Dear Water Guardian Experts, In Nairobi, two days ago (May 24th, 2016), the UNEA (United Nations Environment Assembly) have organised the "Green Room Event 8: Stemming the Tide: Comprehensive Strategies to Prevent Marine Litter" in order to discuss the urgent actions needed to reduce marine plastic debris. During this event the Ocean Conservancy's Trash Free Seas Alliance® and the World Plastics Council review solutions-oriented. Here is the presentation of Keith Christman (the Word Plastics Council) : Implementing Marine Debris Solutions: Global Plastics Industry Activities And, here from Nicholas J. Mallos (the Ocean Conservancy): Stemming the Tide: Land-Based Strategies for a plastic-free ocean From this a new UNEP report on marine plastics incorporating recent research was released: "Technical report on marine plastic debris and microplastics: Global lessons and research to inspire action and guide policy change". Best regards, Kim