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The project is part of CSIRO’s efforts to reduce the amount of plastic waste entering the environment by 80% by 2030.
Australia and Indonesia have established a partnership that aims to tackle plastic pollution in the Indo-Pacific region.
The Plastics Innovation Hub Indonesia project was launched by the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Australia’s national science agency, and the Australian government’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.
Launched on 1 March, the A$1.3m ($940,790) partnership will bring together researchers, investors and major stakeholders, including private and public-sector businesses, to develop solutions to tackle plastic waste in Indonesia’s oceans and waterways.
CSIRO estimates that there are between five billion and ten billion individual pieces of plastic on coastlines in the Indo-Pacific region.
The project is part of CSIRO’s Ending Plastic Waste Mission, through which it aims to reduce plastic waste entering the environment by 80% by 2030.
The hub will use artificial intelligence (AI) and other advanced technologies to identify and track pollution in waterways, as well as use enzymes to degrade polyethylene terephthalate (PET) plastic and microplastics
