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Pilots

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Prevention of marine litter in Shanghai ports

Objective

The pilot project is to enhance the ship waste management in Chinese ports by improving procedures for ship waste collection, transport to land-based treatment and final disposal facilities. Through the pilot, the ship waste collection rate will increase by 10%.

Activities

  • Research on ship waste management situation and policy framework in China; best practice summary of European SWM

  • Investigation and assessment of pilot ports in terms of ship waste composition and quantity, technical and financial aspects of SWM procedure; conduct satisfaction survey of crew members and other stakeholders

  • Improvement report on SWM for two ports and pilot implementation

  • Dissemination of pilot experience, pilot summary and policy recommendations

Outputs

  • Assessment report on SWM status-quo at Shanghai Port (2021.03)
  • Recommendations for improved SWM for Shanghai Port (2021.07)
  • SWM Manual of Tianjin Port (2022.02)
  • Pilot final report (2022.02)

Contact person

LIU Xiao

Dr. Liu Xiao
National Coordinator

Rethinking Plastics—Circular Economy Solutions to Marine Litter

transition-china@giz.de
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german cooperation

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