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Hue City water refill
Reducing Single-Use Plastic Bottles: Viet Nam’s Hue City Increases Water Refill Stations in Heritage Sites
LSNG CONSULTATION TO INC-5
Local and Subnational Governments Coalition to End Plastic Pollution Consultation Webinar: Towards INC-5
TH PACT
Plastic Smart Cities in Thailand Engages Food Delivery Sector to Reduce Single-Use Plastic
PH _ Cagayan De Oro Takpul
Plogging for Change: Philippines’ Cagayan de Oro City Mobilises Volunteers to Clean Up post-Festival of Friendship
Jakarta - Gunung Emas Waste Bank
Community Waste Management at Gunung Emas Waste Bank: A Success Story
COPIP MOMBASA KENYA
Segregating Waste at Source in Mombasa, Kenya
WASTE REDUCTION IN HUE SCHOOLS
Environmental Education: Schools in Hue Adopt Waste Reduction Model
PHU QUOC - PQSX VOLUNTEER GROUP
Phu Quoc Volunteer Group Fights Coastal Pollution in Viet Nam
PACT WORKSHOP IN THAILAND
Milestone Achieved in Thailand: Plastic ACTion Workshops Lead the Way to Sustainability
Inspiring Stories of Community-Based Waste Management
Inspiring Stories of Community-Based Waste Management: Sharing Experiences Across Indonesia via Participatory Action Research
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Indonesia - Childrens' Day & Plastic Bag Day - Empowering Families
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...
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HUE TOURISM RECAP
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...
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Hue City water refill
Reducing Single-Use Plastic Bottles: Viet Nam’s Hue City Increases Water Refill Stations in Heritage Sites
As a committed Plastic Smart City, Hue organised multiple stakeholders across government departments and community groups* to support the set-up and maintenance...
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Cleaning up Canals in Venice to fight tyre pollution
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...
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LSNG CONSULTATION TO INC-5
Local and Subnational Governments Coalition to End Plastic Pollution Consultation Webinar: Towards INC-5
Session Overview | 15 October 2024 | 90 minutes Following the Local and Subnational Governments Coalition (LSNG) webinars that took place on July 17th,...
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TH PACT
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,...
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Sustainable Ocean
Sustainable Ocean
Oceans play a critical role in keeping our climate stable and our world livable. They regulate global temperatures, taking in solar energy and distribute...
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Zero Waste Islands: A dream or a reality
Virtual Island Summit: Zero Waste Islands
Is a waste-free island utopia or an achievable goal? This session from the Virtual Island Summit tackles the challenges and opportunities of creating sustainable...
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Izmir Case Study
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...
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Indonesia - Childrens' Day & Plastic Bag Day - Empowering Families
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...
HUE TOURISM RECAP
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,...
Hue City water refill
Reducing Single-Use Plastic Bottles: Viet Nam’s Hue City Increases Water Refill Stations in Heritage Sites
As a committed Plastic Smart City, Hue organised multiple stakeholders across government departments and community groups* to support the set-up and maintenance of rest stations with dedicated free water refill stations at 5 more key tourist destinations...
Cleaning up Canals in Venice to fight tyre pollution
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...
LSNG CONSULTATION TO INC-5
Local and Subnational Governments Coalition to End Plastic Pollution Consultation Webinar: Towards INC-5
Session Overview | 15 October 2024 | 90 minutes Following the Local and Subnational Governments Coalition (LSNG) webinars that took place on July 17th, 2024 which provided feedback on the negotiations during INC-4, and the plans of the LSNG coalition...
TH PACT
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...
Sustainable Ocean
Sustainable Ocean
Oceans play a critical role in keeping our climate stable and our world livable. They regulate global temperatures, taking in solar energy and distribute heat around the globe via ocean currents. Additionally, oceans produce half of the oxygen we need...
Zero Waste Islands: A dream or a reality
Virtual Island Summit: Zero Waste Islands
Is a waste-free island utopia or an achievable goal? This session from the Virtual Island Summit tackles the challenges and opportunities of creating sustainable island communities. Speakers: Prof. Justin Magee – Research Director,...
Izmir Case Study
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. DOWNLOAD CASE STUDY Project...
Clean Oceans Project Identification and Preparation (COPIP) PILOT PROJECT REPORT
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...
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