iges.or.jp/2020/jp/tt7.html

CCET webinar on composting will be held on 20 November 2020, 12:00 – 13:30 (JST)

For more information: https://www.iges.or.jp/en/events/20201120

Registration: https://form.iges.or.jp/webapp/form/11205_zoq_390/index.do?_ga=2.137643513.816153791.1605149233-53406016.1589351957

“Of 7.8 billion ton of plastic produced globally since 1950, 6.3 billion ton has become waste, of which only 9 % has been recycled and 79% has been littered to the environment including ocean. (Geyer et al. 2017)”

“In a business-as-usual scenario, the ocean is expected to contain 1 ton of plastic for every 3 tons of fish by 2025, and by 2050, more plastics than fish (by weight). (The World Economic Forum and Ellen MacArthur Foundation, 2016)”