Plastic Smart Cities Fair in Manila Brings Enterprises and Communities Together

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

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 […]

Songkhla’s Fishing Community Takes Lead in Enhancing Waste Management Systems in Coastal Areas

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

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

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

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 […]

Plastic Smart Cities in Thailand Engages Food Delivery Sector to Reduce Single-Use Plastic

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 […]