Plastic waste is now found in the most remote areas of the planet. It kills marine life and is doing major harm to communities that depend on fishing and tourism.”"
- António Guterres, UN Secretary General -
This project is implemented by the South Asia Cooperative Environment Programme (SACEP), with the support of the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS), and the World Bank. The project development objective of the Plastic Free Rivers and Seas for South Asia (PLEASE) Project is to catalyze actions that reduce the flow of plastic pollution into South Asian Seas.