PLASTIC SMART NEWSROOM
THE LATEST NEWS, INSIGHTS AND INNOVATIONS ON PLASTIC
KALIPI: Empowering Women in the Philippines to Reduce Plastic Waste
Launched in 2013, KALIPI Donsol is empowering around 2,600 Filipino women through community action and the development of livelihood options. Today, KALIPI Donsol is creating a range of upcycled products such as souvenirs, plush toys and bags in the shape of much loved marine life such as whale sharks and sea turtles.
Regenerative Agriculture: Utilize Dry Leaves and Transform it Into Sustainable Tableware
Tuyen’s innovation to replace single-use plastic tableware is one of the examples that there are many possible ways for us to reduce and replace single-use plastic in our everyday lives.
Road to G20: WWF-Indonesia, Delterra and Minderoo Announce Pledge to Scale Towards a More Circular Southern Bali
On November 3rd 2022, as part of the Road to G20 events under the Indonesian presidency, Delterra, Minderoo Foundation and WWF-Indonesia through the Plastic Smart Cities Initiative announced an ambitious pledge to tackle waste in Badung Regency, Southern Bali.
CITY ACTION PLAN TEMPLATE CO-DEVELOPED BY UN'S WASTE WISE CITIES & WWF'S PLASTIC SMART CITIES
Are you preparing a plastic waste action plan for your city and you're not sure how best to get started? Check out the “City Action Plan” template, co-developed by WWF's Plastic Smart Cities and UN Habitat's Waste Wise Cities teams, to guide your city's strategic plan to address plastic waste streams.
PARIS JOINS PLASTIC SMART CITIES IN LEAD UP TO HOSTING 2024 SUMMER OLYMPIC GAMES
The city council of Paris adopted a resolution to formally join WWF's Plastic Smart Cities (PSC) initiative. Among the city's ambitious plans, is to eliminate single-use plastics (SUPs) in the city by 2024.
PSC COLLABORATES WITH GLOBAL TOURISM PLASTICS INITIATIVE ON PILOT IN VENICE
Plastic Smart Cities is now collaborating with the Global Tourism Plastics Initiative to launch a pilot in the city of Venice. The Venice pilot will help to identify key needs that destinations have in terms of engaging with tourists, accommodation providers and other entities, and what support destinations can offer to businesses (accommodation providers, tour operators, suppliers, etc.) and supporting organizations (NGOs, business associations, academia, etc.).
MEDITERRANEAN PLASTIC SMART CITIES CONVENE IN VENICE
Plastic Smart Cities across the Mediterranean region convened in Venice, Italy in June 2022, to exchange best practices, lessons learned, and strategies deployed to combat the growing plastic waste stream that threatens coastal ecosystems across the Mediterranean.
UNEP AND SEA CIRCULAR PRODUCE SHORT FILM (PLASTIK)
UN Environment Programme through the SEA circular project, introduces a short film, “(PLASTIK)” – commissioned by MeshMinds and produced by Studio Birthplace, that exhibits the significance of both individual and collective action to combat plastic pollution in the South-East Asian region.
UN WASTE WISE PARTNERSHIP PROVIDES FREE ONLINE COURSES TO HELP USHER IN THE CIRCULAR ECONOMY
UN Habitat and the Waste Wise Partnership under the Waste Wise Cities program, is developing online courses to support cities, affiliates and partners to move toward a prosperous circular economy and achieve waste SDGs under the New Urban Agenda.
UN BASEL CONVENTION PRESENTED WITH FUNDING OPPORTUNITY TO HELP EXPAND PLASTIC SMART CITIES TO LATIN AMERICA
The United Nations Basel Convention, a legally binding international treaty charged with regulating plastic waste flows, among other wastes, released its second call for Plastic Waste Partnership pilot project proposals in January 2022. The call seeks to fund activities that will develop new tools to address plastic waste, show a high potential for scale/replicability and/or show a high potential to trigger expanded activities in the immediate future.
PSC TAKES PART IN EUROCITIES ENVIRONMENTAL FORUM IN GRENOBLE
In April 2022, PSC participated in Eurocities Environmental Forum, held in Grenoble, France, holding a PSC Project Corner to engage with Eurocities' members, more than 200 of Europe's major cities from 38 countries, which together represent over 130 million people.
AMSTERDAM INITIATES PLASTIC MONITORING WITH DEBRIS TRACKER
The city of Amsterdam initiated plastic monitoring activities on March 3, 2022, as part of the city's baseline assessment, using the Debris Tracker app for data collection activities, and a group of citizen scientist volunteers.
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