On July 22, 2021, as one of the series activities for ASEAN-China Environmental Cooperation Week 2021, “Taking Actions for Marine Plastic Reduction: ASEAN-China Front-Runners Workshop on Urban Plastic Reduction” was successfully held virtually and on site in Beijing.

The Workshop was hosted by China-ASEAN Environmental Cooperation Center/Foreign Environmental Cooperation Center, Ministry of Ecology and Environment of China (MEE). Representatives from MEE and its affiliated units, local ecological and environmental departments, climate and environmental departments from ASEAN Member States, Japan, and South Korea, international organizations, research institutes, and private sectors.

During the Workshop, participants shared and discussed practices and cases on life-cycle management of plastic wastes, including reducing waste from the source, sorting recycling and reuse, as well as prevention and treatment of marine waste. The following is an excerpt from the presentations made by the experts at the workshop.