World Cleanup Day 2024
Arctic cities and marine litter—let's create a lasting impact!
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Marine Litter in the Arctic
Marine litter is found even in the most remote parts of the Arctic.
AFRIPAC: Effective Capacity Building for Global Plastics Treaty in Africa
Aiming to empower 5 African nations to inform negotiations for the global plastics treaty by increasing knowledge, capacity & collaboration.
GEF Marine Plastics Project
Developing a strategic roadmap to help guide the transition to circular plastic economies at local, national and global scales.
Support for launch of the Nordic Report
GRID-Arendal is supporting release of the Nordic Council report "Possible Elements of a New Global Agreement to Prevent Plastic Pollution".
Barents Sea Leadership on Marine Litter
The project aims to raise awareness, promote leadership and strengthen cooperation to reduce marine pollution in the region.
The African Marine Litter Outlook Pre-Publication Event
An online event to celebrate the pre-publication of the African Marine Litter outlook
Wastewater management and sanitation provision in Africa
Developing and disseminating knowledge towards enhancing wastewater management and sanitation service delivery in Africa.
Circular Economy on the African Continent
Working in collaboration with the African Circular Economy Network and Footprints Africa to fill the gap.
Awareness and Capacity Building for Women in the Informal Recycling Sector: Pilot Implementation of a Toolkit in Kenya
GRID-Arendal and the Kisumu Waste Pickers Welfare Association in Kenya will work to empower women waste pickers.
Marine Litter
Marine litter and plastic pollution in the ocean is affecting ecosystems, economies and societies around the world.
Beach Macro Litter Monitoring E-Course
Sustainable Seas Trust (SST) and GRID-Arendal are proud to announce the launch of a free online e-learning course for citizen scientists.
FARE Project
The FARE project is dedicated to creating the First steps towards an Assessment of plastic Risk to the Norwegian Environment.
Source to Seas – Zero Pollution 2030
SOS-ZEROPOL2030 aims to develop a holistic zero pollution framework to guide the process towards achieving zero pollution in European seas
IKHAPP
IKHAPP –International Knowledge Hub Against Plastic Pollution
ICES Seafloor Litter Categorization Test
Capacity development to catalyze actions and commitments at the national and global level to reduce plastic pollution including in the marine
The project aims to achieve strengthened country capacity for the identification of sources of plastic pollution
Household Waste Management
Environmentally sound management of household waste is one of the challenges faced by national governments and municipalities.
Marine pollution: tackling land-based sources through multi-stakeholder action UN Ocean Virtual Side Event
Date and Time: Tuesday 28th June, 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM, GMT +1 (Lisbon)
Invitation to share information on tackling marine litter and plastic pollution through Indigenous Knowledge Systems
The UNEP and GRID-Arendal invite you to participate in a survey to collect information on tackling marine litter and plastic pollution
International policy development to combat marine litter
Marine litter and plastic pollution are global issues that affect the whole world.
Plastic Myths
We uncover the true facts behind these 10 Plastic Myths
Marine litter predictive mapping
This pilot project develops a shoreline map to define coastal areas with different likelihood of accumulating beach litter.
The High Ambition Coalition to End Plastic Pollution (HAC)
The High Ambition Coalition (HAC) to End Plastic Pollution is committed to develop an ambitious international legally binding instrument...
Sanitation and Wastewater Atlas of Africa Workshop
100 African Voices
100 African Voices Map and Documentary
Are you worried about plastic in your seafood? Please complete our survey to give us your views
This questionnaire aims to understand your opinion on plastic/microplastic pollution in your marine ecosystem.
Plastics and Climate Change: policy recommendations
GRID-Arendal and partners have initiated a project to provide recommendations for how to better deliver on the climate agenda.
Capacity Building of the Informal Waste sector
We implement activities to strengthen waste management in an environmentally sound manner and reduce the exacerbated impacts of plastics.
Marine Debris Action Planner (MDAP)
The Marine Debris Action Planner (MDAP) is a project funded by Innovation Norway in which GRID-Arendal and SALT are developing a service...
Intergovernmental Science-Policy Panel at UNEA 5.2
Reclaim: Finding the heart of the circular economy
GRID-Arendal’s Waste and Marine Litter Program aims to produce a short film (15 minutes) about waste management in Africa.
PRReSUP
An assessment of policy and investment options for reducing plastics into the marine environment in Pacific Island Countries (PICs)
Science Policy Interface for Plastic Pollution
This project looking into the Science-Policy interface on plastic pollution in a partnership with the University of Wollongong.