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March 2nd 2022 was a historic moment in international environmental politics. The UN countries decided to create a legally binding Global Plastics Treaty at the UN Environmental Assembly (known as UNEA 5.2) in Nairobi, Kenya. It was historic in the sense that for the first time UNEA took the decision to start creating a global […]

During my last week in Africa, I visited a dear friend and colleague Ana Rocha and her organization Nipe Fagio, based in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. One of the things I got to see was a local zero waste model pilot in Bonyokwa area, Ilala Municipality. It’s a community with about 14 000 inhabitants, where […]

As a part of the UN Major Groups and Other Stakeholders we publish the following statement. UN Statement by the Major Groups and Other Stakeholders in Support for Ukraine on the occasion of the Russian Invasion On February 24th, Russian troops entered the territory of sovereign Ukraine and launched the first strikes on Ukrainian cities, […]

Today starts the UN Environmental Assembly 5.2 (UNEA). A meeting during which we hope for an ambitious Global Plastic Treaty to be adopted by the UN Members. But while global environmental welfare is the purpose of this summit, the event is also affected by Russia’s aggression against Ukraine. This will not leave the work of […]

Time in Nairobi is flying and the city is becoming more and more familiar. In my second week here I started also to get to know some local organisations working on waste and waste prevention. Definitely the highlight of the week was meeting Daniel from Single Mothers Association of Kenya. Daniel was a participant at […]

The proposed legally binding global “Plastic Treaty” will set ambitious goals for nations to integrate waste reduction into all their sectors and activities in order to reduce plastic pollution worldwide and move towards sustainable waste management. This challenges education at all levels in order to enable and support communities during the transition. The Estonian Ministry […]

New research shows that most Polyethylene terephthalate (PET) plastic recovered from bottles in Europe does not make its way back into new PET bottles. Significant Improvements in PET design, collection and recycling will be needed to improve circularity. Published today, the “How circular is PET?” report presents a picture of the true state of circularity […]

Habari! As part of the Estonian development cooperation work, I’m spending this February in Nairobi, Kenya to exchange experiences with UN-Habitat, the UN body working for better quality of life in all urbanized areas, and specifically with their waste team. This is small summary of my first week’s impressions. Tackling plastic waste pollution In 2017, […]

Opportunities for refill, reuse and package free shopping are growing everywhere around the EU. Let’s Do It Foundation is advocating for reuse system developments in Estonia and across the EU. With the recent developments, Estonia may become the first country where a reuse system may work nation-wide. That means the circulation of collecting, cleaning and […]

The year that we now know as the second year of COVID, has passed and despite the constant uncertainty, we managed to fulfil our main wish from last year – organize onsite trainings! And as online education is the reality that is here to stay, we revamped our training programs in general as well. Here’s […]