Jakarta, March 5 -- The Government of Norway launched the ASEAN-Norway Cooperation Project on Local Capacity Building for Reducing Plastic Pollution in the ASEAN Region (ASEANO) Phase 2 in Siem Reap, Cambodia, on March 4, 2024.

"We need to work at different levels, international and regional, as well as country and local levels. ASEANO is an important project in that respect, and it is my hope that Phase II will be as successful as Phase I in enhancing local capacity in monitoring and identifying plastic pollution sources as well as in increasing the effectiveness of plastic waste management policies," Ambassador of Norway to ASEAN Kjell Tormod Pettersen noted in a statement received in Jakarta, Tuesday.

During the 2019-2022 period, the...