After the successful public event on marine litter on Wednesday, a group of Norwegian marine litter actors convened in GRID Arendal’s Green Knowledge Centre in the afternoon to discuss how Norway can contribute to marine litter solutions in developing states.
The Green Dot, Fishing for Litter, Kystlotteriet, and members from the Ministry of Climate and Environment, among many others, have agreed that both clean-ups and tackling upstream sources go hand-in-hand to curb the growing problems of marine litter worldwide.
“While tackling upstream sources should be prioritized, clean-ups are effective in a way that it helps to raise awareness about marine litter to the public. It makes them feel responsible“, says Lise Gulbransen of Hold Norge Rent.
Heidi Savelli from UNEP’s Global Partnership in Marine Litter presented how their global campaign against marine litter involved waste management pilot projects in Samoa and other small island developing states. This campaign involves utilizing a multi-disciplinary approach, best environment practices, and Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCS).
Questions were raised at the workshop about how implementable projects are done in places like small island developing states to other bigger nations, how to identify implementable projects, and if it will work for the long-term.
At the end of the first day the workshop concluded that Norway has a big potential to export marine litter solutions to developing nations. Beach clean-ups and plastic deposit and reward systems that have already been implemented here are very viable somewhere else. Most importantly, while Norway can provide solutions, it can also adopt best environment practices from developing states.
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