Marine littering – need for new

measures and regulations

Keep Norway Beautiful 5. February 2014

Nancy Strand

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Todays agenda

• What is the problem • Public participation• Funding• Prevention• New role for Keep

Norway Beautiful

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• Interest organisation for the waste sector in Norway

• Members are municipalities, intermunicipal and private companies

- Responsible for Keep Norway Beautiful

Waste Management Norway

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Who is responsible?

– Lack of overall responsibility

– Waste – Marine /coastal waters– ….

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Voluntarily actions - mandatory!

– Public participation- coastal ”dugnad”

– Norway is a coastal nation – we want to participate!

– From 2 000 to 10 000 participants in 3 years

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Need for government funding

– Proposed municipal ”clean-up tax”: good, but not enough

– Waste handling needs funding through central government budget

– Additional funds from extended producer responsibility schemes

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Prevention measures

– More knowledge on sources

– What’s measured get’s done…

– Marine littering prevention targets and action plans

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Keep Norway Beautiful-new role?

• Member organisation for municipalities, companies, NGOs

• Coordinate national funds for waste handling, prevention measures and campaigns

• Waste Management Norway: in charge of the transition period

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Photos: Thanks to Bo Eide and Keep Norway Beautiful

Nancy.strand@avfallnorge.no