A Handbook for Developing Plastic Smart Cities in Thailand
Plastic Smart Cities (PSC) Thailand is a four-year program (2021-2024) financially supported by the NRK & Norad through World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) Norway. Plastic Smart Cities are cities that aim to have zero plastic leakage into nature. The program’s overall objective is to reduce plastic leakage by 30% in the near term, and […]
Rethinking Waste and Resource Management for Underserved Communities
Municipal solid waste management (MSWM) is a basic service, yet over 2.7 billion people still lack access to collection, and 40% of collected MSW is open-dumped or burned. This global waste emergency has severe local and global impacts — extending services to all would reduce macroplastic dispersal to the environment by ~80% and mitigate climate […]
Manual on Plastic Waste Reduction using the Participatory Action-Oriented Training (PAOT) Method
The Participatory Action-Oriented Training (PAOT) is a practical method that fosters grassroots initiatives and bases on self-help voluntary actions that enable local people to implement immediate improvements in occupational health and safety and working conditions by using available local resources (manpower and materials). Building on the experience of implementing the PAOT method for plastic reduction […]
The Plastic Reduction Journey of Hue City
In Hue City, the project “Hue – A Plastic Smart City in Central Vietnam” (hereinafter referred to as TVA project) funded by WWF-Norway through WWF-Vietnam, with Hue City People’s Committee as the executive agency, has been implemented from 2021 to 2024. The overall objective of the Project is to support Hue city in protection of […]
Cleaning Up Canals In Venice
Research by the Italian Institute for Marine Research (CNR-ISMAR) found the canals of the historic city center of Venice to be littered with a large amount of waste and in particular, car tyres; this is due to the common practice, especially by heavy load transport boats, of using tyres as boat fenders. Project Objectives: The […]
Separation of Waste at Source in Likoni and Mvita, Kenya
WWF Kenya, supported by the European Investment Bank, piloted a waste segregation pilot project in Mombasa. 800 households in Likoni and Mvita participated in this project. Over 8 weeks, 50,396.71 kilograms of waste were successfully separated. 12,254.45 Kilograms representing 24.3% of the collected waste was recycled reducing pressure on landfills. With an adoption rate of […]
FROM THE MARGINS TO MAINSTREAM: A White Paper on Integrating Informal Sector Workers into Formal Economies in Southeast Asia
This report delves into the critical role of Informal Waste Workers (IWWs) within the wastemanagement system. The primary focus is to analyze the challenges IWWs face and the opportunities for formalizing their work, ultimately improving their working conditions and stabilizing their income. The integration of informal waste workers into formal waste management systems presents a […]
Solving Plastic Waste: Roadmap for a Sustainable Future
India generates more than 10 million tons of plastic waste each year. A new paper by Kearney and the Confederation of Indian Industry maps out a comprehensive initiative to address this challenging landscape. Each step of the plastics value chain requires close examination to identify issues and drive potential solutions:
Waste Wise Cities Tool
Step by Step Guide to Assess a City’s Municipal Solid Waste Management Performance through SDG indicator 11.6.1 Monitoring Waste Wise Cities Tool (WaCT) guides readers through 7 steps to collect data on municipal solid waste (MSW) generated, collected, and managed in controlled facilities. The tool provides a household survey guide for total MSW generation, a […]
Making Plastic Polluters Pay: How Cities and States Can Recoup the Rising Costs of Plastic Pollution
This report outlines the myriad of impacts resulting from the plastics crisis, the burden on states and municipalities, why the plastics industry is responsible, and how government attorneys may hold the industry accountable for its harms. States, counties, and municipalities bear the brunt of the plastics crisis. The impacts associated with the plastics crisis are […]