Sri Lanka

Island Climate Initiative, USAID launch Island Plastics Challenge to help consumer goods companies address plastic waste

COLOMBO, SRI LANKA, November 28, 2022 – In support of the Ministry of Environment’s policy on plastic waste reduction, the United States Agency for International Development’s (USAID) partner, Island Climate Initiative (ICI) under USAID’s global Clean Cities Blue Ocean Program, is  calling on innovators around the world to design solutions… 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

USAID Sri Lanka Ocean Plastics Reduction Activity (Ocean Plastics) Contract Opportunity

The USAID Mission for Sri Lanka and Maldives released a request for proposal on February 3, 2022, for a flagship Ocean Plastics Reduction project. The project aims to reduce plastics available to the environment, by reducing plastics inputs and improving integrated solid waste management (SWM) practices,… 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

MWRP Sri Lanka: Engaging Business Sectors to Reduce Plastic Waste

 Municipalities in Sri Lanka struggle to collect and properly dispose of solid waste in their jurisdictions, particularly the growing volume of plastic waste. Renewed economic growth, after the end of Sri Lanka’s civil war in 2009, has strained the country’s solid waste management system. Insufficient disposal sites and mismanaged processes… Read More

MWRP Sri Lanka: Partnering with the Private Sector to Reduce Plastic Waste from Tourism

Tourism remains a critical economic sector in Sri Lanka following the end of the country’s long civil war. Read More

USAID’s Clean Cities, Blue Ocean Program Launches Grants in Sri Lanka to Support National Government’s Circular Economy Initiatives

In celebration of Earth Day 2021, USAID’s flagship program to address ocean plastic pollution, Clean Cities, Blue Ocean (CCBO), formally launched its local program in Sri Lanka and announced the award of its first in-country grants to support the nation’s journey to plastic pollution-free cities and seas.  CCBO awarded an… Read More

USAID Municipal Waste Recycling Program Zero Waste Roundtable

The Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives (GAIA), a USAID grantee and leader in the approach, defines “zero waste” as “significantly reducing — and eventually completely eliminating—the amount of resources that we send to disposal.” Mike Alino with GAIA says zero waste is a goal, “something we should aspire to.” This… Read More

United States Launches “Clean Cities, Blue Ocean Program” in Sri Lanka to Tackle Plastic Pollution

Cross-posted USAID Press Release issued April 23, 2021 U.S. Ambassador to Sri Lanka Alaina B. Teplitz announced the first grants awarded through the U.S. government’s… Read More

CCBO 3R/SWM and Marine Debris Strategy Alignment Assessment – Sri Lanka

To inform CCBO’s approach in Sri Lanka, the program has produced this 3R/SWM and Marine Debris Reduction Strategy Alignment Assessment for Sri Lanka to highlight the ways in which CCBO can support existing marine debris strategies and to provide recommendations for increased impact. Read More