The City Of Sanya is First Plastic Smart City in China
[Sanya, China] – Today the City of Sanya joined WWF’s Plastic Smart Cities Initiative, pledging to eliminate plastic pollution by 2030, and to fully align with WWF’s global No Plastic In Nature campaign. The City of Sanya joins 20 other Plastic Smart Cities that are now recognized as the world’s leading cities on plastic. “WWF […]
WWF And UN Habitat Partner in Their Fight to End Plastic Pollution
[February 9, 2020, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates] WWF is delighted to announce an agreement between WWF-International and UN-Habitat. This is a new partnership between WWF’s Plastic Smart Cities initiative and UN Habitat’s Waste Wise Cities campaign aims to tackling plastic pollution in urban centres and tourism destinations. 60% of waste in our oceans comes […]
WWF Launches Plastic Smart Cities Initiative in South East Asia with a $40m USD Commitment
WWF is calling on cities in South East Asia to join Patong (Thailand), Donsol (Philippines) and Phu Quoc (Vietnam) in making a commitment to eliminate plastic pollution, by developing an action plan and trial innovative solutions. Plastic Smart Cities is a WWF initiative bringing together cities and tourism destinations to commit to fight plastic pollution. […]
Eurocities and WWF Launch Plastic Smart Cities Initiative
EUROCITIES and WWF are calling on cities to join Amsterdam, Oslo, Nice and Izmir in developing an action plan to reduce plastic pollution and set aside space to trial innovative measures for reducing plastic pollution. At today’s EUROCITIES Environment Forum in Oslo, WWF is joining hundreds of city representatives to introduce the Plastic Smart […]
Amsterdam: First City in the World to Support WWF’s Plastic Smart Cities Initiative
Amsterdam Joins Plastic Smart Cities Cities are hotspots for plastic pollution, yet they are also the key to any solution. Amsterdam is the first city in the world to join WWF’s Plastic Smart Cities movement to become plastic pollution free. Why cities must act Every year, an estimated 8 million tons of plastic enters our ocean. […]