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Circularity Assessment Protocol Manila, Philippines

Developed by the Circularity Informatics Lab at the University of Georgia, the Circularity Assessment Protocol (CAP) is a standardized assessment protocol to inform decisionmakers through collecting community-level data on plastic usage and management. Grounded in materials flow and systems thinking concepts, the CAP uses a hub-andspoke model to holistically characterize how consumer plastics flow into a community, are consumed, and flow out, either through waste management systems or leakage into the environment. Read More

Save Our Seas Initiative Annual Report 2022-2023

Ocean plastic pollution has reached crisis levels: every minute an entire garbage truck’s worth of plastic enters the world’s oceans—amounting to an alarming 11 million metric tons per year. In response to these mounting challenges, USAID launched the Save Our Seas Initiative—a global effort to combat ocean plastic pollution. Read More

Clean Cities, Blue Ocean Dominican Republic Fact Sheet

The Dominican Republic is one of the fastest growing economies in Latin America, but solid waste management systems must be strengthened across the country to enable continued growth and address mounting environmental, economic, and human impacts that have resulted from the island’s growing waste volumes and insufficient waste infrastructure. The… Read More