The AIT-RRC.AP spearheaded the Virtual Kick-off cum Consultation for the ERIA project on development and dissemination of technical guidelines for plastics and resin pellets leakage prevention from factories and informal recycling sector in the ASEAN was convened on May 6, 2022. About 22 participants from relevant local city stakeholders/partners including City Government Officers (from Manila, Vientiane, and Pattaya City), associations of plastic recyclers and plastic industries, and representatives from Regional Knowledge Centre for Marine Plastic Debris (RKC-MPD) of the Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA) participated the meeting.