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Marine Conservation organizations in Asia, Australasia and the Pacific region
Sea Circular
SEA circular Project, UN Environment Programme, UN Building, Rajdamnern Nok Avenue, Bangkok, Thailand
Region Active
Asia
UN environment project
2019
Activity
Marine pollution, Plastic pollution
Description
SEA circular is an initiative of UN Environment Programme and the Coordinating Body on the Seas of East Asia (COBSEA) to inspire market-based solutions and encourage enabling policies to prevent marine plastic pollution. SEA circular is working in six countries in South-East Asia – Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand and Viet Nam, from 2019-2023. The project aims to reduce adverse impact of land-based plastic leakage into the marine environment by ensuring that less plastic is wasted at source and management of the plastic value chain is improved in South-East Asia. Given inadequate waste management systems in the region, the project focuses on the lifecycle stages of (i) production of plastic products, (ii) plastic use, and (iii) collection sorting/recycling to ensure that less plastic is wasted and strategically prevent plastic litter entering the ocean.