New Partnership Focuses on Solutions in Urbanizing Cities in Asia

The Alliance to End Plastic Waste (the Alliance) today announced a new 
partnership with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) 
to address global ocean plastic pollution by implementing local solutions 
across rapidly urbanizing cities in Asia. The agreement will bring together the 
Alliance's more than 40 leading global member companies and the strengths of 
USAID's new flagship program for ocean plastics pollution, "Clean Cities, Blue 
Ocean". 

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"The work we will undertake with USAID advances the Alliance's commitment to 
work through partnerships to develop, incubate and deploy projects in local 
cities and communities that support the goal to end plastic waste in the 
environment," said Jacob Duer, President and CEO, Alliance to End Plastic 
Waste. "Partnerships, such as this one, allow us to prove and accelerate 
solutions that will unlock capital investments, which are necessary to tackle 
the plastic waste challenge."

To stem the tide of the more than eight million metric tons of plastic that 
enter the ocean each year, local solutions are imperative. The Alliance will 
work through USAID's "Clean Cities, Blue Ocean" program to identify and 
collaboratively implement local solutions to reduce and prevent land-based 
plastic waste from entering waterways and the ocean, with a focus on urbanizing 
cities in Asia. 

The partnership will include work to:

- Bring together technical expertise, global investment and locally-led 
solutions to build markets and incentives for recycling and reuse markets; 

- Identify and help deploy innovative, regionally-appropriate technologies, 
infrastructure and business models that can reduce and alleviate the waste 
management and recycling crises that many cities and communities are facing; 

- Engage, educate, and promote behavior change among individuals, local 
businesses and multinational corporations for more sustainable practices; and 

- Support the development and implementation of effective policies and 
regulations. 

In addition, the partnership will work to identify opportunities to improve the 
livelihoods, health and safety of formal and informal sector workers and other 
underrepresented members of the community that are at the heart of urban waste 
management and sanitation.

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About the Alliance to End Plastic Waste

The Alliance to End Plastic Waste is an international not-for-profit 
organization partnering with government, environmental and economic development 
NGOs and communities around the world to address the challenge to end plastic 
waste in the environment. Through programs and partnerships, we are focused on 
solutions in four core areas: infrastructure, innovation, education and clean 
up. As of May 2020, the Alliance has 47 member companies representing global 
organizations located through the Americas, Europe, Asia, Southeast Asia, 
Africa, and the Middle East. 

For more information, visit: www.endplasticwaste.org 

SOURCE: The Alliance to End Plastic Waste