Luang Prabang Officially Joins Plastic Smart Cities
On 3 December 2024, Luang Prabang, a UNESCO World Heritage City in Laos known for its rich cultural heritage and natural beauty, officially joined the Plastic Smart Cities (PSC) initiative in partnership with WWF-Laos. A municipal waste profile study conducted in 2023 revealed that the city generates an estimated 4,583 tonnes of plastic waste annually. […]
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 […]
International Days
26 January International Day of Clean Energy 2 February World Wetlands Day 1 March World Seagrass Day 3 March World Wildlife Day 8 March International Women’s Day 21 March International Day of Forests 22 March World Water Day 30 March International Day of Zero Waste 22 April International Mother Earth Day 2 May World Tuna […]
Towards No Plastic in Nature (NPIN): Five Years’ Journey in the Philippines, Across 10 Plastic Smart Cities
WWF-Philippines’ No Plastics in Nature (NPIN) initiative celebrated its fifth anniversary on Tuesday, July 18 2023 at the Department of Environment and Natural Resources Social Hall in Quezon City, Philippines. This event was attended by WWF-Philippines staff, the Norwegian Ambassador, PSC representatives from all project sites, projects under the NPIN Initiative, national and local government […]
Repurposing Plastic Waste
Repurposing or “upcycling” waste enables communities, individuals and business owners to transform what would otherwise be an environmental and social burden, into something of value. TARGET USERS: Individuals, Businesses, Industry, Government KEY CONSIDERATIONS: Upcycling, also known as creative reuse, is the process of transforming by-products, waste materials, useless, or unwanted products into new materials or products perceived to be of […]
WWF-Philippines scales up Plastic Smart Cities project; taps Siargao, Palawan, CDO
Second Phase of WWF Philippines Plastic Smart Cities Project Local Government Units (LGUs) are gearing up to implement improved solid waste management systems through the second phase of the WWF-Philippines Plastic Smart Cities (PSC) project. The second phase, dubbed Project Interventions to Keep our Oceans Trash-free (IKOT), marks the scale-up of the implementation of plastic […]
Mediterranean Cities Break Out of the Plastic Trap
The Mediterranean Sea, despite its natural beauty and tourist attractions, is turning into a dangerous plastic trap, with record levels of plastic pollution that threaten marine species and human health. Every year, about half a million tonnes of plastic enters Mediterranean waters – the equivalent of dumping 33,800 plastic bottles into the sea every minute. One-third of plastic […]