ASEAN on Point Public Forum: How Policies can Support the Private Sector in Combatting Marine Plasti

- The amount of plastic we produced that end up in the marine ecosystem - The use of economic mechanisms to create a parity between the use of conventional plastics and the eco-friendly alternatives thru the imposition of levy on the cost of the conventional plastics so that negative external costs will be considered. [...] More than half of the respondents are interested in attending other webinars on marine plastic and efforts on upstream and downstream level, the impact on marine ecosystem and human health, as well as a webinar on marine plastic and innovation solutions/approaches in the world. [...] Cumulatively, the topic of the next webinar that received most answers is “a webinar on marine plastic and innovation solutions/approaches in the world.” 30 respondents: Another webinar on marine plastics and the private sector efforts in plastic production and consumption (upstream level), A webinar on marine plastics and efforts undertaken in collection and waste management (downstream level), A. [...] Under the leadership of Thailand, the Bangkok Declaration on Combating Marine Debris in the ASEAN Region along with the ASEAN Framework of Action on Marine Debris was adopted in 2019 to reaffirm the region’s pledge and targets to combat marine pollution. [...] Indeed, it was in response to the worldwide pandemic, that the two institutions have decided to address issues of significance to the ASEAN region, to think of the ways to move forward and to build back better in the post-pandemic recovery.