Nyob rau hauv lub margins ntawm 78thUN General Assembly, Jose W. Fernandez, Tus Thawj Fwm Tsav Tebchaws rau Kev Loj Hlob ntawm Kev Lag Luam, Lub Zog, thiab Ib puag ncig, tau pib qhov kawg Plastic Pollution International Collaborative (EPPIC) nrog $ 15 lab hauv thawj US cov peev nyiaj. EPPIC yog kev koom tes nrog pej xeem thiab ntiag tug tsim los txhawb rau tsoomfwv, NGOs, thiab cov lag luam los txhawb cov kev daws teeb meem tshiab rau cov teeb meem yas muaj kuab paug - txhawb nqa cov haujlwm thoob ntiaj teb kom ua kom tag nrho lub neej ntawm cov yas zoo dua qub, pib nrog kev siv zog los hloov kev tsim thiab siv. ntawm cov khoom yas.
Cov teeb meem ntawm cov yas muaj kuab paug cuam tshuam rau peb cov biodiversity, kev noj qab haus huv, kev ruaj ntseg zaub mov, thiab kev lag luam. Txhawm rau daws qhov teeb meem no, EPPIC yuav txhawb nqa cov lus cog tseg thiab nrhiav nyiaj txiag los siv cov kev daws teeb meem thiab sib pauv cov kev coj ua zoo tshaj plaws rau kev tawm tsam cov pa phem. EPPIC tseem yuav khiav cov khoom plig sib tw rau cov kev pib uas ua rau kev tsim, tsim khoom, thiab kev tswj cov yas ntau dua. Nws yuav pab nyiaj rau kev cob qhia rau cov zej zog thoob plaws ntiaj teb uas tau cuam tshuam tsis zoo los ntawm cov pa phem yas los pab lawv saib xyuas thiab tshaj tawm txog cov pa phem yas thiab tawm tswv yim rau cov kev daws teeb meem hauv zos, cheeb tsam, thiab lub teb chaws.
Raws li kev siv zog ntawm ntau tus neeg koom tes, EPPIC txhawb nqa thiab tsim los ntawm USAID txoj haujlwm nrog cov teb chaws los tawm tsam cov pa phem yas raws li Kev Tiv Thaiv Peb Cov Seas Initiative thiab Clean Cities Blue Ocean, uas tau nqis peev tseem ceeb thoob ntiaj teb los txhim kho kev tswj cov khoom pov tseg yas hauv zos.
Lub Koom Haum Thoob Ntiaj Teb rau Kev Tiv Thaiv Xwm Txheej yog tuav lub koom haum EPPIC, thiab Aspen Institute, Ocean Foundation, thiab Searious Business yog thawj koom tes. Peb cia siab tias lwm cov NGOs, lub hauv paus, thiab cov lag luam yuav koom nrog rau lub hlis tom ntej.
