Road to G20: WWF-Indonesia, Delterra and Minderoo Announce Pledge to Scale Towards a More Circular Southern Bali
Environmental nonprofit calls for partnerships and aggressive action to tackle the climate and waste crisis, aspiring to bring recycling and waste management services to 2.5 million people. On November 3rd, 2022, as part of the Road to G20 events under the Indonesian presidency, Delterra, Minderoo Foundation and WWF-Indonesia, through the Plastic Smart Cities Initiative, announced […]
Mombasa: First City in Africa to Join WWF’s Plastic Smart Cities Initiative
Mombasa, August 2nd, 2022. Mombasa has joined WWF’s Plastic Smart Cities Initiative, becoming the first city in Africa to join the global forum led by Cities and Tourism Destination Centers in a concerted effort to fight plastic pollution. By signing the Plastic Smart Cities declaration of intent on 15 June, 2022, following WWF-Kenya’s invitation, Mombasa […]
City Action Plan Template Co-developed by UN’s Waste Wise Cities & WWF’s Plastic Smart Cities
Are you preparing a plastic waste action plan for your city and you’re not sure how best to get started? Check out the “City Action Plan” Template, co-developed by WWF’s Plastic Smart Cities and UN Habitat’s Waste Wise Cities teams, to guide your city’s strategic plan to address plastic waste streams. Also see the PSC City Action Plan best practice to view […]
Paris Joins Plastic Smart Cities in Lead Up to Hosting 2024 Summer Olympic Games
The city council of Paris adopted a resolution this week to formally join WWF’s Plastic Smart Cities (PSC) initiative. Among the city’s ambitious plans, is to eliminate single-use plastics (SUPs) in the city by 2024. Earlier in May 2021, the city of Amsterdam, notably the first city to join PSC, invited the city of Paris during the city’s annual conference […]
PSC Collaborates With Global Tourism Plastics Initiative on Pilot in Venice
The Global Tourism Plastics Initiative unites the tourism sector behind a common vision to address the root causes of plastic pollution. It enables businesses, governments and other tourism stakeholders to lead by example in the shift towards a circular economy. Over 120 organizations have become signatories and disclosed their ambitious commitments toward the elimination of unnecessary single-use […]
Mediterranean Plastic Smart Cities Convene in Venice
Plastic Smart Cities across the Mediterranean region convened in Venice, Italy in June 2022, to exchange best practices, lessons learned, and strategies deployed to combat the growing plastic waste stream that threatens coastal ecosystems across the Mediterranean. WWF representatives along with city officials arrived in Venice for a two-day exchange on June 22-23, including site visits across […]
UNEP and SEA Circular Produce Short Film (Plastik)
UN Environment Programme through the SEA circular project, introduces a short film, “(PLASTIK)” – commissioned by MeshMinds and produced by Studio Birthplace, that exhibits the significance of both individual and collective action to combat plastic pollution in the South-East Asian region. The narrative helps the audience view the plastic pollution crisis through the eyes and […]
UN Waste Wise Partnership Provides Free Online Courses to Help Usher in the Circular Economy
UN Habitat and the Waste Wise Partnership under the Waste Wise Cities program, is developing online courses to support cities, affiliates and partners to move toward a prosperous circular economy and achieve waste SDGs under the New Urban Agenda. WWF and the Plastic Smart Cities (PSC) joined UN Habitat and the Waste Wise Cities program as partners […]
UN Basel Convention Presented With Funding Opportunity to Help Expand Plastic Smart Cities to Latin America
The United Nations (UN) Basel Convention, a legally binding international treaty charged with regulating plastic waste flows, among other wastes, released its second call for Plastic Waste Partnership pilot project proposals in January 2022. The call seeks to fund activities that will develop new tools to address plastic waste, show a high potential for scale/replicability and/or show a high potential to […]
PSC Takes Part in Eurocities Environmental Forum in Grenoble
PSC and Eurocities are reviving this partnership and efforts to support cities with their plastic smart journey amidst the COVID recovery.