Philippines

USAID and Partners Award Grant to Woman Waste Collector

The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), through its Clean Cities, Blue Ocean (CCBO) program and its Women in Waste’s Economic Empowerment Activity, awarded its first business expansion grant to help a woman waste collector start her own door-to-door waste collection business. In partnership with Coca-Cola Foundation Philippines, the Quezon… Read More

Outfitting Waste Workers: Testimonies of a Safer, More Equitable Waste Sector in the Philippines

Uniforms can hold numerous benefits: protection, a professional image, or a sense of equality. However, informal workers—more than two billion people and over 60 percent of the world’s adult workforce—are seldom afforded the opportunity to wear a uniform and experience the benefits that it can hold.  Despite informal waste… Read More

From the Field: Strengthening Local Waste Systems from Top to Bottom

Catholic Relief Services and their partner Caritas Pasig, Inc., have worked in the City of Manila to improve solid waste management (SWM) through a multi-pronged approach: strengthening local government capacity and planning, promoting more sustainable community practices amongst community members, and empowering waste collectors who are vital to local waste systems.  Read More

From the Field: Building a Local Ecosystem for a Flourishing Circular Economy in the Philippines

USAID grantee Communities Organized for Resource Allocation (CORA) has set out to establish a new model for local solid waste management (SWM) in Parañaque City, Metro Manila, that builds on existing local infrastructure to maximize efficiency and encourages greater participation from the surrounding community. Read More

CCBO Philippines Fact Sheet Filipino

Araw-araw, umaagos ang mga plastik sa higit 7,500 isla ng Pilipinas. Ito ay dulot ng pagtaas ng produksyon at konsumo ng mga pang-isahang gamit o single-use na plastik. Ang programang Malinis na Lungsod, Asul na Karagatan o Clean Cities, Blue Ocean (CCBO) ng USAID ay nakikipagugnayan sa buong Pilipinas upang… Read More

Highlights from the Circularity Assessment Protocol in Manila, Philippines

Over 3,000 litter items (e.g., food wrappers, cigarette butts, plastic fragments, etc.) were painstakingly identified and counted by Save Philippine Seas (SPS) in Metro Manila in early 2021. The litter items, at an average density of 112 items per length of a city block (100m) are like clues leading to a menu of interventions to prevent plastic pollution. But they are just part of the picture. Read More

Circularity Assessment Protocol Manila, Philippines

Developed by the Circularity Informatics Lab at the University of Georgia, the Circularity Assessment Protocol (CAP) is a standardized assessment protocol to inform decisionmakers through collecting community-level data on plastic usage and management. Grounded in materials flow and systems thinking concepts, the CAP uses a hub-andspoke model to holistically characterize how consumer plastics flow into a community, are consumed, and flow out, either through waste management systems or leakage into the environment. Read More

Stopping Ocean Plastic Pollution from Cities: A USAID Case Study from Parañaque City, Philippines

Ocean plastic pollution has reached crisis level: every minute, more than an entire garbage truck of plastic makes its way into the world’s oceans—roughly 11 million tons annually. While plastic waste presents an immediate threat to marine wildlife and ecosystems, this global challenge also has implications for major industries such… Read More

USAID, Coca-Cola Foundation, WWF Partner to Empower Women to Address Ocean Plastic Crisis

In celebration of Women’s Month and Earth Day, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Coca-Cola Foundation Philippines Inc. and the World Wide Fund for Nature Philippines (WWF-Philippines) to empower women in the waste sector.  Through the Women in Waste’s Economic Empowerment Activity… Read More

U.S. Provides Waste Collection Vehicles to Improve Puerto Princesa City Waste Management

On March 24, the United States government, through USAID's Clean Cities, Blue Ocean program, donated eight waste collection vehicles to increase the capacity and efficiency of “Eco Warrior” waste collectors from Barangay Bancao-Bancao, Puerto Princesa City, Palawan.  Read More