Announcement

USAID/Peru and South America Regional (SAR) Locally Led Development Initiative – Notice of Funding Opportunity

The Peru-SAR Locally Led Development Initiative seeks to engage local private and civil sectors in priority areas as defined by the partner governments in the region and the United States Government (USG). This initiative is designed to increase sustainability and impact in the areas of: (1) Improving Solid Waste Management and… Read More

Announcing the UrbanLinks Photo Contest 2023!

Do you have photos highlighting USAID’s work in the Urban sector? Read More

USAID Awards First Clean Cities, Blue Ocean Grant in Pacific Islands to Combat Ocean Plastic Pollution

As part of the U.S. Government’s efforts to combat ocean plastic pollution, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), through its Clean Cities, Blue Ocean (CCBO) program, awarded a grant to Waste Recyclers Fiji Ltd (WRFL) and Pacific Recycling Foundation (PRF) to design and build I-Recycle Hub Bins that… 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

Fostering Partnerships in Sri Lanka to Reduce Ocean Plastic Pollution

As a densely populated island nation of over 21 million people, Sri Lanka faces unique challenges managing its solid waste—including providing waste collection services to all of its residents. With only 20 percent—a little over 5 million households—having access to waste collection services, much of the waste ends up in… Read More

USAID Convenes Partners to Ensure a Fair, Just, and Inclusive Design of the New International Plastic Treaty

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID), through its Clean Cities, Blue Ocean (CCBO) program, organized a meeting on the sidelines of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC) conference to ensure the people on the frontlines of waste management--the informal waste collectors--have a voice in the first international legally binding treaty on plastic pollution. Read More

United States Announces Partnership to Reduce Ocean Plastic Pollution in Indonesia

Today, the United States, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Clean Cities, Blue Ocean program, joined Circulate Capital, an impact-focused investment management firm, and Prevented Ocean Plastic Southeast Asia (POPSEA), a plastic recycling company that is developing sorting and collection infrastructure in underserved communities across Indonesia, in announcing… Read More

U.S., CORA Launch Center to Fight Ocean Plastic Pollution in Parañaque City

On July 31, the United States government, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), and Clean Cities, Blue Ocean (CCBO) program grantee Communities Organized for Resource Allocation (CORA) Inc. launched a plastic buying and exchange center to address ocean plastic pollution in Parañaque City. The Eco-Ikot Center serves as… Read More

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

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