Capacity building and training programme on plastic and POPs pollution 26th to 27th Aug 2021; 30th -31st Aug 2021, 10-11 May 2022

The INOPOL team held two virtual capacity building and training programmes on plastic and POPs pollution in August 2021and May 2022. Scientists, experts from the Central and State Pollution Control Boards (26 th -27 th August) and the broader research community (30 th -31 st August) and all the stakeholders (10-11 May 2022). The focus was on contemporary plastic waste management issues, including single-use plastics and extended producer responsibility, environmental and health concerns of microplastic pollution, analytical techniques and sampling matrices for macro- and micro- plastics. The second day provided an overview of national and international implementation of regulations on persistent organic pollutants (POPs), environmental standards and best practices, health impacts, and analytical techniques and matrices for POPs sampling. The events also launched the technical baseline reports on plastic and POPs developed under Project INOPOL.