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Indonesia National Waste Awareness Day 2023 with Plastic Smart Cities
In support of Indonesia’s National Waste Awareness Day (Hari Peduli Sampah Nasional or HPSN in short), WWF-Indonesia organised a weekend event to help raise awareness through the Plastic Smart Cities programme.
World's First Investment Tracker for Plastics Circularity Launched
Leveraging deal-level information on private investments across emerging markets, the Investment Tracker is a world-first tool providing unique insights on the scale of investments into plastics circularity as well as the types of solutions and regions receiving funding.
KALIPI: Empowering Women in the Philippines to Reduce Plastic Waste
Launched in 2013, KALIPI Donsol is empowering around 2,600 Filipino women through community action and the development of livelihood options. Today, KALIPI Donsol is creating a range of upcycled products such as souvenirs, plush toys and bags in the shape of much loved marine life such as whale sharks and sea turtles.
Regenerative Agriculture: Utilize Dry Leaves and Transform it Into Sustainable Tableware
Tuyen’s innovation to replace single-use plastic tableware is one of the examples that there are many possible ways for us to reduce and replace single-use plastic in our everyday lives.
Road to G20: WWF-Indonesia, Delterra and Minderoo Announce Pledge to Scale Towards a More Circular Southern Bali
On November 3rd 2022, as part of the Road to G20 events under the Indonesian presidency, Delterra, Minderoo Foundation and WWF-Indonesia through the Plastic Smart Cities Initiative announced an ambitious pledge to tackle waste in Badung Regency, Southern Bali.
CITY ACTION PLAN TEMPLATE CO-DEVELOPED BY UN'S WASTE WISE CITIES & WWF'S PLASTIC SMART CITIES
Are you preparing a plastic waste action plan for your city and you're not sure how best to get started? Check out the “City Action Plan” template, co-developed by WWF's Plastic Smart Cities and UN Habitat's Waste Wise Cities teams, to guide your city's strategic plan to address plastic waste streams.
UNEP AND SEA CIRCULAR PRODUCE SHORT FILM (PLASTIK)
UN Environment Programme through the SEA circular project, introduces a short film, “(PLASTIK)” – commissioned by MeshMinds and produced by Studio Birthplace, that exhibits the significance of both individual and collective action to combat plastic pollution in the South-East Asian region.
UN MEMBER STATES UNANIMOUSLY AGREE ON LEGALLY BINDING PLASTICS TREATY
UN Member states at the UN Environment Assembly (UNEA-5.2) unanimously agreed to develop a legally binding treaty to end plastic pollution, making it one of the world’s most ambitious environmental actions since the 1989 Montreal Protocol, which effectively phased out ozone-depleting substances.
WWF-PHILIPPINES ON PLASTIC
Plastic Smart Cities is currently active in the Philippines in five target cities, namely Manila City, Donsol in Sorsogon, Davao City, San Isidro in Davao Oriental, and Island Garden City of Samal (IGACOS). Watch the latest video production to see PSC activities in the Philippines.
FIVE IMPACT DRIVEN START-UPS SELECTED FOR PLASTIC SMART CITIES BOOTCAMP
After undergoing a 60-day challenge to achieve milestones, five start-ups presented their accomplishments, challenges, learnings, and next steps to a selection panel comprised of xchange, Villgro Philippines, World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) Philippines, The Incubation Network, and makesense.
RETHINKING RECYCLING ACADEMY AND PLASTIC SMART CITIES TACKLE WASTE IN BALI
Rethinking Recycling Academy is a capacity-building program launched by McKinsey.org, in partnership with the Plastic Smart Cities Initiative, to transform the waste management ecosystem in Ubung Kaja village, Bali, Indonesia.
A GLOBAL CALL FOR INNOVATORS – THE NO WASTE CHALLENGE
What Design Can Do (WDCD), an international platform that uses design as a tool for ecological and social change, believes that if we can address the underlying root problems of waste, we have a fighting chance at building a future that works for both people and planet. WDCD believes in the power of design and creativity to transform society - design choices change how things are made, used and disposed.
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