Save Our Seas Initiative

De Desechado A Recuperado: Reduciendo la contaminación por plásticos en los océanos de la República Dominicana.

In English Alfonso Frías, quien ahora tiene 32 años, recolecta desechos plásticos desde 2019 en la provincia de Samaná, en el extremo noroeste de la República Dominicana. Conocida por sus aguas cristalinas y las visitas de las ballenas jorobadas en invierno, la provincia de Samaná es… Read More

USAID Spotlights Cities at Our Ocean Conference

March 2, 2023 – Around the world, waste management is the responsibility of local governments. Few local government services are as visible in our daily lives—and important—as waste management. Yet many local governments lack the institutional capacity and resources necessary to successfully plan, build, and operate the on-the-ground waste management… Read More

60 Kenyan innovators selected for $70,000 Mombasa Plastics Prize

By Kang’ethe Njoroge The Mombasa Plastics Prize has selected 60 innovators whose ideas have been selected to tackle marine plastic pollution along the coastline of Mombasa County.   Aged 18-25, the finalists are grouped into 15 teams and are now in a race to be one of the top three teams… Read More

From Waste to Recovery: Reducing Ocean Plastic Pollution in the Dominican Republic

Reducing ocean plastic pollution in the Dominican Republic Read More

Celebrating International Women’s Day: Recognizing Women in Waste

About this Event Across the globe women play critical roles in local waste systems. It’s estimated that over half of all plastics collected globally—and diverted from entering the ocean—are collected by informal waste collectors, the majority of whom are women. Beyond waste collectors, women in low- to middle-income countries also… Read More

The Festival “Máncora Recycles, Get on the wave of recycling”

The festival was organized by the U.S. Agency for International Development’s (USAID) Clean Cities, Blue Ocean program Read More

Solid Waste Capacity Index for Local Governments (SCIL) Fact Sheet

The Solid Waste Capacity Index for Local Governments (SCIL) assessment tool enables local governments to assess their current capacity to develop effective waste management systems. Read More

Building Local Government Capacity for Improved Solid Waste Management Systems

Case Study - Asia, Latin America, the Carribean Read More

Empowering Informal Waste Workers

Case Study - Asia, Latin America, the Caribbean Read More

Blended Finance: A Blueprint to Support a Circular Economy in Indonesia

Like many rapidly urbanizing countries across Asia, Indonesia is faced with the challenge of reducing and recycling growing volumes of waste without the recycling infrastructure it requires. Increasing that challenge is the geographic reality of collecting waste across an archipelago of 17,000 islands.  In October 2022, the U.S. Agency for… Read More