Fact Sheet

Municipal Waste Recycling Program (MWRP) – Sri Lanka Country Profile

Each year, eight million metric tons of plastic pour into the world’s ocean. This global crisis is exacerbated by poor waste management systems of rapidly urbanizing coastal cities in developing countries. Recent scientific research shows Sri Lanka contributes up to 640,000 metric tons of plastic waste to oceans annually, making it the world’s fifth largest polluter by total mass of mismanaged plastic debris. Read More

Municipal Waste Recycling Program (MWRP) – Philippines Country Profile

Each year, eight million metric tons of plastic pour into the world’s ocean. This global crisis has origins in poor waste management systems of rapidly urbanizing coastal cities in developing countries. The Philippines—comprised of over 7,000 islands—is the world’s third largest plastic polluter to the marine environment, contributing approximately 750,000 metric tons annually. Read More

Municipal Waste Recycling Program USAID MWRP Fact Sheet

 KEEPING PLASTICS OUT OF THE OCEAN Every year, eight million metric tons of plastic waste pour into the world’s ocean—the equivalent of a garbage truck dumping a load of plastic into the ocean every minute.1 Ineffective waste management systems and infrastructure in developing countries have led to much of this… Read More

Municipal Waste Recycling Program (MWRP) – Indonesia Country Profile

Each year, eight million metric tons of plastic pour into the world’s ocean. This global crisis is exacerbated by poor waste management systems of rapidly urbanizing coastal cities in developing countries. Research shows that Indonesia contributes as much as 1.29 million metric tons of plastic waste to the ocean annually, making it the world’s second largest polluter1 by total mass of mismanaged plastic debris. Read More

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

Women’s Economic Empowerment and Equality in Waste Management and Recycling: Latin America and the Caribbean Landscape

Countries in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) have some of the fastest-growing cities in the world – with accompanying rapidly increasing rates of waste generation. Read More

Women’s Economic Empowerment and Equality in Waste Management and Recycling: Global Landscape

The economic and environmental dangers of ocean plastic pollution require immediate global interventions that address mismanaged plastic waste at its source: on land. Read More

MWRP Vietnam: Partnerships for Clean Regional Waterways

Plastics pollution is a serious issue along highly populated rivers and estuaries in Nam Dinh Province, home to 2.15 million people. Mismanaged plastic waste contributes to an increase in ocean plastics pollution and affects the livelihoods of those living along waterways in the province. Read More