Plastic Waste §

(F) Day of the week: Monday Class: IS208 Created Time: June 1, 2020 2:14 PM Database: Class Notes Database Date: June 1, 2020 2:14 PM Days Till Date: Passed Last Edited Time: June 9, 2021 10:39 AM Tags: Plastic Waste Type: Seminar

Fact Summary §

• Municipal Solid Waste: daily nonhazardous waste that spreads but isn’t toxic.
• Hazardous Waste/Industrial Waste: cafeteria garbage, dirt & gravel, oil… no decomposable
• E-waste/Emerging Waste Streams: Plastic, health, and toxic components

Population expected to grow by 650 million by 2020

⇒ Urbanization: more city living

⇒ Too fast growth of rapid urbanization can cause problems for environment and health

ASEAN also imports plastic waste from wealthier nations

• A lot are non-recyclable ⇒ toxic waste dumping in SEA

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Related Convention §

Basel Convention §

endorsed and agreed on by ASEAN

• The only global legally binding instrument to address plastic waste
• Technical Assistance: technological methods to assist in reducing food waste and better waste management
• Preventing and minimizing the generation of plastic waste
• For expert working groups to consider more characteristics to apply to plastic waste

National Strategies of ASEAN §

Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, and Thailand have laws on waste management

Ministry of environment of each country to see what the country’s position is on plastic waste

Focus §

Plastic Management

• Domestic

or

• Imported

1. Classify and define plastic waste
2. How to deal with it with limited recycle technology? cooperate?
3. Cut the Sources of plastics: food waste

Worse polluted country of ASEAN

• Thailand
• Malaysia
• Philippines