Dominican Republic

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USAID Program Signs Agreement with Municipalities of Samaná and Las Terrenas to Strengthen Waste Management Planning and Recycling Systems

Translated and cross posted from U.S. Embassy Dominican Republic Santo Domingo, D.N. The United States government, through its Agency for International Development (USAID) Clean Cities, Blue Ocean program, signed a memorandum of understanding with the municipalities of Samaná and Las Terrenas to strengthen the cities solid waste management planning… Read More

Workshop on Best Practices to Promote Solid Waste Management in the Dominican Republic

Translated and cross posted from Diario Activo The Dominican Republic Public-Private Trust for the Integral Management of Solid Waste; the United States Agency for International Development’s Clean Cities, Blue Ocean program; and the Dominican Municipal League held a workshop on Friday, January 20, 2023, with the aim of advancing… Read More

CCBO Launches New Capacity Building Tool for Local Governments

More than 22 million tons of plastic leak into our aquatic environment each year, the majority from land-based sources in communities and cities that aren’t able to adequately collect and manage local waste.  Local governments have an important role in providing on-the-ground services to control waste and prevent ocean plastic… Read More

Creating a Sustainable Waste Management Model in Samaná Province, Dominican Republic

In Samaná Province—a peninsula on the DR’s northeastern coast— USAID’s CCBO program is working to pilot solutions to stop the flow of plastic pollution into the region’s large, semi-enclosed Samaná Bay and the Atlantic Ocean. Read More

Social and Behavior Change Trials of Improved Practices: Final Results – Samaná Province, Dominican Republic

Little information is available and published on the actors in Samaná’s waste value chain, household waste practices, and the communities’ feelings and ideas about waste. This report summarizes research undertaken by USAID’s Clean Cities, Blue Ocean program and local grantee partner, CEBSE, to inform the program’s social and behavior change… Read More

CCBO Initial Solid Waste Management Assessment Dominican Republic

The assessment’s main objectives were to assess existing SWM programs in the Province of Samaná, with the goal of identifying processes, or the lack of, that are the cause of marine plastic pollution— which will ultimately inform the program’s Year One Work Plan. Read More

CCBO 3R/SWM and Marine Debris Strategy Alignment Assessment – Dominican Republic

This report analyzes current laws and policies at the national and local levels to identify alignment with the strategic goals of CCBO, locate gaps in those strategies, and consider opportunities to address those gaps. These findings and recommendations were considered in CCBO’s Year One implementation and will inform its Year… Read More

The United States Embassy Signs Agreement with the Dominican General Directorate of Special Programs for the Presidency to Close Open Landfills

Cross-posted from the U.S. Embassy in the Dominican Republic website. The United States Embassy in Santo Domingo, through its Agency for International Development (USAID), signed a memorandum of understanding with the… Read More

USAID and CEBSE Sign Agreement to Address Plastic Pollution in Samaná

The United States Government through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) signed an agreement with the Center for the Conservation and Eco-Development of the Bay of Samaná and its Environment (CEBSE ) and its partners, the Samaná Environmental Forum and Dominican Ecoservices to identify and analyze a series of practical methods to reduce the amount of plastics and the impact of waste through changes in community and domestic management of these. Read More