Save Our Seas Initiative

Empowering Informal Waste Workers

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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

United States Announces Partnership to Reduce Ocean Plastic Pollution in Indonesia

On July 27, 2022 USAID launched a new partnership to expand plastic waste collection and recycling in Indonesia under the auspices of the Save Our Seas Initiative. The Save Our Seas Initiative is USAID’s new flagship global initiative to combat the growing threat of ocean plastic… Read More