Save Our Seas Initiative

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

Strengthening Routing and Collection for Improved Waste Management

Case Study - Pisco, Peru Read More

From the Field: Reducing Single-Use Plastics Through Social and Behavior Change Research

The proliferation and disposal of single-use plastics threatens the health and biodiversity of our oceans and contributes to climate change. In the Maldives’ city of Hulhumalé, with an estimated population of over 240,000—roughly 41 percent of household solid waste is single-use plastics1. For the Maldives and many other island nations,… 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

Modelo de saneamiento de vertederos para reducir el impacto
climático y la contaminación por plásticos en los océanos

ESTUDIO DE CASO — Provincia de Samaná, República Dominicana Read More

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