The status and trends of riverine plastic pollution in the Lower Mekong River Basin

DOI
10.52107/mrc.aqrsb2
Title
The status and trends of riverine plastic pollution in the Lower Mekong River Basin
Author
MRC
Abstract

This report explains the status and trends of plastic waste pollution in the Lower Mekong River Basin from the perspectives of plastic pollution itself as well as the frameworks and capacity of each Member Country to address the issues of plastic pollution. The report estimates that in 2020, its four countries had produced about 8 million tons of plastic waste – of which, some 70% to 90% were plastic bottles, plastic bags and Styrofoam. Yet this debris does more than adversely affect the Mekong and its tributaries.

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MRC Secretariat
Language
English
Categories
Reports Technical Paper Series
Keywords
Mekong River, plastic pollution, riverine plastic
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Open Access
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MRC. (2022). Proceedings of the 1st ASEAN-MRC Water Security Dialogue: Solutions for a Changing Region. Vientiane: MRC Secretariat. https://doi.org/10.52107/mrc.ajutqy

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Mr. Yasunobu Matoba

Former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Mekong River Commission (MRC) Secretariat 

Dr. Olivier Cogels

Former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Mekong River Commission (MRC) Secretariat 

Mr. Kristensen Joern

Former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Mekong River Commission (MRC) Secretariat 

Mr. Jeremy Douglas BIRD

Former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Mekong River Commission (MRC) Secretariat 

Mr. Hans Joakim GUTTMAN

Former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Mekong River Commission (MRC) Secretariat 

Mr. Pham Tuan Phan

First Riparian Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Mekong River Commission (MRC) Secretariat

Dr. An Pich Hatda

Former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Mekong River Commission (MRC) Secretariat