An event was held on 17th October, 2022 in New Delhi to mark the culmination of The India-Norway cooperation project on capacity building for reducing plastic and chemical pollution in India (INOPOL) and to disseminate its findings. The INOPOL project was a part of India-Norway Joint Marine Pollution Initiative, and it involved partnership of key […]
As part of the International Coastal Cleanup Day on the 17th September, 2022, and INOPOL Project partner institutions: SRM, MGC, TERI, NIVA, CIPET and Toxics Link jointly organised a beach clean-up program at Besant Nagar Beach, Chennai. The event was led by Ms. Beate Kvaernes Langset, Counsellor for Climate and Environment, Royal Norwegian Embassy in […]
On the occasion of International Coastal Cleanup Day 2023, a capacity-building workshop on microplastics and persistent organic pollutants sampling was conducted at the Cauvery River in Trichy as part of the India-Norway cooperation project on capacity building for reducing plastic and chemical pollution in India (INOPOL). The workshop was conducted by REACH, SRMIST and the […]
INOPOL Project partners kicked off the next phase of the project, building on momentum of the first phase to strengthen capacities to reduce plastic pollution and persistent organic pollutants in India, with a particular focus on the States of Tamil Nadu and Uttarakhand. During the kick-off, scientists, and project partners from Norsk institutt for vannforskning […]
Project partners, NIVA, CIPET, SRM, Toxics Link and MGC gathered for a 2-day kick-off workshop for Phase 2 of the INOPOL project. The workshop involved brainstorming on the possible solutions that can be offered to the state of Tamil Nadu in terms as also the application of learnings from Phase 1 of the project in […]
The INOPOL team held two virtual capacity building and training programmes on plastic and POPs pollution in August 2021and May 2022. Scientists, experts from the Central and State Pollution Control Boards (26 th -27 th August) and the broader research community (30 th -31 st August) and all the stakeholders (10-11 May 2022). The focus […]
Stakeholder consultation workshop on plastic waste management in Ahmedabad on February 25, 2022. The stakeholders were from Gujarat Pollution Control Board, UNICEF, urban local bodies and various government and non-government organizations.
Stakeholder consultation workshop on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) in Ahmedabad on February 25, 2022. The stakeholders were from Gujarat Pollution Control Board, UNICEF and various government and non-government organizations.
A thematic track titled ‘Reducing plastic and chemical pollution in the marine environment’ was organized by INOPOL during the World Sustainable Development Summit hosted by TERI on the 18th February 2022. Besides INOPOL scientists, eminent speakers from aligned ministries of Government of India and Norway presented at the event. 110 professionals attended the event and […]
A webinar titled “Important but ignored? The role of the informal sector in a future international agreement on plastic pollution” was jointly organized by the India-Norway Cooperation Project to Reduce Plastic and Chemical Pollution in India (INOPOL) and the Asian Scientific Alliance for Plastic Pollution and Value Network Management (ASAP) on December 2, 2021.
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