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CHINA ADOPTS NEW LEAD PAINT STANDARDS TO PROTECT CHILDREN'S HEALTH. China set in August new standards of 90 ppm total lead limit for architectural wall coatings and woodware coatings and a 1,000 ppm total lead for vehicle and industrial coatings. Most industrialized countries and many other Asian countries, including India, Philippines, Nepal, and Bangladesh, have already adopted 90 ppm total lead standards. A 2017 study by Shenzhen Zero Waste and IPEN showed that paints with high lead levels are readily available to consumers in China.
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PHILIPPINES SENDS BACK FINAL BATCH OF SOKOR WASTE. The final batch of contaminated plastic waste was sent back this month to its country of origin. EcoWaste Coalition lauded the country's Bureau of Customs (BOC) for keeping its promise to ship back the remaining illegal plastic waste imports sent to the Philippines from South Korea. The plastic waste shipments were misdeclared as “plastic synthetic flakes", which arrived in the country two years ago.
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TAKEAWAY WASTE CLUTTERS HONGKONG'S PUBLIC AREAS. Takeaway containers and disposable cutlery are cluttering the streets and parks of Hong Kong as coronavirus restrictions on dining in restaurants eat away at the city’s capacity to dispose of its garbage. According to Greeners Action, city residents are consuming more than 101 million disposable plastic items for takeaway every week, more than double the amount discarded last year.
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WOMEN WARRIORS OF SURABAYA RIVER. A women's group consisting of mothers and young women wants to free the Surabaya River in Indonesia from plastic waste. Assisted by ECOTON, the group traced the river and identified the locations for illegal waste dumping. They also measured the water quality with parameters TDS, DO, Ammonium, pH, and measured the microplastic content in the water. They found, among others, that plastic waste from big brands such as Unilever, Indofood, Nestle, and Wings are predominant along the river.
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CITIZEN JOURNALISM WORKSHOP FOR POLLUTION MONITORING VOLUNTEERS IN THAILAND. EARTH organized a citizen journalism workshop for over 70 community monitoring volunteers in industrial pollution affected areas. Done in collaboration with Thai PBS, among the topics covered in the workshop were public communication, use of online media, basic digital shooting and editing, and storytelling.
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WEBINAR SERIES FOR CHILD-FRIENDLY SCHOOL CANTEENS IN SOLO. Gita Pertiwi Foundation in Indonesia held a series of 3 webinars in August to help schools implement health protocols before face-to-face learning systems begin given the COVID19 pandemic. Over 350 participants attended (75% of them were women) the online training series. IPEN supported the initiative by providing the Zoom webinar platform for their discussions.
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