Dominican Republic

De Desechado A Recuperado: Reduciendo la contaminación por plásticos en los océanos de la República Dominicana.

In English Alfonso Frías, quien ahora tiene 32 años, recolecta desechos plásticos desde 2019 en la provincia de Samaná, en el extremo noroeste de la República Dominicana. Conocida por sus aguas cristalinas y las visitas de las ballenas jorobadas en invierno, la provincia de Samaná es… Read More

Six Ways USAID is Advancing Gender Equality in the Waste Sector

Women play a critical role in the waste sector, as informal workers collecting plastics, or as owners of recycling centers and upcycling businesses—preventing plastic waste from reaching the ocean. Read More

From Waste to Recovery: Reducing Ocean Plastic Pollution in the Dominican Republic

Reducing ocean plastic pollution in the Dominican Republic Read More

A model for waste site remediation to reduce climate impacts and ocean plastic pollution

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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