On the 14th February 2024, all early- and mid-career researchers who work in the Ending Plastic Waste Mission came together for the first time at CSIRO’s Clayton facility.
The team has been busy with fieldwork during the first half of this year. This time, the team headed to Australia’s ‘Red Centre’, Alice Springs, situated in the Simpson Desert.
The project’s third and final plastic litter monitoring training and capacity building programme was held from the 19-29 February 2024 at Matabungkay Beach Hotel and Resort, Lian, Batangas.
Kathy visited the Western Philippines University main campus in Aborlan to give a seminar on ‘How data can help solve plastic pollution: Establishing a baseline of plastic litter in the Philippines’
The Project’s second plastic litter monitoring training and capacity building programme was held from the 6 – 16 November at Hue Hotels and Resorts, Puerto Princesa, Palawan.
CSIRO, Australia’s national science agency, is collaborating with Plastic Free Foundation on a project in the Philippines to develop and deliver an awareness raising campaign to reduce plastic pollution.
Capacity building and survey for baseline assessment of marine litter in the coastal environment of Cambodia 2023
Capacity building and pilot survey for baseline assessment of litter in the environment in Lao PDR
Our CSIRO team collaborated with Plastic Free July to run a Plastic Free Workshop on how small individual actions can drive large-scale community changes to reduce plastic pollution.
It was with heavy hearts that we had to postpone our training event in Palawan due to weather condition.