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STORY: UNEP / PLASTIC SOLUTIONS AND POLLUTION BROLL
TRT: 7:07
SOURCE: UNEP
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: NATS
DATELINE: FILE
FILE - SANTIAGO, CHILE
1. Various shots of customer in supermarket in Santiago, Chile, using Algramo service.
Algramo (meaning "by the gram" in Spanish) was founded in 2012. The social enterprise works with a range of retailers, from local shopkeepers to global brands, to encourage customers to use prefilled and refillable plastic containers for basics, such as dish soap and washing-up liquid. These household staples can be bought by the gram, with consumers paying the same per unit no matter how much or how little they buy. Since 2020, Algramo customers have reused more than 900,000 pieces of packaging, keeping more than 100 tonnes of plastic from becoming waste.
FILE - QUEZON CITY, PHILIPPINES
2. Various shots, a convenience store in Quezon City offering refill stations for household cleaning items such as dish soap and detergent. The refill stations are part of initiative introduced by the city in recent years to combat plastic waste
FILE - ZHEJIANG PROVINCE, CHINA
3. Various shots, Blue Circle cleanup of coastal waters in Zhejiang province. Since 2019, the Blue Circle environmental initiative has paid Zhejiang’s fishers – and residents in coastal communities– to collect plastic debris, such as bags, bottles and discarded fishing nets.Since its launch, the initiative has enlisted the help of 10,240 boats and 6,300 fishers and local residents to recycle nearly 2,500 tonnes of plastic
The plan is part of an ambitious effort, backed by cutting-edge equipment and blockchain technology, to remove and manage plastic pollution along parts of the province’s 6,600km coastline.
4. Various shots, Blue Circle sorting and processing plastics collected from marine waters in Zhejiang province, China
5. Various shots, thread and cloth being made from plastic collected by Blue Circle.
FILE - LONDON, UK
6. Various shots, Researchers at Materiom run tests on plastics alternatives made with regenerative biomaterials.
Materiom is a research network that seeks to facilitate the development of "regenerative biomaterials are 100% biobased, 100% biodegradable, and sourced from locally abundant biomass that is otherwise under-utilised and does not compete for land use or food security."
FILE - PRETORIA, SOUTH AFRICA
7. Various shots, the research teams at the Council Scientific and Industrial Research.
South Africa’s rising population and increased consumption means that, without urgent action, plastic pollution in the country is set to almost double to 865,000 tonnes in 2040 from 491,000 tonnes in 2020, according to CSIR data. To help reduce that toll, CSIR has developed a compostable plastic. Outside experts say that for very specific applications in which plastic waste is hard or nearly impossible to collect, such as agricultural mulch films, biodegradable plastic may be a useful solution.
FILE - MANILA, PHILIPPINES
8. Various Shots, plastic waste.
FILE - PRETORIA, SOUTH AFRICA
9. Various Shots of plastic waste and waste cleanup efforts.
FILE - NAIROBI, KENYA
10. Various shots, Dandora dumpsite
The fifth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC-5) on plastic pollution is set to convene from November 25 to December 1, 2024, at the Busan Exhibition and Convention Center in Busan, Republic of Korea.
This pivotal meeting aims to finalize an international legally binding instrument addressing plastic pollution, including in the marine environment.
Solutions to plastic pollution include life-cycle approaches, design, waste management and extended producer responsibility schemes.
