Bogor’s Plastic Smart Cities Project Targets Traditional Markets to Reduce Plastic Pollution
Bogor’s Jambu Dua Traditional Market Piloting Clean and Eco-Friendly Local Market Initiative In a joint effort to improve waste management in traditional markets, the Bogor City Government and WWF-Indonesia are piloting an awareness and capacity-building programme for vendors, market managers and sanitation workers hired by Pakuan Jaya – a regional public company that owns and […]
Trang Municipality Establishes its First Informal Waste Workers Network
The initiative aims to better integrate informal waste workers (known as “saleng” in Thai) to into formal recycling systems, strengthen public–private partnerships, and promote sustainable waste practices across the city. 1 June 2025 — Trang’s first informal waste workers network – locally referred to as the Saleng Network – was launched on 29 May 2025 […]
Taytay and WWF-Philippines Partner to Combat Island Plastic Waste
The municipality of Taytay in Palawan, Philippines, is intensifying its efforts to mitigate marine plastic pollution through a strengthened partnership with WWF-Philippines. A new Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) has been signed on April 7, 2025, to formalize the existing collaboration between WWF-Philippines and three island barangays within Taytay, namely Beton, Debangan and Paly. The MOU […]
Recycling Solutions Empower Waste Pickers in Türkiye
WWF-Turkiye partners with local NGOs to improve informal recycling in Şahinbey, Türkiye’s second-largest district In January 2024, WWF-Türkiye launched a groundbreaking three-year project titled “Innovative Business Models for Gaziantep Recycling Workers,” funded by the European Union. This initiative targets Şahinbey Municipality—Türkiye’s second-largest district—as a strategic pilot area for transforming waste management practices while improving the […]
Over 2,000 tonnes of Plastic Waste Recovered in Thailand
March 2025 – The Plastic Smart Cities (PSC) programme in Thailand has successfully reduced plastic waste at source by more than 50 tonnes and recovered over 2,000 tonnes of plastic (as of December 2024) for recycling across four pilot municipalities, according to results shared at recent knowledge-sharing events in Surat Thani and Hat Yai. Led […]
Sustainable Approach to Integrated Waste Management (SAIM Project) in Goa, India
On 16 July 2024, Goa took a significant step towards sustainable waste management with the inauguration of Project SAIM (Sustainable Approach to Integrated Waste Management). This initiative—a collaboration between WWF-India and Saahas Zero Waste—aims to revolutionize the way Goa handles its waste, addressing longstanding challenges with innovative solutions and community involvement. SAIM’s comprehensive approach strengthens […]
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 […]
WWF | Transforming Waste Management and Lives in Izmir, Türkiye
WWF-Türkiye has been working with the Metropolitan Municipality (MM) of Izmir since 2019 when the city joined Plastic Smart Cities. At the time, waste segregation at the source was not widely practised in Türkiye. Project Objectives Download the Case Study to learn more about the Izmir Transformation. Note: The IzDönüşüm project is now ending due […]
Milestone Achieved in Thailand: Plastic ACTion Workshops Lead the Way to Sustainability
In a significant stride towards environmental sustainability, WWF-Thailand recently hosted four WWF Plastic ACTion (PACT) workshops as part of the Plastic Smart Cities project. PACT leads the way in reducing the environmental footprint The PACT workshops took place from the end of April 2024 to May 2024, starting with Hatyai and Surat Thani in collaboration […]
From Waste to Wealth: Women Waste Collectors Key to Plastic Recycling in Viet Nam’s Hue City
Every morning, Aunty Vang rises with the sun, grabs a quick bite to eat, and sets out with her trusty old pushcart along the streets of Hue – Viet Nam’s ancient capital and a rising tourism hotspot. “Does anyone have bottle caps to sell?” Aunty Vang would call out to the streets of An Dong […]