National Plan of Action for the Prevention, Reduction and Management of Marine Litter
Objective – To provide a blueprint to enhance the current efforts of the country in resource and waste management and to bring additional lens to marine litter issues and the control of additional leakage of waste into bodies of water.
Overarching Goal – ” Zero waste to Philippine waters by 2040 ” to support the Vision of ” A Philippines free of marine litter through shared participation, responsibility, and accountability “
The Action Plan was divided into two clusters as follows:
Strategy 1: Establish science- and evidence-based baseline information on marine litter
Strategy 2: Mainstream circular economy (CE) and sustainable consumption and production (SCP) initiatives
Strategy 3: Enhance recovery and recycling coverage and markets
Strategy 4: Prevent leakage from collected or disposed waste
Strategy 5: Reduce maritime sources of marine litter
Strategy 6: Manage litter that is already existing in the riverine and marine environments
B. Enabling/Cross-cutting Cluster of Actions
Strategy 7: Enhance policy support and enforcement for marine litter prevention and management
Strategy 8: Develop and implement strategic and targeted social marketing and communications campaigns using various media