Peru

Save Our Seas Initiative Fact Sheet

FACT SHEET - USAID launched the Save Our Seas Initiative in 2022 as our flagship global initiative to combat the growing threat of ocean plastic pollution. Read More

Preventing More Than One Million Tons of Plastic from Entering the Environment

How USAID’s Clean Cities, Blue Ocean program has prevented more than 127 billion plastic bottles from entering into the environment  Clean Cities, Blue Ocean, USAID’s flagship global program under the Save Our Seas Initiative, has reached a significant milestone: preventing more than one million metric tons of plastic from entering… Read More

Rapid Appraisal Facility Tool

The Rapid Appraisal Facility Tool (RAFT) is a form-based tool that provides solid waste management staff and planners a quick and efficient way to collect key data about a city’s current solid waste and recycling systems. Read More

Advancing Climate Change Mitigation Goals Through Improved Solid Waste Management

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USAID Donates Vehicles to the Municipality of Máncora

Cross posted from the Government of Peru  In an effort to reduce pollution, USAID’s Clean Cities, Blue Ocean program, donated a truck and three motorcycle vans to the District Municipality of Máncora. This donation aims to strengthen and support the Municipal Program MÁNCORA RECICLA, to promote recycling in homes… Read More

Fortalecimiento de Rutasy Recojo para Mejorarel Manejo de Residuos Hoja Informativa

Hoja Informativa - Pisco, Perú Read More

Fortalecimiento de Rutas y Recojopara Mejorar el Manejo de Residuos Estudio de Caso

Estudio de Caso — Pisco, Perú Read More

USAID/Peru and South America Regional (SAR) Locally Led Development Initiative – Notice of Funding Opportunity

The Peru-SAR Locally Led Development Initiative seeks to engage local private and civil sectors in priority areas as defined by the partner governments in the region and the United States Government (USG). This initiative is designed to increase sustainability and impact in the areas of: (1) Improving Solid Waste Management and… Read More

Strengthening Routing and Collection for Improved Waste Management Fact Sheet

Fact Sheet - Pisco, Peru Read More

From the Field: Increasing Community Recycling and Recovery of Waste to Reduce Ocean Plastic Pollution

Nationwide, in Peru, over 21,000 metric tons of municipal solid waste is generated daily; with 70 percent of that waste—much of it plastic—that’s considered either recyclable or reusable, only 4 percent is actually recycled. Improving low recycling rates requires a multi-pronged approach: addressing local governments’ capacity to provide recycling collection… Read More