Preventing and reducing marine plastic litter from sea-based sources

More than thirty national representatives from maritime, port, environmental and other related authorities convened in Jakarta for the two-day workshop (4-6 May).

On Thursday 26 February, in Puntarenas, Costa Rican officials announced the launch of the “Plastic Reduction in the Oceans: Sustaining and Enhancing Actions on Sea-based Sources” (PRO-SEAS) Project.

On 25 February as part of the GloLitter Partnerships Project (GloLitter) Togo convened its first National Task Force (NTF) meeting under the OceanLitter Programme.

IMO reaffirms the Organization’s ambition to achieve zero plastic waste discharges to sea from ships by 2030.