23/24 November 2016 – Trash Hero Indonesia
Roman Peter just participated in the Trash to Treasure Seminar in Jakarta, Indonesia. Organized by the Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment (The Netherlands) in collaboration with the Ministry of Environment and Forestry, the Republic of Indonesia, and the Indonesian Waste Platform, the focus of this seminar was to discuss possibilities for reducing the influx of waste to our environment, explore solutions on reduction of single-use packaging and alternative packing materials, and to establish partnerships on reaching these goals.
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21 November 2016 – Trash Hero Indonesia Chapters
Trash Hero Indonesia has just added up all that they have accomplished: Altogether, the Indonesian chapters have cleaned up 36 Tons, creating and educating 6’250 people in the process. Trash Hero Indonesia is getting stronger and stronger.
A huge thank you to all the chapters involved in this amazing effort: Amed, Sanur, Gili Meno, Ubud, Candidasa, Komodo, and Canggu. You guys rock!
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20 November 2016 – Trash Hero World
There is no way around it: We need to Break Free From Plastic. Today our team in Trash Hero Amed, Indonesia was saddened to find the above picture when they went to the beach. This is worse than what it usually is.
Let’s all be a part of the change and contribute to stopping plastic pollution!
We are collaborating with the following organisations on this:
Plastic Soup Foundation International
Plastic Change
Let’s do it World
ROLE Foundation Charity Auction
Marine Conservation Society
Zero Waste Europe
8 November 2016 – Trash Hero Thailand Wins Thailand Green Excellence Award
We are delighted to announce that Trash Hero Thailand has won the Thailand Green Excellence Award in the category “Outstanding Contribution to Green Tourism in Thailand”. Her Royal Highness Princess of Thailand Ubol Ratanarachakanya Siriwatanaphanwadi presented the prestigious awards during a memorable ceremony hosted at the World Travel Market London on 7 November 2016 in the British capital. World Travel Market London is a leading global event for the travel industry, bringing together 51’500 participants and representatives from nearly every country in the world. The perfect occasion to spread the Trash Hero word, and we enjoyed making new friends from Dubai, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, and Vietnam.
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3 November 2016 – Trash Hero Shanghai
Trash Hero World is now also in China… starting in Shanghai! Their first weekly cleanup just took place and many more will follow. We’re hoping that the movement will now spread out to many more locations in China!
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October 17, 2016 – Trash Hero Langkawi (Malaysia) Celebrating One Year of Cleanups
Happy Birthday Trash Hero Langkawi, Malaysia. In the past year 42 cleanups have taken place, during which a total of 780 people volunteered to help and picked up 12’217 kg of trash.
Most importantly, many wonderful connections were made and a lot of young people could be reached in order to educate them about littering, burning trash, and how our daily lives affect this planet we live on.
All photos of the birthday event can be viewed here.
8 October 2016 – New Collaboration with OceanCare
Our latest collaboration is with the amazing people from OceanCare. The organization has been committed to marine wildlife protection since 1989. Through research and conservation projects, campaigns, environmental education, and involvement in a range of important international committees, OceanCare undertakes concrete steps to improve the situation for wildlife in the world’s oceans. In 2011, OceanCare was granted Special Consultative Status on marine issues with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations. Through environmental education, OceanCare encourages a rethinking of our attitude towards plastic and urges people not to use disposable plastic.
The organisation cooperates with Trash Hero World and supports their various beach cleaning activities.OceanCare analyses the dynamics of micro- and macroplastic pollution at sea and has, on an international level, campaigned for a ban on particularly noxious plastics and on the use of microplastic in cosmetics.
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10 October 2016 – Trash Hero Portraits on Show
The Atelier Wasserart in Dettenheim (Germany) is a place dedicated to all things surrounding water. The Atelier is currently showcasing stories of Trash Heroes from all around the world, in the hopes that visitors will go away determined to reduce their own consumption of plastics.
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September 26, 2016 – Trash Hero Myanmar
Trash Hero Myanmar cleaned Ngwe Saung with 380 people and collected a total of 3’900 kg of trash. The organisers are hoping to start various cleanups in the country.
All photos and recent information on cleanups can be found on their Facebook page here.
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