Ministry of Environmental Protection and Energy of the Republic of Croatia has shared an interesting photography contest on their website, and the topic is one of the biggest environmental problems nowdays: plastic waste. 

The conest is launched by the Plastic Waste Partnership to promote outreach, education and awareness-raising on the global plastic waste crisis. The contest welcomes entries from all walks of life: from amateur to professional photographers, of all ages. Through the contest, the Partnership wants to shine a light not only on the plastic waste problem, but also the solutions out there, our collective progress to date and the challenges and opportunities moving forward.

Entered photos will be judged by a panel including the National Geographic Photographer Sara Hylton, and winning images will be used for a Basel Convention plastic waste calendar and displayed at the 2021 meetings of the Conference of Parties, or Triple COPs, at UNEP Headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya.

Contest participants are invited to submit their entries in the following six categories which relate to the impacts of the plastic waste problem, the progress we’ve made and where we need to focus our attention:

-Let’s go outside! - Plastic waste and nature

-Plastic waste and our health and livelihoods

-Tiny but everywhere: Microplastics

-Let’s use it! - Plastic waste as a resource

-Let’s do it! - Solutions for avoiding single-use plastic products

-Let’s fix it! - Alternatives, new technologies and innovation

You can see the details about the photography competition here.