The Alliance to End Plastic Waste
Project STOP : Jembrana
An estimated 80% of marine debris comes from land-based sources, with 50% originating from just five Asian economies: China, Indonesia, the Philippines, Vietnam and Thailand. As economic growth has increased in these countries, so has plastic consumption, which has outpaced the development of effective solid waste management systems.
In 2017, the Indonesian government announced a bold commitment to reduce the country’s ocean plastic levels by 70% by 2025. Project STOP aims to support that commitment.
In response, the Indonesian government has announced a bold commitment to reduce Indonesia’s ocean plastic levels 70% by 2025 and created a Marine Debris Action Plan.
Delivery of its commitment relies on a rapid acceleration of waste management systems at the city level, combined with system level policy, funding, behaviour change and innovation in material design approaches.
Project STOP aims to support achievement of this commitment by leapfrogging traditional linear take-make-dispose models and creating cleaner, circular waste solutions where waste is recycled.https://www.stopoceanplastics.com/en_gb/the-challenge/
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