Philippines

U.S. and Korea Strengthen Development Cooperation Partnership through Joint Projects in the Philippines

The leading development assistance agencies of the United States of America and the Republic of Korea have agreed to pursue joint development projects in the Philippines to boost the country’s climate resilience and address ocean plastic pollution. The partnership is a result of the Memorandum of Understanding signed between the… Read More

Reducing Single-Use Plastics Through Social and Behavior Change Research

Case Study - Hulhumalé, Maldives Read More

Strengthening Routing and Collection for Improved Waste Management

Case Study - Pisco, Peru Read More

Ending Ocean Plastic Pollution: USAID’s Save Our Seas Initiative: Snapshots of Success One Year In

About this Event In honor of World Oceans Day, USAID invites you to join us and our partners for a virtual event to reflect on what we’ve achieved one year after launching our $103 million Save Our Seas Initiative – a global effort to combat ocean plastic pollution that covers… Read More

Trials of Improved Practices Manual

This manual is intended to introduce Trials of Improved Practices (TIPs) to organizations Read More

Urban Programs in the Philippines: A Snapshot

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

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

The Women in Waste’s Economic Empowerment (WWEE) Fact Sheet

led by Clean Cities, Blue Ocean (CCBO)—USAID’s global flagship program to address ocean plastic pollution under the Save Our Seas Initiative Read More

U.S., CORA Launch Center to Fight Ocean Plastic Pollution in Parañaque City

On July 31, the United States government, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), and Clean Cities, Blue Ocean (CCBO) program grantee Communities Organized for Resource Allocation (CORA) Inc. launched a plastic buying and exchange center to address ocean plastic pollution in Parañaque City. The Eco-Ikot Center serves as… Read More