Indonesia

Funding Opportunity: Asia Resilient Cities (ARC)

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is seeking applications for acooperative agreement from qualified entities to implement the Asia Resilient Cities (ARC)activity. The ARC activity is a five-year cooperative agreement with the anticipated start of performancearound July 15, 2022. ARC will work with three or more cities… Read More

CCBO Indonesia Fact Sheet Bahasa

Indonesia adalah negara kepulauan terbesar di dunia dan terpadat keempat, dengan lebih dari 270 juta orang. Indonesia mengalami pertumbuhan populasi yang cepat, terutama di pusat-pusat perkotaannya yang lebih dari setengahnya terletak di daerah pesisir. Pada tahun 2025, 68 persen populasi negara ini diperkirakan akan tinggal di daerah perkotaan, di mana… Read More

Circulate Capital Increases its Commitment to Indonesia Plastic Pollution Prevention with New Investment into Reciki’s Optimized Material Recovery Solution

Cross-posted from Circulate Captial Singapore, 14 December 2021: Circulate Capital, the Singapore-based investment management firm that finances innovations, companies, and infrastructure to prevent ocean plastic and climate change by advancing the circular economy, today announced that the Circulate Capital Ocean Fund (CCOF) is investing in Reciki… Read More

Municipal Waste Recycling Program Key Results and Impacts

Launched in 2016, the Municipal Waste Recycling Program was USAID’s first formal response to the urgent challenge of plastic pollution in developing countries. Download the infographic to view the program’s key results and impacts. Read More

CCBO Initial Solid Waste Management Assessment Indonesia

The following presents CCBO’s Initial Solid Waste Management Assessment (ISWMA) for the program’s three “engagement sites” in the Republic of Indonesia: Kota Ambon, Kota Semarang, and Kota Makassar. The ISWMA is one of CCBO’s first steps in its launch of in-field implementation and will support its engagement sites to create… Read More

MRWP Indonesia: Save Our Small Islands

Kepulauan Seribu (Thousand Islands) is an ecologically sensitive chain of islands off the coast of Jakarta, Indonesia. The growing number of tourists and the islands’ position as a catchment area for marine currents carrying plastic pollution from the mainland is significantly impacting the surrounding marine environment. During the rainy season up to 40,000 tons of garbage end up in the waters around the islands, much of it plastic waste. Read More

MWRP Indonesia: Transforming a Solid Waste Management System with Waste Banks

The Gowa Regency, in the South Sulawesi province of Indonesia, is home to 650,000 residents. The Gowa government’s capacity for solid waste management (SWM) is limited and community participation in recycling is low. Read More

MWRP Indonesia: Combining Extended Producer Responsibility with Extended Stakeholder Responsibility

With a grant from USAID’s Municipal Waste Recycling Program, the Bina Karta Lestari Foundation (BINTARI) is working to change this situation by improving the local recycling capacity of urban neighborhoods, integrating Extended Stakeholder Responsibility (ESR) and Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) policy approaches. Read More

MWRP Indonesia: Bank Sampah – Community Waste Recycling Program

 The Raja Ampat Islands, globally renowned for coral reef biodiversity, have faced significant threats in recent years from increased ocean plastic and mismanaged waste in coastal areas. An archipelago in Indonesia’s West Papua province, Raja Ampat features more than 1,500 small islands and cays. The city of Sorong, gateway… Read More

Women Leading the Waste Bank Movement in Gowa District, Indonesia

In most Indonesian homes, women are responsible for nearly all household chores, including managing waste, but in South Sulawesi’s Gowa District, women are taking steps towards greater gender equality in their homes, while training their community to manage household waste. These changes are supported by Transformasi, a grantee of USAID’s… Read More