Plastic Smart Cities Fair in Manila Brings Enterprises and Communities Together

The Plastic Smart Cities (PSC) initiative in Manila City, Philippines, is currently in the final stretch of its implementation, set to conclude in 2025. To ensure the sustainability of its efforts in collaboration with the City of Manila, the project hosted a Plastic Smart Cities Fair on November 25, 2024. This event served as a […]
From Sea to Shore: Fishermen Remove Marine Debris in Cu Lao Cham

At 3 AM, Nguyen Tan Hung sets out on his small wooden boat to the sea every day. His eyes scan the waters not just for fish but also for something else – plastic waste. Mr. Hung is a fisherman born and raised amidst the Cu Lao Cham islands, a Marine Protected Area just off […]
Sabah Symposium Rallies Support from Businesses, CSOs and Youths in Addressing the Plastic Pollution Crisis

25 November 2024 — The Ministry of Local Government and Housing (MLGH) Sabah in partnership with WWF-Malaysia, and with the support of Sabah CSO-SDG Alliance (SCSA), co-organised a symposium to address the critical issue of plastic pollution and solid waste management in Sabah and its impact on the environment. Attended by policymakers, academia, the private […]
Songkhla’s Fishing Community Takes Lead in Enhancing Waste Management Systems in Coastal Areas

As a fishing community, protecting the sea’s biodiversity isn’t just a duty – it’s a way of life. In a groundbreaking stride toward coastal conservation, the Ban Phang Sai Community in Songkhla, Thailand, is demonstrating its leadership in scaling community-led environmental stewardship. Traditionally a fishing community, Ban Phang Sai not only pioneered a waste management […]
Keeping Sacred Spaces Plastic Pollution-Free: Encouraging Reuse

Encouraging Reuse at the Hàng Dương Cemetery, Côn Đảo’s tourism hotspot Each day, the solemn grounds of Viet Nam’s Hàng Dương memorial cemetery are abuzz with people paying their respects to fallen war heroes. However, one thing sets this famous tourist destination in Viet Nam apart: single-use plastic items are separated from ceremonial offerings and […]
Engaging Families to Improve Waste Management at Home

Author by the PSC Indonesia Team and originally published on the PSC Indonesia’s website. WWF-Indonesia collaborated with the Keluarga Kita Foundation to leverage two important commemoration days – Plastic Bag-Free Day (3 July) and National Children’s Day (23 July) – to raise awareness on how families and households can be empowered in reducing plastic pollution […]
Hue’s Tourism Sector Takes Action to Reduce Single-Use Plastics

Plastic Smart Cities Hue has worked at the provincial level with Thua Thien Hue Province Tourism Department and Association to install water refill stations at its key heritage sites and has expanded its collaboration with the tourism businesses sector, addressing the increasing plastic waste production from tourism activities by educating and engaging businesses to implement […]
Reducing Single-Use Plastic Bottles: Viet Nam’s Hue City Increases Water Refill Stations in Heritage Sites

As a committed Plastic Smart City, Hue organised multiple stakeholders across government departments and community groups* to support the set-up and maintenance of rest stations with dedicated free water refill stations at 5 more key tourist destinations in Hue city. To date, the PSC project in Hue has set up a total of 9 rest […]
Plastic Smart Cities in Thailand Engages Food Delivery Sector to Reduce Single-Use Plastic

Collaborating with LINE MAN Wongnai and foodpanda under the concept of “Reduce-Increase-Exchange” to expand WWF’s Plastic ACTion (PACT) nationwide Bangkok, 12 September 2024 – As part of the Plastic Smart Cities movement in Thailand, WWF-Thailand announced its collaboration with major businesses, LINE MAN Wongnai and foodpanda, to promote the reduction of single-use plastic in the […]
Plogging for Change: Philippines’ Cagayan de Oro City Mobilises Volunteers to Clean Up post-Festival of Friendship

The Cagayan de Oro City government adopted WWF-Philippines’ “Takpul” event — which combines the words “takbo” and “pulot” — to cap off their month-long Higalaay Festival or Festival of Friendship. Takpul is the local version of plogging that started in Sweden, merging the two words jogging and plocka upp, the Swedish word for “pick up”. […]