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As local governments re-direct their waste management budgets to tackle the pandemic, there is a risk to waste collection services, which rely on government support (up to 20%) to operate. In a worst case scenario, these services can be suspended, leaving residents with no choice but to burn or dump their trash into the ocean.<\/p>\n<p>Read the full article: <em>Pandemic Hampers Push to Reduce Plastic Waste<\/em> from Andre Kuncoroyekti (Chief Delivery, Project STOP) and Joi Danielson (Asia Programme Director, Project STOP) at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/bb805101-29cd-4443-b874-d5c0185c4a42\">https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/bb805101-29cd-4443-b874-d5c0185c4a42<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While Covid-19 has led to increased plastic consumption, it has also exposed vulnerabilities in the global waste management system.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":1098,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v17.7.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Project STOP Featured in Financial Times - Project STOP<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.stopoceanplastics.com\/en_gb\/project-stop-featured-in-financial-times\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Project STOP Featured in Financial Times - Project STOP\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"While Covid-19 has led to increased plastic consumption, it has also exposed vulnerabilities in the global waste management system.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.stopoceanplastics.com\/en_gb\/project-stop-featured-in-financial-times\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Project STOP\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-06-04T20:46:09+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-03-29T06:17:46+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.stopoceanplastics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Bali\u2019s-Jembrana-Regency-.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1000\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"667\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Project STOP\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.stopoceanplastics.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.stopoceanplastics.com\/\",\"name\":\"Project STOP\",\"description\":\"STOP WASTE. 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