S12E4: Lessons From a Pandemic
from Sustainable Asia
In this episode… we’ll traverse from Hong Kong to South Korea and onto Pune, India. We start with Hong Kong, where Sustainable Asia is based, because no new legislation on plastic waste has been introduced for over a decade. Then we peak through the curtain of the COVID pandemic to see how South Korea is reacting to their recent surge in plastic waste. Finally we turn to Pune, India where under appreciated workers form the backbone of their unregulated recycling systems. This new 5-episode season is based on The Asia Plastic Atlas from the Heinrich Boell Foundation with support from Break Free From Plastic Asia Pacific. Guests: Angus Ho, Greeners’ Action, Hong Kong Park Da-hyo, Korea Zero Waste Movement Network, South Korea Doun Moon, GAIA - Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives, Berkeley California Lakshmi Narayan, KKPKP, SWaCH and Break Free From Plastic, Pune, India Download The Asia Plastic Atlas from the Heinrich Boell Foundation Subscribe for Sustainable Asia latest episodes and review us on listennotes! Join the movement at Break Free From Plastic Production credits: Hosts: Marcy Trent Long and Bonnie Au Associate producer: Jiaxing Li Intro/outro music: Alex Mauboussin Music from Blue Dot Sessions (www.sessions.blue): Caveman, Chrome and Wax, Grumpalo, Checkered blue
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In Asia, after decades of struggling with the cascade of trash caused by imported waste... and now the COVID pandemic... do governments have the courage to pull together a cohesive action plan to reduce plastic waste?
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