Abstract

Environmental issues in the form of plastic waste are already a complex problem. The unreasonable use of plastic can damage the human environment and marine habitats. Therefore, in East Timor the government of the 8th Cabinet launched a zero-plastic policy program. This program has its legitimacy in the form of Government Decree number 37/2020. This is the realization of the principles of international law on environmental protection. And the we are interested in analyzing the zero-plastic program in order to understand the direction and goals of this government program. Know to consider it from a legal aspect as regulated in decree 37/2020 against the two principles above. 
The type of approach used in this research is a normative juridical approach: Between the results of the conventions in Stockholm, Sweden and Rio de Janeiro, the Constitution of the Democratic Republic of East Timor and Government Decree number 37/2020. From the results of a normative search, the group concluded that the zero-plastics program was delegated in government decree no.37/2020 is a government decision in order to protect the environment based on the principles of international law regarding the protection of the natural environment and mankind. However, the problem is that the East Timor government does not have the means to support the realization of the program.