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Today in #Ottawa alongside the UN Environment Programme’s #INC4 sessions, the Plastics Action Zone hosted an engaging panel discussion on how dynamic municipal solutions can reduce plastic waste. Rita Farkas, Senior Policy Advisor at Metro Vancouver and National Zero Waste Council (NZWC) and Chair of the Canada Plastics Pact's Source Reduction Working Group, highlighted the release of our guidance document supporting the elimination of 13 unnecessary and problematic plastics in Canada. "Together, we can create the plastics economy of the future by taking action today to eliminate unnecessary and problematic plastics." Read the Guidance: https://lnkd.in/dSa5FqF3

South Africa's plastic problem is reaching critical levels, with over 1,500 kilotonnes of plastic waste generated annually, much of it ending up in our air, land, and water. While policies like the South African Plastics Pact and Extended Producer Responsibility regulations aim to tackle this issue, systemic changes are needed to curb plastic pollution effectively. Join the conversation on how we can reduce plastic waste and protect our environment for future generations here: https://bit.ly/4bxuFgU. #PlasticPollution 🌍🚯

How do we go from conversation to solution? Cher Mereweather, managing director of the Canada Plastics Pact (CPP) knows the value of bringing multiple perspectives to the table when tackling a wicked problem. By acknowledging different points of view and focusing on a common goal—in the case of CPP, keeping the right plastics in the economy, and keeping all plastics out of people, animals, and nature—then it's possible to move forward together and start forming tangible solutions. To learn more about bringing multiple players together to solve a wicked problem like the plastic pollution crisis, check out this No Bad Questions piece where a humble cucumber plays a starring role: https://lnkd.in/eMCNd6jz Daniel Duguay, Canadian Produce Marketing Association (CPMA), Denise Philippe, National Zero Waste Council (NZWC), Geneviève Dionne, Éco Entreprises Québec #plasticwaste #plasticpackaging #foodwaste #circulareconomy

Global Plastics Treaty must address social and environmental injustices Our latest publication on Business Daily Africa To understand the full scope of the social impacts related to plastic materials, there needs to be a step-by-step understanding of each stage of the life cycle of #plastic, from production to waste disposal, and how each of these phases impacts vulnerable communities. https://lnkd.in/dpW9Z7Q6 #PlasticTreaty

#ClientNews Today, on #WorldEarthDay2024, Mpendulo Ginindza, President of the IWMSA - Institute of Waste Management of Southern Africa (IWMSA), highlights the damaging impact of South Africa's "take-make-waste" plastic economy. While this year's theme is "Planet vs. Plastics," Ginindza emphasises the need for urgent reform in waste management practices and reductions in plastic production. https://lnkd.in/dWxFztFs

𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐲 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐡𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐚𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐬 𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐲𝐜𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐬 – 𝐊𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐝𝐨𝐦 𝐨𝐟 𝐓𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐚 25 April 2024, Ottawa Canada - An international legally binding instrument to address plastic pollution should reflect a comprehensive approach across the full lifecycle of plastics, respect national circumstances, and be accompanied by accessible financial package with sufficient implementation resources. These are the key asks from the Kingdom of Tonga as Pacific delegations engage with more than 2,000 officials from all over the world at the fourth Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee to develop an international legally binding instrument on plastic pollution, including in the marine environment (INC-4) in Ottawa, Canada. “Tackling plastic pollution through a comprehensive approach across the full lifecycle of plastics, while taking into account national circumstances and capacities, where necessary, should be reflected throughout this instrument." Read more: ⬇⬇⬇ ln.run/gP561 #CleanPacific #ResilientPacific #OnePacificVoice #Tonga

📅 There is still time to sign up! Join us Tuesday, July 30, at 9:00 am ET / 3:00 pm CAT for a webinar in which we will provide an overview of our Plastic Waste Reduction Program (Plastic Program) for regional stakeholders in Africa. We will discuss how the Plastic Program and Plastic Credits can support regional plastic waste management efforts. Register for the webinar: https://bit.ly/4bTMSEM #Verra #PlasticCrisis #CircularEconomy #PlasticWaste #PlasticPollution

Excited to have contributed to this seminal report for WWF which provides evidence-based findings from Asian cities for a robust global plastics treaty. It highlights the need to address challenges faced by city-level interventions and scale enabling factors. Negotiators can leverage these findings to demonstrate the impact of core obligations within a global plastics treaty on city level interventions. The report outlines five crucial policy measures to be integrated as core obligations in the global plastics treaty. These are complemented by a support system of means of implementation. You can access the report here:

We discussed the impact of plastic waste on the environment in Türkiye with Sedat Gündoğdu. We further evaluated the domestic and international regulations on plastic waste and assessed the situation in Türkiye in that regard. We unfortunately detected a lot of implementation problems. We therefore suggest that Türkiye withdraws itself from being a subject of the transfer of plastic waste pollution and improves its waste management practices by focusing on the execution of domestic regulations that comply with international standards. <https://lnkd.in/dNmceYSu> #plasticpollution #plasticwaste #turkiye #turkey #wastemanagement