Plastic Waste: 3rd Meeting §

(F) Day of the week: Monday Class: IS208 Created Time: June 22, 2020 2:00 PM Database: Class Notes Database Date: June 22, 2020 2:00 PM Days Till Date: Passed Last Edited Time: June 9, 2021 10:42 AM Type: Simulation

Topic: Collective Response to the Waste Issue §

1st Motion §

Thailand Propose 30 minute formal Debate

Vietnam §

Propose launch of an Action Plan

• Organize workshop
• Work on public awareness of plastic waste
• Encourage reusable alternatives

Support §

• Myanmar: Agrees with Vietnam

  Propose more cost effective and environmentally friendly life style

  • Paper bags…

• The Philippines: Agrees with Vietnam & Myanmar

• Cambodia: promotion of education of plastic waste and information sharing

• Vietnam:

  • to set up framework to execute the plan
  • cooperate with non-government

• Indonesia: educate and raise awareness through art…

• Singapore:

  • events at schools and public to raise awareness
  • adverts on recycling
  • app with useful recycling information/guide

• Thailand

• Myanmar: urge legal regulations to clean national environments

• Malaysia

Brunei: §

no plastic bags policy, implemented in Brunei

Support §

• The Philippines
• Cambodia: taking first steps in reducing plastic bags usage

Amendment §

• Myanmar: no plastic bags is too drastic
  • Should reduce the use of plastic every single year

Indonesia §

Promote environmentally friendly products

Support §

• Vietnam

Cambodia §

4Rs

• Refuse
• Reduce
• Reuse
• Recycle

Indonesia §

Using celebrities and social media for publicity and raise awareness of plastic waste

2nd Motion §

Indonesia extend formal debate for 20 minutes

Singapore §

The use of mobile application

|2007: signed by involving parties

My ENV: Raise awareness of the environment through games

Support §

• Vietnam: coordinate with mass media also

Amendment §

• Cambodia: to share those modern technologies for less developed countries through exchange programs
• Laos: lower-middle also require the sharing of information
• Singapore: support Cambodia

Propose the stoppage of using plastic straw

Myanmar §

Give Incentive to reduce plastic use

The Philippines §

Educate people to separate waste to make it easier for collector

Cambodia §

To educate and encourage the youth to stand up for environmental movements

3rd Motion §

The Philippines 20 minutes formal debate on legally binding laws on environment

Philippines §

laws in regards to air, water, or land pollutions

Support §

• Singapore: should carry out waste statistics
• Laos: to create a regional international law to management

Amendment §

• Myanmar: to have laws but should focus on Economic growth first through environmental policies instead

4th Motion §

Thailand raise motion of formal debate for 20 minute

Indonesia §

ask for suggestion on what to do about plastic waste

Response §

• Thailand: to promote education awareness, framework to handle waste output
• The Philippines: ask for cooperation with firms on environmentally or reusable packaging
• Cambodia: to change people’s behaviors to replace plastic use with biodegradable or reusables
• Singapore: agrees with Cambodia, should find alternatives to plastic, encourage reusables
• Vietnam: more restrictions, tax, fines
• Cambodia: response to Myanmar, people’s behavior is the main problem that produce that waste

5th Motion §

Cambodia: informal debate for 20 minutes

CLMV §

• Raise awareness
• Ask for technology and information sharing
• no thank you policy
• adapted plan for CLMV group