Project COPE: Circular Operations for Pollution-free Environment
WWF-Philippines kicked off the Circular Operations for a Plastic Pollution-Free Environment (COPE) Project back in the end of 2024, by assessing five of the highly urbanised barangays. Those barangays are: Bagong Silangan in Quezon City, 176-A to F Bagong Silang in Caloocan City, Municipalities of General Luna and Del Carmen in Siargao Islands, and selected barangays of Cagayan de Oro […]
Expanded Waste Collection in Phu Quoc
Case Study Viet Nam: Phu QuocWWF Involvement: July 2024 to December 2024Focus Area: CollectionPSC Approach: Formal CollectionSystemic Intervention: Systems and Infrastructure Key Lessons Learned Background Phu Quoc, known as the “Pearl Island,” has experienced rapid tourism growth, leading to increasing environmental pressure, particularly in waste management. Through a baseline plastic leakage study conducted through this […]
Community Generates Funds from Selling Recyclables through a Waste Bank Initiative
The separation of waste at source is supported through the provision of segregation bins to collect recyclable waste, which is sold to recyclers – this intervention generates income for the community from waste sorting. KEY SUCCESSES As of November 2023, the community has sold recyclable waste to the junk shop five times, totalling 1,195 kilograms […]