Asia

MWRP Vietnam: Reducing Mismanaged Plastic Waste By Organizing Independent Waste collectors

Independent waste collectors are entrepreneurs who play a key role in addressing limitations of the government-run solid waste management system in Ho Chi Minh City (population: about 13 million); they collect recyclables from narrowly built, otherwise inaccessible neighborhoods and minimize the volume of recyclable waste going to landfills. Read More

MWRP Vietnam: Building a Green City through Women-Led Plastic Recycling

Waste recycling is a key focus for the coastal city of Da Nang, Vietnam’s fifth largest city with a population of over 1.2 million. City authorities and residents have committed to making Da Nang a “green city,” as outlined in the city’s solid waste management strategy “Towards 2030. Read More

Municipal Waste Recycling Program (MWRP) – Vietnam Country Profile

The global crisis of ocean plastic pollution—each year eight million metric tons of plastic pour into the ocean— has local origins in poor waste management in cities of the developing world. Vietnam is the world’s fourth largest plastic polluter1 to the marine environment, contributing approximately 730,000 metric tons annually. Read More

Learning from Locally-led Actions to Combat Plastic Pollution in Vietnam

Our study examined two MWRP projects: The Informal Sector on Plastics implemented by Environnement et Développement du Tiers-Monde (ENDA) in Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC), and Oceans Without Plastics implemented by the Center for Environment and Community Research (CECR) in Da Nang. Read More

Case Study: Behavior Change in Local Systems to Mitigate Ocean Plastic Pollution

This case study explores the efforts of two USAID Municipal Waste Recycling Program projects to create behavior change to reduce ocean plastic pollution in Da Nang and Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Read More

USAID Partner Circulate Capital Announces Inaugural Investments in India and Indonesia

Circulate Capital, the Singapore-based investment management company focused on advancing the circular economy, today announced that the Circulate Capital Ocean Fund (CCOF), the world’s first investment fund dedicated to the ocean plastic crisis in South and Southeast Asia, has made its inaugural investments in two plastic recycling companies located in… Read More

Nestle Partnership with USAID Grantee Encourages Reusable Packaging

With support from Nestle, USAID grantee Philippine Reef & Rainforest Conservation Foundation, Inc. launched a new approach to tackle a key source of ocean plastics: single-use sachets. Read More

Sri Lankans Collaborate to Combat Ocean Plastic Pollution

Renowned for its beautiful beaches and UNESCO sites, Sri Lanka (population 21.4 million) welcomed around 2.33 million tourists in 2018. An estimated half a million Sri Lankans depend on tourism directly, while two million rely on it indirectly. However,… Read More

Collaboration in Indonesia to Combat Ocean Plastic

For Indonesia, plastic waste entering the ocean is a huge problem. The country is the number two contributor of plastic waste in the ocean causing negative environmental effects and hurting tourism, a driving economic force for the country. (See Jameck… Read More

USAID’s Clean Cities, Blue Ocean Program Issues Call for Grant Applications in the Philippines

CCBO-APS Philippines Updated Questions and Answers In August 2019, the Clean Cities, Blue Ocean (CCBO) Program… Read More