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Trash to Treasure Seminar in Jakarta

by Amelia Meier on 26/11/2016 No comments

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.

90 NGOs with a vision of the future free from plastic

by Amelia Meier on 14/09/2016 1 comment

14 September 2016 – Trash Hero World

Trash Hero World is proud to be among a group of 90 NGOs, who just laid out a groundbreaking new global vision for a future free from plastic pollution. The vision lays out 10 principles. This represents the first step in a global movement to change society’s perception and use of plastics.

Letter to the UN Secretary-General

by Amelia Meier on 10/09/2016 No comments

10 September 2016 – Trash Hero World

Trash Hero World is proud to have been asked, along with 5 other global organisations, to co-sign a letter to the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. Read the letter here.

This honour is the result of our ongoing friendship with Let’s Do It World . Roman Peter attended their Leaders Academy in August 2016 in Estonia to learn about the plan for the World Cleanup Day on 8 September 2018. The plan is to clean up the entire world in one, massive cleanup day, with 150 countries and 380 million people. Join the Let’s Do It Movement here.