Local governments in Myanmar have no specific regulations addressing marine environment or solid waste management. However, municipalities have enacted multiple local laws to counter pollution. In the past, the city of Mandalay has conducted public campaigns and environmental education to foster the implementation of the reduce, reuse, recycle (3R) scheme. The committee has promoted alternative products, such as string bags and boxes and baskets made of leaves, to counteract the excessive use of plastic, though continuous enforcement of these regulations have been proven to be challenging, thus they are not currently enforced (Premakumara et al., 2017).
In the city of Yangon, the Clean Yangon Campaign group manages the campaign to raise awareness of plastic’s environmental impacts. Besides raising awareness of environmental degradation, the campaign focuses on fostering the recycling of plastic products to reduce waste. The ultimate goal of the campaign is to create Clean Yangon. This movement somehow has become a trendsetter for other movements, such as Clean Pyinmana, Clean Aunglan, and Clean Mandalay, which have started to grow. Similar collective movements are expected to eventually create a Clean Myanmar (Aung, 2018).
Updated as of 13 January 2025.
Aung, M.M. (2018), NGO Takes Aim at Plastic Waste. Myanmar Times. https://www.mmtimes.com/news/ngo-takes-aim-plastic-waste.html (accessed 7 November 2019).
Premakumara, D.G., M. Hengesbaugh, K. Onogawa, and O.M. Hlaing (2017). Waste Management in Myanmar: Current Status, Key Challenges, and Recommendations for National and City Waste Management Strategies. https://www.iges.or.jp/en/publication_documents/pub/policyreport/en/5670/POLICY+REPORT__Myanmar.final_.2017.01.31rev.pdf (accessed 7 November 2019).
Local governments in Myanmar have no specific regulations addressing marine environment or solid waste management. However, municipalities have enacted multiple local laws to counter pollution. In the past, the city of Mandalay has conducted public campaigns and environmental education to foster the implementation of the reduce, reuse, recycle (3R) scheme. The committee has promoted alternative products, such as string bags and boxes and baskets made of leaves, to counteract the excessive use of plastic, though continuous enforcement of these regulations have been proven to be challenging, thus they are not currently enforced (Premakumara et al., 2017).
In the city of Yangon, the Clean Yangon Campaign group manages the campaign to raise awareness of plastic’s environmental impacts. Besides raising awareness of environmental degradation, the campaign focuses on fostering the recycling of plastic products to reduce waste. The ultimate goal of the campaign is to create Clean Yangon. This movement somehow has become a trendsetter for other movements, such as Clean Pyinmana, Clean Aunglan, and Clean Mandalay, which have started to grow. Similar collective movements are expected to eventually create a Clean Myanmar (Aung, 2018).
Updated as of 13 January 2025.
Aung, M.M. (2018), NGO Takes Aim at Plastic Waste. Myanmar Times. https://www.mmtimes.com/news/ngo-takes-aim-plastic-waste.html (accessed 7 November 2019).
Premakumara, D.G., M. Hengesbaugh, K. Onogawa, and O.M. Hlaing (2017). Waste Management in Myanmar: Current Status, Key Challenges, and Recommendations for National and City Waste Management Strategies. https://www.iges.or.jp/en/publication_documents/pub/policyreport/en/5670/POLICY+REPORT__Myanmar.final_.2017.01.31rev.pdf (accessed 7 November 2019).
