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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.
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.
UN MEMBER STATES UNANIMOUSLY AGREE ON LEGALLY BINDING PLASTICS TREATY
UN Member states at the UN Environment Assembly (UNEA-5.2) unanimously agreed to develop a legally binding treaty to end plastic pollution, making it one of the world’s most ambitious environmental actions since the 1989 Montreal Protocol, which effectively phased out ozone-depleting substances.
DUBROVNIK ADOPTS DECISION TO RESTRICT SINGLE-USE PLASTICS
During its last session on August 30, 2021, the City Council of Dubrovnik adopted the Decision on Restricting the Use of Disposable Plastics for all public administrative bodies, institutions and companies owned by the City of Dubrovnik, as well as all public events.
TROGIR ADOPTS CITY ACTION PLAN ON PLASTICS
At a two-day workshop held at the City Hall of Trogir on June 28 and 29, the City of Trogir officially adopted the Action Plan for Reducing Plastic Pollution for 2021 - 2026, which includes the implementation of measures and activities to reduce the leakage of plastic waste into the environment.
DUBROVNIK ADOPTS ACTION PLAN TO TACKLE PLASTIC POLLUTION
The Plastic Smart City of Dubrovnik has formally adopted the first plan of actions to tackle its plastic pollution by 2026, including key measures to reduce waste production and improve waste collection and disposal.
VENICE AND WWF - TOGETHER AGAINST PLASTIC POLLUTION
“We are proud that Venice, one of the most beloved cities in the world and a symbol of Mediterranean’s beauty and fragility, has now committed to join WWF and take the lead in the fight against plastic pollution. Together with an already large network of tourist coastal cities in the north and south of the Mediterranean like Nice, Dubrovnik, Izmir and Tangier, WWF is building a large civic mobilization for the protection of our sea from plastic waste."
MEDITERRANEAN CITIES BREAK OUT OF THE PLASTIC TRAP
The Mediterranean Sea, despite its natural beauty and tourist attractions, is turning into a dangerous plastic trap, with record levels of plastic pollution that threaten marine species and human health. Every year, about half a million tonnes of plastic enters Mediterranean waters - the equivalent of dumping 33,800 plastic bottles into the sea every minute.
CITIES TAKE LEAD IN THE FIGHT AGAINST PLASTIC - WORLD CITIES DAY 2020
Today, WWF and the Plastic Smart Cities community, celebrate World Cities Day by reaffirming their commitment to no plastic in nature by 2030, and calling on more cities around the world to take action against plastic pollution.
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