Urban Pathway | Waste Wise Cities Tool

Urban Pathway | 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 […]

WWF | Cities and Businesses Tackling the Tourism Plastic Crisis

WWF | Cities and Businesses Tackling the Tourism Plastic Crisis

Everyday, plastic flows into our natural environment at an unprecedented rate, posing a threat to land and marine ecosystems, local economies and human health. The tourism sector, including destinations and business, has an important role in contributing to the solution for plastic pollution. Tourism is responsible for up to 40% increase of marine litter in […]

WWF | Rising Tides: Global Opinion on Actions to Stop Plastic Pollution in 28 Countries

WWF | Rising Tides: Global Opinion on Actions to Stop Plastic Pollution in 28 Countries

Plastic production, consumption and pollution levels have increased exponentially since the 1950s and incur significant environmental, social and economic costs. Unless action is taken, plastic waste generation will double and the flow of plastic pollution into the ocean will triple by 2040. In February 2022, at the UN Environment Assembly meeting in Nairobi, UN member […]

WWF | Putting an End to Plastic Pollution

WWF | Putting an End to Plastic Pollution

TOWARDS A TREATY TO END PLASTIC POLLUTION: WWFs CALL TO URGENTLY REGULATE HIGH-RISK PLASTIC PRODUCTS FROM POLLUTION TO SOLUTION Plastic is suffocating our rivers and oceans, killing species and contaminating our food, air and water. And the problem is only getting worse. Plastic pollution is a global problem that requires a global solution. Plastic leaking […]

Proven Practice Guide to Improve Waste COBSEA, COBSEA, UNEP | Management and Address Plastic Pollution in Southeast Asia

Proven Practice Guide to Improve Waste COBSEA, COBSEA, UNEP | Management and Address Plastic Pollution in Southeast Asia

Proven Practices to Improve Waste Management and Address Plastic Pollution in Southeast Asia was codeveloped by Battelle and the Coordinating Body on the Seas of East Asia (COBSEA), along with qualitative data gathered across a select group of organizations and programs with demonstrated experience successfully designing and implementing ocean plastics pollution mitigation efforts across Southeast […]

WWF-Singapore | PACT Impact Report 2022

WWF-Singapore | PACT Impact Report 2022

To achieve the elimination of plastic pollution and the extension of material life beyond single use, WWF-Singapore launched its WWF PACT business initiative in 2019. WWF PACT aims to help businesses reduce their waste footprint by following circular economy principles. The WWF PACT goals are aligned to the Singapore government’s Zero Waste Masterplan and the […]

World Economic Forum | City Playbook: Building A Reuse City

World Economic Forum | City Playbook: Building A Reuse City

The City Playbook is an action-oriented framework intended to guide municipal officials and local actors in their efforts to develop reusable packaging models. The report includes an overview chapter on the potential and challenges for reuse systems in cities, a chapter with guidelines on how to build a reuse city, and a final chapter on […]