ASEAN-Japan Cooperation Symposium: the Launching of the ASEAN-Japan Action Agenda on Plastic Pollution A Symposium commemorating the 50th year of cooperation between ASEAN and Japan was held during the ASEAN-Japan Environment Week in Laos (Aug 22nd-24th 2023). On August 24th, Mr Reo Kawamura, Director for Environmental …
ERIA Participates in 18th ASEAN+3 Environment Ministers Meeting and ASEAN-Japan Ministerial Dialogue on Environmental Cooperation Vientiane, 24 August 2023: Mr Koji Hachiyama, Chief Operating Officer of the Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA), gave a presentation at the 18th ASEAN Plus Three Environment Ministers’ Meeting (EMM) and ASEAN-Japan Ministerial Dialogue …
ERIA’s Experts Urge Standardised Methodologies on Plastic Debris Data Collection and Analysis Denpasar, 24-25 May 2023: The fourth meeting of ERIA’s Experts Working Group on Marine Plastic Debris concluded by urging the development of standardised methodologies for material flow analysis of plastics and monitoring plastic pollution in the environment. The …
[PODCAST] Living Chic with Plastic – Episode 3 ‘Living Chic with Plastic’ podcast series welcomes young people involved in marine plastic litter research, prevention programs, clean-up activities, and other advocacies. We listen to their first-hand experience, different challenges they may be facing, and draw important insights toward possible …
3RproMar Knowledge Partnership: Preventing Marine Plastic Pollution for a Stronger Circular Economy in ASEAN Bali, 22 May 2023: ‘Reduce Reuse Recycle to Protect Marine Debris and Coral Reefs’ (3RproMar), an ASEAN-German cooperation project implemented by Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH in cooperation with the ASEAN Secretariat, successfully organised its 2…
From Waste-to-Energy: How Kyoto City Manages Its Trash Kyoto, 18 March 2023: On the sideline of the 9th 3R International Scientific Conference on Material Cycles and Waste Management (3RINCs) 2023, the Regional Knowledge Centre of Marine Plastic Debris (RKC-MPD) team visited Kyoto South Clean Centre Plant …
[PODCAST] Living Chic with Plastic – Episode 2 ‘Living Chic with Plastic’ podcast series welcomes young people involved in marine plastic litter research, prevention programs, clean-up activities, and other advocacies. We listen to their first-hand experience, different challenges they may be facing, and draw important insights toward possible …
The 2nd ASEAN-Japan Symposium on Marine Plastic Waste Education Aims to Nurture Good Habits for Cleaner Oceans 1 March 2023: On this day, the ASEAN-Japan Centre (AJC) held the 2nd Symposium on Marine Plastic Waste Education that featured selected schools and their student-led initiatives from Japan and eight ASEAN countries which had previously participated in …
Assessing Marine Plastic Pollution: Site Visit to Mangrove Forest and Interceptor 001 in Jakarta Bay Area 9 November 2022: A group of experts on marine plastic debris working in ASEAN+3 region visited the Jakarta Bay area to observe plastic pollution affecting the mangrove forest as well as to visit The Ocean Cleanup’s Interceptor 001 in …
Eco-School Program Aims to Raise Youth’s Awareness on Marine Plastic Waste The button on the Zoom screen indicated that there were about 366 participants for the Eco-School class that morning last September. But in reality, about 900 students of Ateneo de Davao University Junior High School in Davao City, the …
ERIA Presents Video on RKC-MPD in Honour of Earth Day Jakarta, 22 April 2020: The Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA) is honouring the Earth Day 2020 with a 3-minute video on the Regional Knowledge Centre for Marine Plastic Debris (RKC-MPD), a new …
