On the occasion of World Oceans Day, a two-month awareness generation campaign on plastic waste management and elimination of identified single use plastic items was launched by Mr Prakash Javadekar, Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Government of India. Mr Jochen Flasbarth, State Secretary, Federal Ministry of Environment, Government of Germany and Dr Dechen Tsering, Regional Director, Asia and the Pacific, UN Environment Programme were present during the launch along with Mr Dilip Chenoy, Secretary General, FICCI, Head, UNEP India Country Office and Country Director, GIZ India.
The awareness programme will comprise of four on-line regional events and a social media campaign to spread the message of mitigation plastic pollution to wider audience. The regional events will include interactive sessions on various themes related single use plastics and plastic waste management and cover wide range of stakeholders from local bodies, pollution control boards, industry, civil society organizations and citizens.