Greenpeace goes ‘embassy hopping’, asks ASEAN to act on plastics pollution of oceans
The rate of plastics being dumped in the oceans annually is alarming, with five member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) being named among the biggest sources of plastics pollution in the world’s oceans. The Ellen Macarthur Foundation projects that plastics in the ocean will outweigh fish by 2050. Every year, 8 million metric tons of plastic currently arrive in our oceans which is equivalent to five grocery bags filled with plastic for every foot of coastline in the world.
Acting on the urgency of the plastics pollution problem in the region and with the upcoming ASEAN Summit commencing in Manila, Greenpeace Southeast Asia is bringing its message to the ASEAN community by delivering a letter of appeal by a giant animated ‘Plastic Bag Man and Woman’ to the respective embassies of Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, and Vietnam, and to the Philippines’ Department of Foreign Affairs.
What: Embassy hopping and delivery of letter of appeal by ‘Plastic Bag Man and Woman’ to the Indonesian, Malaysian, Thailand, and Vietnam Embassy, and the Philippines’ Department of Foreign Affairs.
When: Tuesday, April 25, 2017
Schedule:
Thailand Embassy 8:00am
Royal Thai Embassy, 107 Thailand (Rada) Street, Legaspi Village, Makati City
Indonesian Embassy
185 Salcedo St. Legaspi Village, Makati City
Malaysian Embassy 10:00am
107 Tordesillas Street, Salcedo Village, Makati City
Embassy of Vietnam
670 Pablo Ocampo (formerly Vito Cruz), Malate, Manila
Department of Foreign Affairs 11:30am
2330 Roxas Boulevard, Pasay City
For more information, please contact:
Angelica Carballo Pago, Media Campaigner, Greenpeace Southeast Asia-Philippines
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