Fact Sheet

The Women in Waste’s Economic Empowerment (WWEE) Fact Sheet

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Addressing Climate Change Through Circularity and Improved Solid Waste Management

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Conserving Marine Biodiversity by Combating Ocean Plastics

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CCBO Philippines Fact Sheet Filipino

Araw-araw, umaagos ang mga plastik sa higit 7,500 isla ng Pilipinas. Ito ay dulot ng pagtaas ng produksyon at konsumo ng mga pang-isahang gamit o single-use na plastik. Ang programang Malinis na Lungsod, Asul na Karagatan o Clean Cities, Blue Ocean (CCBO) ng USAID ay nakikipagugnayan sa buong Pilipinas upang… Read More

CCBO Indonesia Fact Sheet Bahasa

Indonesia adalah negara kepulauan terbesar di dunia dan terpadat keempat, dengan lebih dari 270 juta orang. Indonesia mengalami pertumbuhan populasi yang cepat, terutama di pusat-pusat perkotaannya yang lebih dari setengahnya terletak di daerah pesisir. Pada tahun 2025, 68 persen populasi negara ini diperkirakan akan tinggal di daerah perkotaan, di mana… Read More

Clean Cities, Blue Ocean Gender Equality & Women’s Economic Empowerment Fact Sheet

Across the globe, women play a critical role in the solid waste management (SWM) and recycling sectors. They serve in both formal and informal positions as waste collectors, owners or employees of small recycling centers and junkshops, workers in plastic and pre-processing companies, and sometimes as owners or workers in… Read More

Municipal Waste Recycling Program Key Results and Impacts

Launched in 2016, the Municipal Waste Recycling Program was USAID’s first formal response to the urgent challenge of plastic pollution in developing countries. Download the infographic to view the program’s key results and impacts. Read More

MWRP Vietnam: Schools Stem the Tide of Plastic Pollution, Spark Waste Reduction

In the coastal city of Hue, Vietnam, plastic consumption and unsound solid waste management practices were leading to an unmanageable pollution problem. Read More

MWRP Vietnam: Piloting a Zero Waste Model to Help Reduce Ocean Plastic Pollution

To support a regional initiative managed out of the Philippines, USAID’s Municipal Waste Recycling Program provided a grant to the Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives Philippines Inc. (GAIA) to improve SWM and recycling practices in the Cam Thanh commune (a ward of Hoi An) and in the Cham Islands. Read More

Municipal Waste Recycling Program Philippines PRRCFI Fact Sheet

The Philippines ranks as the third largest contributor globally of ocean plastic pollution. Much of its solid waste ends up in open dumping sites, allowing leakage into waterways connected to the marine environment. Ineffective solid waste management (SWM) systems do not include segregation at source, contributing to the mismanagement of… Read More