DiploGreen – a community-wide collaboration led by missions from Canada, France, Germany, Japan, the Netherlands, the UK and the United States – is aiming to raise environmental awareness while maintaining a clean and green diplomatic enclave in Islamabad.
In August 2019 it led a clean-up and recycling campaign in support of Islamabad’s plastic-free campaign. The diplomatic missions have made sustainability pledges in support of a cleaner and healthier environment. This includes businesses and organisations engaged with the diplomatic community. Under these pledges, new environmental measures include banning single-use plastics, starting a recycling programme, committing to reduce energy and water usage, and supporting awareness campaigns.
Meanwhile, Indonesia has pledged to reduce marine plastic waste by 70% by 2025, and to become plastic pollution-free by 2040. The nation – spanning more than 17,000 islands and 81,000km of coastline – says it needs to take action in order to protect its fishing industry from the effects of ocean pollution. It aims to do this by reducing the consumption of plastic; redesigning plastic products with re-use or recycling in mind; doubling plastic waste collection; increasing the country’s recycling capacity; and rolling out more waste management facilities for non-recyclable plastics.
Indonesia believes that of the more than 1 million tons of plastic consumed in the country annually, 800,000 tons of it ends up in its waterways and local seas, harming the fish stocks on which its fishermen and economy rely – so doing nothing is no longer an option.
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DiploGreen – a community-wide collaboration led by missions from Canada, France, Germany, Japan, the Netherlands, the UK and the United States – is aiming to raise environmental awareness while maintaining a clean and green diplomatic enclave in Islamabad.
In August 2019 it led a clean-up and recycling campaign in support of Islamabad’s plastic-free campaign. The diplomatic missions have made sustainability pledges in support of a cleaner and healthier environment. This includes businesses and organisations engaged with the diplomatic community. Under these pledges, new environmental measures include banning single-use plastics, starting a recycling programme, committing to reduce energy and water usage, and supporting awareness campaigns.
Meanwhile, Indonesia has pledged to reduce marine plastic waste by 70% by 2025, and to become plastic pollution-free by 2040. The nation – spanning more than 17,000 islands and 81,000km of coastline – says it needs to take action in order to protect its fishing industry from the effects of ocean pollution. It aims to do this by reducing the consumption of plastic; redesigning plastic products with re-use or recycling in mind; doubling plastic waste collection; increasing the country’s recycling capacity; and rolling out more waste management facilities for non-recyclable plastics.
Indonesia believes that of the more than 1 million tons of plastic consumed in the country annually, 800,000 tons of it ends up in its waterways and local seas, harming the fish stocks on which its fishermen and economy rely – so doing nothing is no longer an option.