Based on the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA) Resolutions 1/6 “Marine plastic debris and microplastics”, 2/11 “Marine plastic litter and microplastics”, 3/7 “Marine litter and microplastics”, 4/6 “Marine plastic litter and microplastics” and 5/14 “End Plastic Pollution: Towards an international legally binding instrument” of the UNEA, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has developed this
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The Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal (Basel Convention) is one of the global conventions which seeks to address the management of plastic waste through various tools, including but not limited to the Plastic Waste Partnership, and the Technical Guidelines on the Environmentally Sound Management of Plastic
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Plastic waste has multiple origins in Small Island Developing States (SIDS), including the cruise ship sector, which carries millions of passengers every year around the Caribbean. As part of the GEF ISLANDS Project in the Caribbean, the Dominican Republic is taking steps to improve the management of plastics through coordination with the public and private
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