A Southeast Asia environment agency is finding ways to help manage plastic waste entering the world’s rivers as it celebrated Earth Day 2022 on April 22. The Partnerships in Environmental Management for the Seas of East Asia (Pemsea) released a set of five studies under Project Aseano, a three-year initiative to stop plastic pollution in two pilot sites—the Imus River in Cavite province in the Philippines and the Citarum River in Indonesia, a Pemsea news release said. Funded by the Norwegian Development Program to Combat Marine Litter and Microplastics, Project Aseano is led by the Norwegian Institute for Water Research, and the Center for Southeast Asian Studies in Indonesia.

Pemsea presents solutions to rid rivers of plastics for Earth Day. (2022, April 24). Business Mirror, p. A7.