{"id":263,"date":"2022-02-15T13:37:27","date_gmt":"2022-02-15T11:37:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/water-pact.org\/?post_type=projects&#038;p=263"},"modified":"2022-04-20T20:39:04","modified_gmt":"2022-04-20T17:39:04","slug":"guatemala-honduras-the-plastic-island-crisis","status":"publish","type":"projects","link":"https:\/\/water-pact.org\/projects\/guatemala-honduras-the-plastic-island-crisis\/","title":{"rendered":"Guatemala &#038; Honduras  The Plastic Island Crisis"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"263\" class=\"elementor elementor-263\" data-elementor-post-type=\"projects\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-380f1d3 elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-items-middle\" data-id=\"380f1d3\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[],&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;background_motion_fx_motion_fx_scrolling&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;background_motion_fx_scale_effect&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;background_motion_fx_scale_direction&quot;:&quot;in-out&quot;,&quot;background_motion_fx_scale_speed&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:1,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;background_motion_fx_scale_range&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;%&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:{&quot;start&quot;:0,&quot;end&quot;:100}},&quot;background_motion_fx_devices&quot;:[&quot;desktop&quot;,&quot;tablet&quot;,&quot;mobile&quot;]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e8abc9d\" data-id=\"e8abc9d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b01f1cc elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b01f1cc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Guatemala &amp; Honduras<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b8c15c1 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b8c15c1\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ee5c3fb\" data-id=\"ee5c3fb\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-292a224 elementor-align-left elementor-icon-list--layout-traditional elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"292a224\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M12 2C7.8 2 4 5.22 4 10.2C4 13.38 6.45 17.12 11.34 21.43C11.72 21.76 12.29 21.76 12.67 21.43C17.55 17.12 20 13.38 20 10.2C20 5.22 16.2 2 12 2ZM12 12C10.9 12 10 11.1 10 10C10 8.9 10.9 8 12 8C13.1 8 14 8.9 14 10C14 11.1 13.1 12 12 12Z\" fill=\"#92DBFF\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Guatemala\u2013Honduras border<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-27ea120 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"27ea120\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Caribbean coastal areas around the border of Guatemala and Honduras, and especially Omoa bay, are suffering from a dramatic pollution crisis. It is one of the world&#8217;s worst solid waste hotspots; hundreds of thousands of tons of plastic waste flow downstream through rivers from illegal, unregulated landfills and other sources, mainly due to poor waste and wastewater management.<\/p><p>The Water Pact Forum offers solutions to several aspects of the crisis, beginning with raising awareness of waste disposal prevention, then collecting and properly treating the waste and the wastewater. This prevents the discharge of waste and wastewater to the river. We then aim to explore means to collect the existing plastic waste from the river and the Caribbean Sea. Alongside these practical measures, we will promote local educational programs to raise awareness to the importance of environmental recovery action and long-term prevention of pollution. 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