Thant Myanmar is an organization born out of a movement to fight plastic pollution. It was registered in February 2019 as a non-profit company continuing its campaigns and public awareness raising and also doing contractual work on the topics of waste management, surveys and research, development of toolkits and guides for the private sector. Now Thant Myanmar’s clients range from the World Bank to UN programs, NGOs working in conservation and tourism as well as private sector industries developing waste reduction efforts in their specific industry.
Thant Myanmar is mainly operating in the following fields:
● Public awareness raising on the environmental impact of plastic and promotion of sustainable alternative
● Community engagement through its large volunteer network of CSOs who use our material and tools to change behavior on the ground. More than 50 trainings have been delivered with practical demonstrations and community management support to CSOs in both urban and rural Myanmar.
● Consulting organizations, companies and the hospitality sector in shifting to alternative solutions
● Consulting towns CDDs and rural communities in improved waste management
● Advocacy to government through research (currently discontinued due change in government)
● Environmental education to school and university students on topics of plastic pollution reduction, community solid waste management in both rural and urban Myanmar and climate change
● Trainings to youth organizations on practical approaches to implement solid waste management through their network. More than 20 such trainings have been delivered to youth till date.
