1. Marine littering – need for new measures and regulations Keep Norway Beautiful 5. February 2014 Nancy Strand

2. Todays agenda What is the problem Public participation Funding Prevention New role for Keep Norway Beautiful 2

3. 3 Interest organisation for the waste sector in Norway Members are municipalities, intermunicipal and private companies - Responsible for Keep Norway Beautiful Waste Management Norway

4. Who is responsible? –Lack of overall responsibility –Waste –Marine /coastal waters –…. 4

5. Voluntarily actions - mandatory! –Public participation- coastal ”dugnad” –Norway is a coastal nation – we want to participate! –From 2 000 to 10 000 participants in 3 years 5

6. Need for government funding –Proposed municipal ”clean-up tax”: good, but not enough –Waste handling needs funding through central government budget –Additional funds from extended producer responsibility schemes 6

7. Prevention measures –More knowledge on sources –What’s measured get’s done… –Marine littering prevention targets and action plans 7

8. Keep Norway Beautiful-new role? Member organisation for municipalities, companies, NGOs Coordinate national funds for waste handling, prevention measures and campaigns Waste Management Norway: in charge of the transition period 8

9. Photos: Thanks to Bo Eide and Keep Norway Beautiful Nancy.strand@avfallnorge.no 9