Plastic Monster-in-the-box installations delivered at the DENR headquarters Quezon City, Philippines (November 14, 2019) — Environmental groups belonging to the global #breakfreefromplastic movement today delivered monstrous plastic installations at the Department...
28 October 2019 – Jakarta, Indonesia. In what environmental watchdogs are calling a global pollution shell game, Indonesian officials have been caught approving re-exports of illegal U.S. waste shipments to other Asian countries instead of returning them to the U.S....
Penang, Malaysia (13 October 2019) — Hundreds of local government officials and non-government organizations (NGOs) in Asia met in a two-day international conference in Penang, Malaysia to showcase solutions and discuss policies that will help bring an end to plastic...
Social and environmental organizations reveal Basel Convention violations On 26 August, Argentinian president Mauricio Macri signed decree 591/2019, reclassifying what are considered wastes and what are considered commodities in the context of international trade...
Day(s) : Hour(s) : Minute(s) : Second(s) Organized by GAIA and Consumers’ Association of Penang Hosted by Seberang Perai Municipal Council 14-15 October 2019 | Penang, Malaysia Zero Waste challenges the “take-make-waste” mode, focusing on collective responsibility and...
GAIA is a worldwide alliance of more than 800 grassroots groups, non-governmental organizations, and individuals in over 90 countries whose ultimate vision is a just, toxic-free world without incineration. Find out more here: www.no-burn.org. Many countries...
