Municipal Waste Recycling Program Quarterly Report Quarter 3; FY 2019 (April 1 to June 30, 2019)

Submission Date: July 30, 2019

Contract Number: AID-OAA-I-14-00066/AID-OAA-TO-16-00026 Activity Start Date and End Date: October 1, 2016 to September 24, 2021 COR Name: Clare Romanik

Submitted by: Marianne Carliez Gillet, Vice President for Global Programs Henri Disselkoen, Chief of Party Development Innovations Group 4330 East-West Highway, Suite 1150 Bethesda, MD 20814 Tel: (301) 664-9644 Email: [email protected]; [email protected]

This document was produced for review by the United States Agency for International Development. It was prepared by the Development Innovations Group for the Municipal Waste Recycling Program Task Order. 0

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PROGRAM OVERVIEW / SUMMARY

Program Name: Municipal Waste Recycling Program (MWRP)

Activity Start Date and End October 1, 2016 to September 24, 2021 Date:

Name of Prime Implementing Development Innovations Group (DIG) Partner:

Contract Number: AID-OAA-I-14-00066/AID-OAA-TO-16-00026

Subcontractors: -DAI Global, LLC -The QED Group Name of Subcontractors: Resource Groups: -Women in Informal Employment: Globalizing and Organizing (WIEGO) -The Earth Institute

Geographic Coverage: Philippines, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, Indonesia (Countries)

Reporting Period: April 1 to June 30, 2019 (Q3; FY 2019)

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ACOR Alternate Contracting Officer’s Representative APEC Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation BESWMC Barangay Ecological Solid Waste Management Committee C3MC Candis III Marketing Cooperative (Philippines) CBO Community-Based Organization CCC Ceylon Chamber of Commerce (Sri Lanka) CEA Central Environment Authority (Sri Lanka) CECR Center for Environment and Community Research (Vietnam) CEL Communications, Evidence and Learning COP Chief of Party COR Contracting Officer’s Representative CRS Catholic Relief Services (Philippines) CSRD Centre for Social Research and Development (Vietnam) DCA Divers Clean Action DENR Department of Environment and Natural Resources (Philippines) DIG Development Innovations Group DMMC Dehiwala - Mount Lavinia Municipal Commission DONRE Department of Natural Resources and Environment (Vietnam) DPC District People’s Committee ENDA Environnement et Développement du Tiers-Monde (Vietnam) FC Funding Cycle FMCG Fast-Moving Consumer Goods FY Fiscal Year GAIA Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives GEF Global Environment Facility GIDKP Gerakan Indonesia Diet Kantong Plastik (Indonesia) GreenHub Centre for Supporting Green Development (Vietnam) HCMC Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam) ICAFIS International Collaborating Centre for Aquaculture and Fisheries Sustainability IDIQ Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity IEC Information, Education, and Communication IUCN International Union for Conservation of Nature IWC Independent Waste Collectors LGU Local Government Unit M&E Monitoring and Evaluation MCD Centre for Marinelife Conservation & Community Development (Vietnam) MCW Making Cities Work MEF Monitoring and Evaluation Factor MEPA Marine Environment Protection Authority MMDE Mahaweli Development and Environment MONRE Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (Vietnam) MRF Materials Recovery Facility

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MSWM Municipal Solid Waste Management MTE Mid-Term Evaluation MWRP Municipal Waste Recycling Program NGO Non-Governmental Organization OC Ocean Conservancy PARMS Philippine Alliance for Recycling and Materials Sustainability Inc. PASRA Pre-Award Survey and Risk Assessment PC People’s Committee (Vietnam) PET Polyethylene Terephthalate PILF Public Interest Law Foundation (Sri Lanka) PPP Public-Private Partnership PRIME Plastic Reduction in the Marine Environment PRRCFI Philippine Reef & Rainforest Conservation Foundation, Inc. RA Republic Act SLCDF Sri Lanka Centre for Development Facilitation SWEEP Sea Waste Education to Eradicate Plastic SWM Solid Waste Management TA Technical Assistance USAID United States Agency for International Development USD United States Dollar WLAB Waste Less Arugam Bay WWF World Wide Fund for Nature (Vietnam) YPBB Yayasan Pengembangan Biosains dan Bioteknologi (Indonesia)

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Program Overview / Summary ...... 1 Acronyms and Abbreviations ...... 2 1. Executive Summary ...... 5 2. Overall Program Performance ...... 6 2.1 Progress towards Program Targets ...... 6 2.2 Overview of Small Grants Management ...... 7 2.3 Monitoring Grant Approaches ...... 8 2.4 Country Activities ...... 8 2.4.1 Philippines ...... 8 2.4.2 Sri Lanka ...... 11 2.4.3 Vietnam ...... 13 2.4.4 Indonesia...... 16 2.5 Steps to Empower Women and Youth under MWRP ...... 18 2.6 Local Capacity Building ...... 20 2.7 Private Sector Engagement ...... 21 2.8 Coordination and Management ...... 23 2.9 Dissemination, Outreach and International Cooperation ...... 25 3. Financial Summary ...... 27 4. Lessons Learned (Policy and Practice Recommendations) and Success Stories ...... 28 5. Calendar for Next Quarter’s Program Activities ...... 29 Annex 1: MWRP Results (Detailed Breakdowns by Quarter/Year) ...... 30 Annex 2: Success Story ...... 46 Annex 3: Detailed Update of the Grants ...... 48 Philippines ...... 48 Sri Lanka ...... 51 Vietnam ...... 55 Indonesia ...... 58

MWRP Quarterly Report – Quarter 3; FY 2019 ______1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

This quarterly report covers the Development Innovations Group’s (DIG) activities and results under the USAID-funded Municipal Waste Recycling Program (MWRP) from April 1 to June 30, 2019, the third quarter of fiscal year 2019 (FY19). The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has contracted DIG under the Making Cities Work (MCW) IDIQ to provide grants management and technical assistance (TA) to USAID in establishing a grants portfolio and recommending approaches for enhanced international cooperation. The grants portfolio supports initiatives to recycle waste that threatens human health and the physical environment and which, if recycled, could generate income and produce energy. Program activities address ineffective municipal solid waste management (MSWM) practices and the reduction of plastic pollution in the marine environment in the Philippines, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, and Indonesia.

Several noteworthy achievements occurred during the reporting period: the signing of two new grant agreements, two grant amendments to adjust for implementation issues, two productive mid-term evaluation missions in the Philippines and Vietnam, and implementation advances among the grantee projects.

MWRP is on track to obligate the full grants portfolio of USD 5.5 million by September 30, 2019, as stipulated by the Program contract. During this quarter, three “Apparently Successful” applicants from the sixth funding cycle (FC-6) and two Targeted Grants were recommended to USAID for due diligence review (four in the Philippines and one in Indonesia). Following DIG’s pre-award survey and risk assessments (PASRAs) of the proposed grantees, DIG presented three grantees to USAID for final clearance. USAID subsequently provided a “no objection” for those three organizations. Two of the five grantees are in the process of revising the project designs based on the MWRP team’s feedback.

During this reporting period, DIG signed grant agreements with one Indonesian organization from FC-5, Center for Public Policy Transformation (Transformasi), and with one Filipino organization from FC-6, Mother Earth Foundation. The Ecological Waste Coalition of the Philippines (EcoWaste) and Gerakan Indonesia Diet Kantong Plastik (GIDKP) in Indonesia, both from FC-6, are awaiting their SAM registration in order to sign their grant agreements. As noted above, one FC-6 applicant and one targeted applicant are still in the process of finalizing their project designs. Additionally, DIG signed grant agreement amendments with Candis III Marketing Cooperative (C3MC) in the Philippines and the Center for Environment and Community Research (CECR) in Vietnam to facilitate changes in the implementation plan. DIG also conducted mid-term evaluations (MTEs) for the Philippine Reef and Rainforest Conservation Foundation (PRRCFI) and C3MC in the Philippines, as well as World Wildlife Fund (WWF) Vietnam and the Centre for Supporting Green Development (GreenHub) in Vietnam. Lastly, the Center for Environment and Community Research (CECR) project in Vietnam reached completion in June 2019.

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2.1 Progress towards Program Targets

Table 1: Summary of MWRP Targets and Results presents information on the status of the ten MWRP indicators used to measure program performance as of June 30, 2019. MWRP continues to be on target for all indicators. Refer to Annex 1 for details about progress made towards each indicator. The targets provided herein reflect the updated Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Plan submitted to USAID in August 2018.

Table I: Summary of MWRP Targets and Results Cumulative Annual Life of On Total Target Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Standard Indicators Program Target Through FY PY3 FY19 FY19 FY19 FY19 Targets Y/N 18 (FY19) Component 1: Grants Program Supporting Promising Municipal Waste Approaches Number of grants 20 6 0 3 2 - 26 Y disbursed Amount of grants $3.74 $1.76 $0.61 $0.39 $5.5 0 - Y obligated in USD million million million million million Number of grant applicants supported 46 14 0 17 6 - 60 Y through meetings or technical assistance Number of public policies, MOUs, and regulations related to 9 N/A 4 9 4 - 6 Y MSWM introduced or positively affected Number of activities to more effectively integrate the private 9 N/A 7 9 1 - 6 Y sector into solid waste management Percentage of grantees that have incorporated one or more women’s 10% 45% 65% 88% empowerment 50% - 50% Y (22/25) indicators in their (2/20) (9/20) (15/23) monitoring and evaluation plans Component 2: Evaluation of Grants Program Results and Development of Lessons Learned & Recommendations for USAID Investments Number of investment 16 N/A 0 0 0 - 12 Y opportunities identified

MWRP Quarterly Report – Quarter 3; FY 2019 ______to improve solid waste management Number of lessons learned on solid waste 6 3 12 5 5 - 15 Y management practices affecting plastic pollution Component 3: Support for International Cooperation on Waste Management Number of strategic partnerships facilitated between USAID and 0 0 0 1 0 - 1 Y other stakeholders in the field of solid waste management Number of meetings to facilitate potential partnerships between USAID and other 4 N/A 0 1 0 - 4 Y stakeholders in the field of solid waste management

2.2 Overview of Small Grants Management

As of June 30, 2019, MWRP has 25 signed grant agreements valued at USD 4,746,631.

The USAID Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR) had provided concurrence on three FC-6 applicants as “Apparently Successful”: Gerakan Indonesia Diet Kantong Plastik (GIDKP), Ecological Waste Coalition of the Philippines (EcoWaste), and Philippine Alliance for Recycling and Materials Sustainability Inc. (PARMS). On April 30, 2018, DIG submitted a concurrence memorandum to the COR presenting two applicants from the Targeted Grants mechanism as “Apparently Successful,” namely Mother Earth Foundation (Philippines) and the University of Georgia College of Engineering, for projects in the Philippines. The COR and the respective USAID missions provided concurrence for these five applicant organizations.

In April and May 2019, the MWRP team completed the PASRA reports of three of the five “Apparently Successful” applicant organizations. In May 2019, DIG completed the PASRA reports and, subsequently, submitted to the USAID/MWRP COR a No Objection Memorandum recommending GIDKP in Indonesia, as well as EcoWaste and Mother Earth Foundation in the Philippines. After reviewing the PASRA reports and obtaining feedback from the respective USAID country missions, the COR informed DIG that grant agreement negotiations could commence with the three proposed organizations. A grant agreement was signed in June 2019 with Mother Earth Foundation and the execution of grant agreements with EcoWaste and GIDKP will take place once the organizations receive their SAM registrations. The two remaining PASRAs for PARMS and the University of Georgia will be completed during the next (fourth) quarter of FY19.

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Candis III Marketing Cooperative (C3MC) in the Philippines signed an amendment to its grant agreement modifying its schedule of deliverables and the terms of its grant. An amendment with the Center for Environment and Community Research (CECR) was also signed to modify its schedule of deliverables. No-cost extensions with Environnement et Développement du Tiers- Monde (ENDA) and Centre for Marinelife Conservation & Community Development (MCD) (Vietnam) are anticipated during the next quarter, as well as a grant amendment with Lanka Upcycles Limited (Sri Lanka) to facilitate changes in its implementation plan.

2.3 Monitoring Grant Approaches

In June 2019, four MTEs were carried out: C3MC and PRRCFI in the Philippines; and WWF Vietnam and GreenHub in Vietnam. A consolidated report summarizing the findings from these four MTE field visits will be submitted to USAID along with the four individual project MTE reports as annexes. Initial findings from the June 2019 MTEs indicate that three of the grantees (PRRCFI in the Philippines, as well as WWF and GreenHub in Vietnam) are on track to achieve project objectives while one grantee (C3MC in the Philippines) is struggling to meet all of its objectives and will require additional technical support, which the MWRP team plans to carry out.

Planned MTEs in Sri Lanka for the Sri Lanka Centre for Development Facilitation (SLCDF) in Jaffna and Lanka Upcycles in Arugam Bay were postponed following the April terrorist attacks, in accordance with guidance from the USAID Mission in Colombo and have been reprogrammed to take place in August 2019.

Ms. Ruby AlSalem, DIG’s Vice President for Technical Services, traveled to the Philippines in June with the Senior Program Manager, Peter Loach, to provide technical assistance to grantees on tracking and recording of data.

In addition, MWRP has been providing ongoing support to grantees in the assessment and evaluation of the MWRP projects’ gender MEFs, including providing feedback on how to capture and reflect upon the gender-related impacts of training and outreach activities.

2.4 Country Activities

Annex 3 provides more detailed information on each of the grantees per MWRP target country.

2.4.1 Philippines

In each Filipino municipality, the local government units (LGUs) have insufficient resources and only modest technical capacity to design and implement municipal solid waste management (SWM) plans. The grantees noted, however, that local government elected leaders, environmental officials, residents, and business owners are motivated to improve the solid

MWRP Quarterly Report – Quarter 3; FY 2019 ______waste conditions in their communities – as mandated by national law – but complain of insufficient public awareness, budgets, and infrastructure. Grantees indicated that supporting collectors and buyers in the communities (e.g., informal collectors, government service providers, junk shop workers, and large wholesale buyers) plays a pivotal role in expanding recycling and improving SWM. The MWRP team noted that, during the May 2019 local elections, mayors at the end of their term had limited interest in sharing and appropriately handing over their MSWM knowledge and stakeholder network to the incoming mayor. Incoming mayors have not received training in crucial local governance tasks, such as basic service delivery, including cost recovery and the involvement of the community or private sector to improve these services.

Catholic Relief Services (Funding Cycle One (FC-1) completed implementation of its project in Metro Manila on November 30, 2018. For information on the project’s results, please see Annex 3.

PRRCFI (FC-2) in Negros Occidental reached its implementation mid-point. DIG carried out an MTE in June 2019 of the PRRCFI Sea Waste Education to Eradicate Plastic (SWEEP) project. The project is on track to meet its objectives. The project’s municipal Action Plans on Plastic Waste in each of the project’s eight cities and municipalities are now under implementation. The project opened zero waste sari-sari stores in each of the project sites - these stores sell consumer goods, such as shampoo, body soap, and cooking oil, in reusable containers instead of single-use plastic sachets. PRRCFI continued Figure 1. Wala Usik sari-sari store in Cauayan its deployment of the interactive mobile museum, designed to look like a food cart, to raise awareness of the negative effects of plastic waste in the marine environment and steps that can be taken to reduce plastic use and waste.

C3MC (FC-2), in Puerto Princesa City, reached its mid-point and DIG carried out an MTE in June 2019. During the first year of project implementation, C3MC had encountered difficulties while working with the 19 originally targeted LGUs. DIG, thus, amended the C3MC grant agreement during the second quarter of FY19. The Figure 2. Provision of waste collection equipment in project now focuses on five of the Barangay Bacungan most influential barangays within the

MWRP Quarterly Report – Quarter 3; FY 2019 ______city to more effectively increase the capacity of local governments, civil society, and the private sector to reduce plastic in the marine environment, raise public awareness of the issue, support SWM planning and the regulation of plastic waste, increase economic opportunities, and promote household waste segregation linked to recycling.

World Vision (FC-2) continued to work in Baseco and will finalize its project in the fourth quarter of FY19. The project secured funding from the DENR and Coca Cola Foundation for the materials recovery facility (MRF) to increase waste segregation at source and recycling; launched an event at a local school to promote the inclusion of integrated SWM in the classroom curricula to promote a reduction in the use of plastic and an increase in recycling; provided kits and trash bins in Figure 3. Exposure visit to see best practice SWM in exchange for plastic bottles collected by Cavite Province 200 school children; organized more than 1,200 elementary school students from different schools in Baseco to collect plastic waste in the community; and carried out an exposure trip for 10 Independent Waste Collectors (IWCs) and 10 female members of the Barangay Ecological Solid Waste Management Committee (BESWMC) to observe model SWM practices.

Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives (GAIA) (FC-5) launched its project through two subgrantees in Vietnam and Indonesia. For additional information on this grant, please see Annex 3.

EcoWaste (FC-6), in Manila Bay, will sign a grant agreement in July 2019. The project’s goal is to provide reliable data to Metro Manila’s waste management institutions so that their policy makers, planners, and program designers can improve solid waste management in the region.

Philippine Business for the Environment (PBE) (FC-6) is finalizing details of its project design, with its subgrantee, Philippine Alliance for Recycling and Materials Sustainability (PARMS). PBE/PARMS are planning to partner with shopping malls in Metro Manila to test the feasibility of converting low-value residual waste in malls, such as plastic bags and sachets, into marketable products, such as building bricks, as well as parking bumpers and bollards.

Mother Earth Foundation (Targeted Grant) signed a grant agreement on June 30, 2019 and will begin to mobilize and train project staff and local partners in Batangas City to support the Batangas City Environment and Natural Resources Office (CENRO) with establishing zero waste models in 30 barangays. Mother Earth will facilitate the decentralization of segregated waste collection, the regulation of single-use plastics, and the recovery of high-value recyclable materials.

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University of Georgia College of Engineering (UGA) (Targeted Grant), led by Dr. Jenna Jambeck, is expected to sign a grant agreement in the fourth quarter of FY19. Under this project, UGA will: conduct research on land-based plastic waste leaking into Manila Bay; promote the startup of circular economic principles for urban communities surrounding Manila Bay; and support the design and evaluation of the research activities of the MWRP grantee EcoWaste Coalition.

2.4.2 Sri Lanka

Project activities were stopped for several weeks due to the Easter bombings. All MWRP grantees reduced activities in schools, communities and other public spaces, based on directives from local and national security officials. By July, most project activities had begun moving forward again, as planned, with no major adjustments necessary to implementation timelines. Grantees shared information among themselves with MWRP support and with IWCs on accessing finance/capital, improving cost recovery, gaining formal recognition for IWCs, instituting behavior change at the community level, and working with local authorities and schools.

Sevanatha Urban Resource Centre (FC-1) stayed on track to meet its objectives despite significant challenges. A change in Dehiwala- Mount Lavinia Municipal Commission leadership resulted in diminished support for the project and, in particular, municipal support for the community materials recovery facility (MRF). The Figure 4. PET collection bins in Rathmalana-Mt. Lavinia previous municipal leadership provided transportation services and staffing to the MRF, as well as purchased plastic recyclables from IWCs to re-sell to the private sector. Sevanatha continues to advocate for continued and expanded municipal support for MRFs to promote their sustainability. Twenty- seven IWCs, supported by MWRP, registered with the Central Environment Authority. These public-private partnerships aim to formalize independent waste collection activities and integrate them within the government provision of SWM.

Janathakshan (FC-1), in Negombo and Katunayake, is working with households, hotels, restaurants, supermarkets, and fishing harbors, which are the main contributors of mishandled plastic waste. These target groups have supported initiatives to reduce plastic waste generation and to increase recycling. In collaboration with the Negombo Municipal Council, Janathakshan used a “Green Star Rating System” to rate the use of plastic in supermarkets. The project

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provided 30 hours of technical assistance to the Municipal Council to help it execute the Green Star program. Seventeen supermarkets, including two that joined the program reporting this period, are participating in the Green Star rating system. Nine supermarkets have registered a steady drop in the use of single-use plastic bags, which they are working to quantify. The Green Star rating program has received positive feedback from participating supermarkets and there is growing awareness among local consumers of this activity. Figure 5. Supermarket display promoting reusable bags

SLCDF Galle (FC-1) operates in 22 villages through a consortium of community-based organizations (CBOs). This quarter, SLCDF trained 40 community environmental facilitators who conducted 64 community awareness activities, teaching at-source household waste separation in 13 villages to 1,294 households. Families are making cloth bags from old saris to use for shopping. Initial data shows that 88% of households trained on waste segregation are taking up the practice; and 628 families are separating household organic waste from other waste, which is leading to a reduction in the use of plastic bags and an increase in composting for home gardens. Twenty-two schools have banned the use of polythene; and 19 schools have started waste segregation as a result of SLCDF’s training on plastic waste reduction and management in collaboration with local schools and master trainers from the Department of Education.

Lanka Upcycles (FC-2), on the east coast, continued operating its education center, the Waste Less Arugam Bay (WLAB), which targets community residents, school children, and the 5,000 tourists per day (though this number dropped significantly following the bombings). The center offers tourists and community residents a low-cost filtered water dispensary to reduce the volume of plastic water bottles, showcases equipment that turns plastic waste into new upcycled products, and Figure 6. PET bottle collection activities in raises awareness on the importance of Arugam Bay reducing, reusing, and recycling plastic. The project partners with www.getwater.lk, a USAID-funded initiative that helps individuals find the nearest place to refill water bottles in Sri Lanka.

SLCDF Jaffna (FC-2) moved ahead with its participatory community-based SWM plans, continued awareness-raising activities to promote the reduction, reuse, and recycling of plastic waste, and organized safe disposal and recycling options. The project works closely with four local authorities - Jaffna Municipal Council, Chavakachcheri Urban Council, Point Pedro Urban

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Council and Valvettithurai Urban Council, all in Jaffna District. These activities included 118 village-level, awareness-raising events attended by 4,044 participants in 4 jurisdictions, bringing the total number of individuals educated about the effects and importance of reducing plastic waste to 8,103. SLCDF also provided technical assistance to 174 local authority staff members from 4 urban councils; met with 52 small business representatives to improve their waste handling and recycling practices; trained teachers from 26 schools, resulting in 91 teachers trained in total; and established or strengthened 40 school environmental clubs.

Public Interest Law Foundation (PILF) (FC-3) moved forward with its goal of reducing marine plastic waste through law review and reform, improvements in law enforcement, and legal training. PILF submitted its literature survey report to the Marine Environment Protection Authority (MEPA) and the government’s Central Environmental Authority (CEA). PILF will use this survey to help complete the Law Review of the Legal Framework around plastic production, usage, and waste management. PILF will complete the law review in consultation with representatives from the Western Provincial Waste Management Authority, MEPA, CEA, Imports and Exports Control Department, Customs Department, Urban Development Authority, North Western Provincial Environmental Authority, Coast Guard Department, Ministry of Local Government, Consumer Affairs Authority, Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Department, Municipal Councils of Colombo, and the private sector. The Ceylon Chamber of Commerce, also a MWRP grantee, will help organize and bring together these representatives for consultations on the law review.

Ceylon Chamber of Commerce (CCC) (FC-2), which will reach its implementation mid-point during the next reporting period, is strengthening the ongoing national dialogue between the government and the private sector to design and implement post-consumer plastic management strategies. Key stakeholders are the national government, through its Ministry of Mahaweli Development and Environment (MMDE), and major corporations operating in Sri Lanka. The end game would be a road map to a government signed PPP with the main representatives in the plastics industry. This quarter, CCC initiated a Market and Socio-Economic Study. CCC also led the first private sector consultative workshop, which was attended by 49 representatives, including 14 women, from four sectors: fast-moving consumer goods (or consumer packaged goods), dairy and beverages, plastic manufacturing, and recycling and packaging.

2.4.3 Vietnam

The Prime Minister in June 2019 launched a national anti-plastic waste movement to help decrease the amount of plastic waste. Some municipalities, such as Halong Bay where MWRP grantees operate, have embraced this movement by adopting new municipal policies.

CECR (FC-1) completed its project on June 30. CECR supported the integration of community- based recycling in the city of Da Nang’s SWM strategy. CECR garnered the active support of the Da Nang People’s Committee, the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MONRE), the city environmental department, city and ward Women’s Union committees, and the Youth Union, whose participation was critical to the project’s success. CECR built

MWRP Quarterly Report – Quarter 3; FY 2019 ______consensus on addressing the problem of plastic waste management and developing strategies for changing community SWM and recycling practices, which were identified as two of the most important issues in Da Nang’s “Strategy for Integrated Solid Waste Management to 2025 and Vision to 2050.” CECR held three high- visibility end-of project conferences with key stakeholders in eight coastal provinces of the central region of Figure 7. Project closing conference in Son Tra District Vietnam. During the main conference, which was co-organized with the Da Nang Department of Natural Resources and Environment (DONRE) and the Vietnam Union of Science and Technology Associations (VUSTA), CECR shared project results and best practices with Coastal Provinces in the Central Region of Vietnam with the 88 delegates (52 women and 36 men) present from Da Nang, Hanoi, and 8 central coastal provinces.

ENDA (FC-1) is fostering close cooperation between IWC organizations and DONRE in Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) to improve the city’s SWM system and to increase household compliance with a waste segregation at source regulation. Public awareness events focused on environmental protection and combating plastic pollution. ENDA joined the “Green Live Festival” that involved 58 companies and non-governmental organizations (NGOs), and more than 5,000 participants. ENDA organized a second roundtable in which 303 participants (120 women, 183 men) from DONRE, the Departments of Labor, Social Affairs, Transport, Finance, and Tax, the Cooperative Alliance, and 24 IWCs discussed the (i) needs of IWCs and (ii) the use of appropriate technology to suit the conditions under which the ICWs work. The roundtable participants also prepared district-level plans to resolve concerns around new policies that require expensive collection equipment not suited for the narrow streets and dense neighborhoods where many IWCs operate. ENDA supported the establishment of three new IWC cooperatives that cover two HCMC districts — contributing to expanding the voices and influence of IWCs in the SWM sector. Moreover, ENDA began working with 4,000 families on river banks to make them aware of the polluting dangers of throwing plastic waste in rivers.

Centre for Social Research and Development (CSRD) (FC-2) is collaborating with DONRE and the Ministry of Education and Training to expand activities in six schools in Hue City to raise awareness among youth on plastic waste pollution of the Perfume River and along coastlines. CSRD teaches students how to improve SWM by enhancing their recycling skills and practices. Nearing its final quarter of implementation, the project provided many waste separation and recycling training sessions in schools and organized lessons and quizzes for students. CSRD also conducted a beach clean-up and education event. Lastly, CSRD organized an end-of-project workshop, during which it obtained feedback from stakeholders on the project’s performance and impact, and shared communication materials, such as handbooks on source separation and posters for each school. CSRD prepared a documentary on the MWRP project, which was

MWRP Quarterly Report – Quarter 3; FY 2019 ______shown on television. Information, education, and communication (IEC) events provided 241,352 hours of public awareness, trained 799 women, and initiated waste separation at source with 1,097 households.

GreenHub’s (FC-2) MTE was positive. The grantee appeared to be on track to meet its project objectives. GreenHub is progressing in laying the groundwork for a “model cities” approach to waste management in the Cat Ba Archipelago, Hai Phong Province, and Ha Long Bay. The project focuses on: researching and piloting scalable environmentally-friendly solutions to replace polystyrene contained in buoyancy devices for aquaculture farms; working with Ha Long-based fisherfolk to mitigate the problem; and raising general public awareness on the impact of plastic waste in the marine environment. GreenHub worked closely with the Women’s Union committees to provide training to 330 individuals on waste Figure 8. Exchange on waste management classification models at the household level. models between Women’s Unions at the Cat Households are being trained in separation at Hai district and Ha Long city source and in community composting.

WWF (FC-2), on Phu Quoc island, secured important government and private sector engagement, as it received an official commitment from the District People’s Committee (DPC) and commitments from 13 leading hotels to find alternatives for plastic disposables. The DPC is now seeking to expand its marine debris Action Plan, including adding four years to its mandate that will now run to 2025. The hotels are reviewing their purchases of single-use plastics and seeking to replace them with organic materials like lemon grass. The project also stepped up involvement with the District Women’s Association and the District Communist Youth Union. The project initiated a “SWM Platform” that targets 40 major tourism businesses, among others, with participating organizations visibly displaying a Plastics-Reducing Practices Participation Certificate at their organization. Platform participants include the DPC, Office of Natural Resources and Environment (DONRE), Office of Education, Public Services Management Board, Women Union, Youth Union, businesses, civil society, and media. The project completed surveys regarding the prevalence of single-use plastics with two dozen street shops, including street vendors, grocery stores, coffee shops, local restaurants and supermarkets. In the education sector, 24 schools have implemented MWRP-awareness activities. The MTE was very positive.

MCD (FC-3) is implementing two MWRP grants, one in Nam Dinh and one in Ha Long Bay. On June 13, 2019, MCD gave a presentation at USAID in Washington DC, during an event hosted by the Global Environment Facility (GEF).

In Nam Dinh, MCD shared its baseline assessment results with local stakeholders and signed a multi-party Memorandum of Understanding between MCD and its local partners. MCD’s public

MWRP Quarterly Report – Quarter 3; FY 2019 ______communications campaign raised awareness about the project’s goals and the opportunities for broad community participation, including an Earth Day event with MONRE. MCD met with local authorities and community leaders to plan the implementation of training sessions on the issue of marine plastic pollution in five project wards and communes. MCD also consulted local residents, especially those living along waterways, to explore ways of integrating them in the project.

In Ha Long City, the project start was similar to that in Nam Dinh. MCD completed its analysis of the baseline assessment of the coastal solid waste hotspots and plastic pollution in the project areas. The assessment included stakeholder meetings, surveys, interviews, waste audits at the household and community levels, visits to the local waste treatment facility and local drainage system, and mapping using GPS tools. To ensure MCD does not generate plastic waste through its training activities, it is working with the company, An Phat Bioplastics, which will provide biodegradable bags, spoons, and straws for all training sessions. More than 1,000 participants joined an Earth Day event, organized with the Ha Long City People’s Committee, to raise awareness of the issue of marine plastic pollution. MCD met with community members to select core teams for the training of trainers who will lead community awareness campaigns. The University of Melbourne joined the project to identify waste trapping sites and designs.

GAIA Philippines Inc. (FC-5 ) launched its MWRP grant through its subgrantee GreenViet. The project focuses on the expansion of the zero-waste model in Hoi An and on the Cham Islands. These two sites face mounting SWM issues due to the rapid rise in tourism and approximately 1.5 million tourists per year who contribute 0.6 kg of waste per hotel room per day, which is equivalent to three times the typical household waste stream. GreenViet is hiring project staff.

2.4.4 Indonesia

In Indonesia, four new grantees launched their projects. In the reporting period, these grantees began recruiting staff and formalizing partnerships.

BINTARI (FC-4) will reach its mid-point of implementation at the end of December 2019. This grantee is working closely with city and provincial government authorities in Semarang, with the large, national fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) company Indofood, and with small local recyclers to enhance the sustainability of new community bank sampahs.1 BINTARI organized a recycling policy dialogue with key stakeholders, including representatives from the private sector, local communities, and government tied to waste recycling groups (bank sampahs). The

1 “Bank sampahs,” or waste banks, are neighborhood storage points for organic and non-organic waste. Organic waste gets turned into compost, while non-organic waste is divided further into other categories, such as plastic, paper/cardboard, metal, bottles, textiles, and oils. Similar to commercial banks, households open up an account with the local waste bank. Periodically, a member household “deposits” non-organic solid waste, which is weighed and given a monetary value, based on rates published on boards in the bank. This value is saved in the household’s account from which, just like with a regular bank, you can withdraw. The basic principles of waste banks are the same across provinces: collect, save, earn, change behavior, and enjoy a clean neighborhood. (Source: Kholil, Ahmad and Jumhur, Amaningsih. “Waste Management Based on 3R in Mutiara Waste Banks Bekasi City Indonesia.” World Environment. 10.5923/j.env.20180803.02. 2018.)

MWRP Quarterly Report – Quarter 3; FY 2019 ______policy dialogue focused on optimizing potential private sector engagement, defining the role of these stakeholders in complying with waste recycling regulations, and promoting new approaches to recycling single-use plastics. Discussions took into account the findings of BINTARI’s desk study of Semarang City’s recycling policy, review of 27 national and local SWM laws and regulations, and assessment of dozens of bank sampahs. As a result, BINTARI has selected 31 potential new, small bank sampahs, consisting of 777 households, who may be eligible to receive technical assistance support and supplies from MWRP.

The project’s public-private partnership with Indofood and Semarang City’s local government authority moved forward with the company’s effort to increase bank sampah recycling capacity and commercial viability by providing technical assistance, transportation services, and equipment for selected banks. The project is researching potential FMCG post-sale mechanisms to incentivize recycling, based on Indofood’s experience and knowledge of the market, manufacturing processes, and technical requirements. BINTARI organized a conference on micro- and Figure 9. Woman waste recycling group leader in Semarang City committing to participate in PPPs on nano-plastic pollutants that included the reduction of plastic waste private sector actors and presented a waste profile assessment to guide these discussions on FMCG recycling.

Misool’s (FC-5) “Bank Sampah Community Waste Recycling Program” in Sorong, West Papua, will reach its mid-point of implementation at the end of December 2019. The project’s support to the Bank Sampah Sorong Raya (BSSR) led to a 45% increase in the average monthly volume of plastics recycled compared to the previous quarter (11.48 metric tons per month up from 7.92 metric tons per month). Misool projects the BSSR will soon reach 13 metric tons of recycled plastics processed and sold per month, with a project completion target of about 200 metric tons sold per year. Misool also made progress on completing a new BSSR business plan. BSSR has benefited from an increase in waste collection rates along the city’s waterways due to the project’s increased engagement and awareness-raising with 49 community-level collection units in these target areas. In a survey of IWCs, 84% cited concerns for the environment as their primary reason for forming a collection unit and participating in recycling. BSSR’s financial sustainability remains a challenge, in no small part due to the fluctuating global demand and pricing for recyclable plastic, which saw a 19% price drop compared to a year ago in the Sorong marketplace. As of June 30, 2019, Misool has led 206 community-based meetings, training sessions and/or workshops equating to 500 hours of capacity building to increase the amount of plastic being collected. In addition, Misool held 10 sessions with government officials to provide them with technical assistance, including awareness-raising, collection and recycling effectiveness, and cost-recovery policies tied to SWM.

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GAIA Philippines Inc. (FC-5) launched its project in Indonesia through its partner Yayasan Pengembangan Biosains dan Bioteknologi (YPBB), which is operating in Bandung City in several zero waste pilot communities. The GAIA/YPBB partnership, together with the city government, will build on this momentum by expanding operations in Coblong District, one of the most populous areas in Bandung. The YPBB project is in the process of recruiting staff members.

Divers Clean Action’s (FC-5) project began hiring its project staff and mobilizing local partners, through field visits and stakeholder meetings. The project, working in the Thousand Islands off the coast of Jakarta, focuses on improving waste management practices through capacity building and information sharing mechanisms, establishing inter-sectoral coordination mechanisms to strengthen policy and planning, and promoting a circular economy benefiting communities for better access to employment and livelihood opportunities. Divers Clean Action submitted its project implementation plan, branding and marking plan, and monitoring and evaluation plan.

Gringgo (FC-5) started its projects and is focusing on staffing and on activity planning documents. Gringgo will improve Denpasar City’s SWM system by promoting recycling with an emphasis on innovative communication technology to improve handling and collection of plastic waste materials at households and businesses. Gringgo submitted its project implementation plan, branding and marking plan, and monitoring and evaluation plan.

Transformasi (FC-5) started its project in Gowa District to strengthen the government’s coordination and capacity in SWM, drawing upon the experience and best practices from a similar institution functioning in Makassar City. The operationalization of a new central bank sampah in Gowa District will be facilitated, studied, and documented, to serve as a guide for other cities and districts to address their waste management problems. Transformasi submitted its project implementation plan, branding and marking plan, and monitoring and evaluation plan.

GIDKP (FC-6) is expected to sign a grant agreement in July 2019, after receiving its SAM registration. At that time, GIDKP will recruit and train project staff and start working with local partners in Metro Jakarta and Bandung City. GIDKP will initiate project planning and consolidate cooperation arrangements with local government authorities with the goal of passing legislation/regulations and enforcing reductions in single-use plastics.

2.5 Steps to Empower Women and Youth under MWRP

MWRP-funded projects engage and empower women and youth in various ways – through training sessions, education, advocacy, and leadership opportunities. The following activities supported the empowerment of women and youth in the target countries:

• PRRCFI collaborated with Bacolod City CORE, a youth-led organization that focuses on ecological literacy and environmental consciousness among children, to organize a coastal clean-up and waste audit attended by more than 100 volunteers and community members. For Youth Environment Day in June, the group Youth for Climate Hope

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invited PRRCFI to an event called “Climate Shorts,” a gathering for youth, which included talks, performances, and films by youth as their expression of hope in the face of a global climate crisis. Through this event, the PRRCFI team was able to share with youth how proper SWM and zero waste living support combatting climate change. • SLCDF Galle trained 298 students on how to set up environmental clubs, segregate waste, and promote recycling at school and at home. • Janathakshan trained 34 women leaders, of which 8 initiated recyclable plastic collection activities with their community women’s group. In May, one of the groups collected one metric ton of recyclable waste and sold it to a local plastic waste processor. Engagement with youth groups through social media resulted in 2,139 “likes” on a Facebook page featuring videos on MWRP youth activities. Janathakshan also engaged young women volunteers as a way of attracting more women to its project. • Lanka Upcycles expanded its focus on youth by providing 582 hours of ocean plastic- awareness education to 130 students in 3 schools, including 2 Arabic Colleges (secondary schools). • SLCDF Jaffna engaged youth on social media through its Plastic Zero Forum. As a result of this engagement, more than 900 people were viewing several posts a week. • CECR trained a total of 5,655 women and reported that 509 women were participating in decision-making processes. For example, women’s groups are finding ways to address the problem of plastic waste management in their communities and are developing strategies for changing SWM and recycling practices, as a result of CECR’s efforts. • ENDA provided technical assistance to IWCs in District No.10 and 11 in HCMC that included mobilizing women to assume leadership roles as Vice-Manager and Chief Accountant in three IWC cooperatives. ENDA also conducted trainings for men to help prepare them for, and encourage them to support, the new, more empowered roles of women in their community. • CSRD provided 116,260 hours of youth training on the risks of plastic pollution in regard to public health, the environment, and biodiversity, as well as on the practice of separating waste at the source through its project activities with schools. • GreenHub worked closely with local Women’s Union committees in Ha Long City and Cat Hai districts on waste classification and recycling and engaged 847 women in Ha Phong ward, 1,200 women in Cao Thang ward, and 3,000 women in Bai Chay ward. • BINTARI provided employment opportunities for women through its Waste Bank models and provided gender training to both men and women. The training encouraged men to take more responsibility for household waste management by challenging conventional belief that it is a woman’s job to perform voluntary household waste management.

MWRP provided grantees with additional tools and resources to encourage the mainstreaming of gender issues and the tracking of women’s empowerment during project implementation. At the beginning of the third quarter, MWRP continued to work with grantees on tracking the

MWRP Quarterly Report – Quarter 3; FY 2019 ______three gender-focused MEFs to increase the measurement of women’s empowerment.2 By the end of June 2019, 88% of the grantees had voluntarily incorporated one or more of the women’s empowerment indicators in their monitoring and evaluation plans.

Using the gender mainstreaming questionnaire that was administered in the previous quarter, MWRP identified 10 grantees eligible to receive an additional USD 2,000 to support gender- related data collection and reporting.3 Each of the grantees signed an agreement amendment, which included the submission of a memo explaining how the funds will be used to track gender-related data. MWRP received all of the memos and is working with the grantees on incorporating the data-tracking plans outlined in the memos into the ongoing projects.

MWRP has identified key areas in which grantees can improve their data tracking and deepen their data collection and communication to provide a more granular picture of their gender approach. For example, the MWRP team has advised grantees to count not just female participation but also male, and to provide details such as whether women are being trained and engaged to perform voluntary or paid work. The MWRP team has also begun to analyze the training content and programmatic approaches of grantees in order to provide feedback for enhanced gender equity. This work is expected to both enhance the capacity of grantees to analyze, communicate, and improve their gender approaches, but ultimately to improve tracking systems such that the M&E documents tell a more complete story while also guiding grantees in improved gender-related interventions and approaches.

2.6 Local Capacity Building

The MWRP grantees’ activities in the target countries have promoted local capacity building for a wide spectrum of groups and organizations. The various groups and organizations that have benefited from MWRP support are: (i) city/municipal, provincial, and national government environmental agencies and related ministries; (ii) NGOs and CBOs; (iii) the private sector, including recycling enterprises, corporations, commercial establishments, and social enterprises; (iv) women, youth, and student organizations; and (v) community residents. Specific local capacity building activities included the following: • PRRCFI supported the creation and/or transformation of sari-sari convenience stores into zero-waste stores, provided technical assistance to store owners, and connected them to private suppliers. • PRRCFI arranged an exposure visit with the Bayawan City staff to San Carlos City to learn about how to set up and manage a plastic-free public market and how to implement complementary initiatives to reduce the use of single-use plastics.

2 The three gender-focused MEFs are: 1) the number of individuals who completed training events as a result of the USAID-funded MWRP; 2) the number of female beneficiaries who obtained a traditionally male-dominated activity/job in the waste management and plastics recycling sector as a result of the USAID-funded MWRP; and 3) the number of women participating in decision-making processes relating to solid waste management and plastics recycling as a result of the USAID-funded MWRP. 3 The following 10 grantees received an agreement amendment: ENDA, Sevanatha, SLCDF Galle, Janathakshan, GreenHub, CSRD, WWF Vietnam, SLCDF Jaffna, PRRCFI, and PILF.

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• C3MC identified and supported IWCs in five barangays. In coordination with the local government SWM boards, C3MC trained the IWCs on segregating waste and on recording the weight of collected waste (among other topics), as well as provided them with bicycles equipped with collection carts and safety gear. • World Vision supported Barangay Baseco in establishing a SWM partnership through the signing of a Memorandum of Agreement between the barangay council and the national Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR). • Sevanatha continued to register 27 IWCs from Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia Municipal Commission (DMMC) with the Central Environment Authority. Sevanatha linked the IWCs to school plastic waste collection points and connected them to entrepreneurial training opportunities organized with the University of Sri Jayawardhanepura. • SLCDF Galle held educational sessions to raise awareness of waste segregation methods among 261 local government officials and civil organization representatives, including village officers. • SLCDF Jaffna trained teachers from 26 schools in teaching environmental sustainability to school students. In all, SLCDF trained a total of 91 teachers and coordinated the strengthening of 40 existing environmental clubs in local schools with the teachers. • CECR, in Da Nang, reported preliminary results of its completed project. In terms of capacity building, CECR reported that they provided 38,922 technical assistance hours on SWM to local officials and civil society members, and that 21,111 households were initiating waste segregation or already recycling. • ENDA organized a second roundtable with 303 participants (including representatives from DONRE as well as the Departments of Labor, Social Affairs, Transport, Finance, and Tax) to discuss the new equipment requirements for IWCs set by the HCMC People’s Committee. • CSRD spent more than 200,000 hours raising the awareness of students of plastic waste pollution of the Perfume River and along coastlines in 6 schools; training 799 women in organizing extracurricular activities focused on environmental protection education for students and in teaching communities about the impact of waste on the environment; and helping 1,097 households begin separating waste at home. • Misool led 206 community-based meetings, training sessions, and workshops, equivalent to 500 hours of capacity building, to increase the amount of plastic being collected. In addition, Misool conducted 10 workshops with government officials to raise awareness, increase collection and recycling, as well as promote SWM cost-recovery policies.

2.7 Private Sector Engagement

MWRP staff met in Jakarta, Indonesia with representatives of several multinational corporations to discuss their initiatives and interests in reducing ocean plastic pollution and exploring potential areas for coordination and collaboration with MWRP grantees. These meetings

MWRP Quarterly Report – Quarter 3; FY 2019 ______included representatives from Dow Chemical and its local plastic manufacturing alliance partners, Coca-Cola Foundation Indonesia, Danone, Unilever, Nestle, and the Packaging and Recycling Alliance for Indonesia Sustainable Environment (PRAISE). The participants identified immediate collaboration activities, such as Nestle and Danone supporting Divers Clean Action in promoting recycling on the Thousand Islands and, in the case of Danone, purchasing recyclable plastic which supports the islands’ recycling value chain. Furthermore, the Coca-Cola Foundation is exploring the possibility of assisting the Gringgo Indonesia Foundation with carrying out market research for recyclable plastics.

The following MWRP grantees integrated local private sector participation in their project activities: • PRRCFI, in the Philippines, helped eight model zero waste private sari-sari stores officially open, in coordination with local authorities and with support from microfinance institutions, such as the Negros Women for Tomorrow Foundation. • Janathakshan in Negombo, Sri Lanka, provided 30 hours of technical assistance training to the Negombo Municipal Council to help it implement the Green Star rating program with supermarket chains in the area. Seventeen supermarkets, including two that joined the program this reporting period, are participating in the Green Star rating system that measures supermarkets’ compliance with established standards in plastic waste reduction. • Lanka Upcycles’ upcycling company (Rice & Carry), in Sri Lanka, became a Guaranteed Member of the World Fair Trade Organization, a significant accomplishment for an enterprise working on producing recycled plastic goods. The company recently received its first bulk order – Urban Island will buy 1,540 recycled plastic buckles for bags at a Four Seasons resort in the Maldives Islands. Rice & Carry is working with Phoenix Industries on a planned manufacturing expansion. • SLCDF Jaffna met with 52 small business representatives to encourage improved waste handling and recycling. • CCC launched its Market and Socio-Economic Study related to ocean plastic and conducted a consultative workshop targeting four sectors – fast-moving consumer goods, dairy and beverages, plastic manufacturing, and recycling and packaging. Close to fifty entrepreneurs from these sectors participated and representatives from John Keels Holdings PLC, Hemas Holdings PLC, Coca-Cola Beverages Sri Lanka Ltd., Unilever Sri Lanka Ltd. and MAS Capital delivered presentations. • WWF’s “SWM Platform,” in Phu Quoc Island, is working with 40 major tourism sector businesses to encourage them to obtain the Plastics-Reducing Practices Participation Certificate that will be displayed in the window of participating businesses. “SWM Platform” participants include the District Peoples Committee, Office of Natural Resources and Environment (ONRE), Office of Education, Public Services Management Board, businesses (resorts, airport, local shops), Women Association, Youth Union, nonprofit groups, and media.

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• BINTARI is working with the company Indofood and local recyclers to enhance the sustainability of community bank sampahs by increasing their recycling through technical assistance, as well as facilitating the transportation of waste, and access to equipment. BINTARI is continuing to research potential FMCG post-sale mechanisms to incentivize recycling, based on Indofood’s experience and knowledge of the market, manufacturing processes, and technical requirements. BINTARI organized a Conference on micro- and nano-plastic pollutants, which included private sector actors, during which it presented its waste profile assessment to guide discussions on FMCG recycling. • Misool’s support to Bank Sampah Sorong Raya led to a 45% increase in the average monthly volume of plastics recycled compared to the previous quarter (11.48 metric tons per month up from 7.92 metric tons per month).

2.8 Coordination and Management

DIG and USAID maintain an open line of communication to ensure efficient program management and operation. Teleconference calls were held almost every two weeks between the DIG MWRP team, including its Vice President for Global Programs, Associate Director for Global Programs, and the MWRP Chief of Party (COP), and the USAID/MWRP COR and Alternate Contracting Officer’s Representative (ACOR). The minutes of the teleconference calls, along with a table noting completed and pending action items, are prepared and circulated after each teleconference call. A shared Google Drive folder serves as the mechanism for sharing program-related documents. MWRP collaborates with USAID’s Communications, Evidence and Learning (CEL) Program to maintain program photographs on Flickr and to produce high-quality materials for dissemination to the USAID missions and other stakeholders. These materials included a complete updating of all fact sheets by country and by grantee, as well as producing fact sheets for new MWRP grantees. Specifically, the MWRP team worked with CEL to update the fact sheets for 16 of the MWRP grantees, the 4 countries, and for MWRP. This information was distributed during presentations made at USAID by the COR and during the recent grant signing ceremony in Manila, Philippines.

Coordination with USAID/Philippines Mission MWRP’s Grants Manager was a panelist and resource speaker at the Tourism Sustainability Conference in Boracay (May 23), along with Nicole Fox, Environmental, Science, Technology, Health and Energy Unit Chief at the U.S. Embassy in the Philippines. The conference presentations focused on marine plastic pollution and the role of the U.S. government in addressing this issue in the Philippines and the Southeast Asian region as a whole. Primarily hotel owners/managers attended the conference.

MWRP provided monthly updates on grantee activities and upcoming events to the USAID/ Philippines Mission. These updates inform the Mission of events USAID staff may be interested in attending. MWRP and the Mission organized a Grant Signing Ceremony on July 11, 2019 for the new grantees in the Philippines with the participation of representatives from the government of the Philippines (DENR), local governments, the private sector, the U.S. Embassy and USAID Mission officials.

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USAID/Philippines Mission’s Urban Planning Specialist, Marian Cruz Navata, referred MWRP to SM Supermalls, a large Filipino company, with malls located throughout the country. SM Supermalls worked with the U.S. State Department to bring the movie Plastic Ocean to the Philippines. Its largest mall, the SM Mall of Asia, was built on reclaimed land adjacent to Manila Bay. Over the course of several meetings with the SM Supermalls sustainability and marketing teams, MWRP perceived that the company has a strong interest in implementing environmentally sustainable mall operations, recycling, reducing plastic waste, and restoring Manila Bay. Discussions are ongoing between MWRP and SM Supermalls on a potential collaboration to develop educational and awareness-raising activities through its nationwide mall infrastructure (4.2 million daily customers). If successful, the collaboration would be structured in the form of a Targeted Grant, which most likely link SM Supermalls to a Filipino NGO partner.

Lastly, MWRP grantees in Metro Manila participated in a one-day training at USAID on marking and branding, social media, and project communications.

Coordination with USAID/Sri Lanka Mission MWRP provided updates twice a month to USAID/Sri Lanka Mission over the past quarter. The USAID/Sri Lanka Mission team is satisfied with the frequency and quality of communication from MWRP and remains engaged with project activities and outcomes. Due to the multiple terrorist attacks in April across Sri Lanka, MWRP travel to monitor projects has been rescheduled. An MTE is planned for two projects (SLCDF Jaffna and Lanka Upcycles Arugam Bay) for August 2019.

Coordination with USAID/Vietnam Mission MWRP provided monthly updates on grantee activities and upcoming events to the USAID/Vietnam Mission. In addition, during the MTE visit to Vietnam in June 2019, the MWRP COP and Grants Manager met with the USAID/Vietnam Mission Director (MD), Michael Green, to update him on MWRP activities in Vietnam and to discuss the issue of ocean plastic debris. Mr. Green continues to demonstrate a high level of interest in MWRP projects and developments in the country.

Coordination with USAID/Indonesia Mission The USAID/Indonesia Mission joined the MWRP team in several meetings conducted in April, in Jakarta, with multinational corporations to discuss MWRP’s initiatives surrounding the reduction of ocean plastics and areas of coordination and collaboration with MWRP. The meetings were with Dow Chemical, Coca-Cola Foundation and Nestle. The USAID Alliance Builder, Daniel Bellefleur, participated in the meeting with Dow Chemical, while the USAID Senior Project Management Specialist, Trigeany Linggoatmodjo, attended the other two meetings.

The USAID/Indonesia Mission joined the MWRP team for the PASRA of the FC-6 “Apparently Successful” organization (GIDKP). As part of the assessment, a half-day meeting was held in

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Jakarta on April 24, 2019, with the five local governments proposed for the project and representatives from GIDKP, DIG, and USAID/Indonesia (Project Management Specialist (WASH), Endah Shofiani). GIDKP provided an overview of the proposed project objectives and activities, and governmental representatives shared their feedback and voiced their support for the project.

Program Reporting Activity During the third quarter of FY 2019, DIG completed the following MWRP reports and deliverables: • Second Quarterly Report for FY 2019 • Grants Concurrence Memo for Targeted Grant Mother Earth Foundation and University of Georgia College of Engineering • No Objection Memorandum for two FC-6 organizations, GIDKP in Indonesia, and EcoWaste Coalition in the Philippines, as well as a No-Objection Memo for a Targeted Grant, Mother Earth Foundation • Quarterly Accrual Report (April 1 – June 30, 2019) • Meeting minutes, action tables, and agendas for the biweekly management meetings • Presentation on MWRP at USAID’s Making Cities Work meeting (June 6)

DIG also submitted to USAID: • Two MCD project fact sheets and a Vietnam Country Profile • Updates to the briefing memo for the congressional delegation visiting Vietnam (April 18)

2.9 Dissemination, Outreach and International Cooperation4

MWRP and its grantees have engaged in numerous public events and outreach activities in the four countries to bring attention to the program:

Philippines • Grants Manager, Bryan Winston, was a panelist and resource speaker at a Sustainable Tourism conference held in Boracay, Philippines in May 2019, with Nicole Fox, U.S. Embassy Environment, Science, Technology, Health, and Energy Unit Chief. Approximately 50 hotel/tourism professionals attended the event. • PRRCFI directly engaged with a total of 3,351 people (2,083 females; 1,268 males) using its Fishbolan, an interactive mobile museum Figure 10. Fishbolan, an interactive designed to look like a food cart that utilizes mobile museum designed to look like a food cart

4 International cooperation efforts under MWRP in FY 2019 will be highlighted in the Annual Standalone Report that will be submitted to USAID in August 2019.

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games, interactive models, and informational products to teach communities about marine plastic pollution.

Sri Lanka • Janathakshan received 2,139 “likes” on its Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/nopnpjt/), which featured videos on the project’s youth activities, as a result of its efforts to engage youth groups through social media. • Lanka Upcycles Education Center had 286 visitors and its alliance with www.getwater.lk, which maps out where travelers and residents can find water bottle filling stations to avoid purchasing plastic bottles, helped distribute 1,387 liters of drinking water. • SLCDF Jaffna’s Plastic Zero Forum has seen an enthusiastic following, with more than 900 people viewing several posts a week.

• CCC led the first private sector consultative workshop to foster the design and implementation of post-consumer plastic management strategies. Approximately fifty representatives from four sectors (fast-moving consumer goods, dairy and beverages, plastic manufacturing, and recycling and packaging) attended the event. John Keels Holdings PLC, Hemas Holdings PLC, Coca-Cola Beverages Sri Lanka Ltd., Unilever Sri Lanka Ltd., and MAS Capital delivered presentations at the workshop.

Vietnam • CECR organized three high-profile end-of-project conferences with key stakeholders in eight coastal provinces of the central region of Vietnam. In all, 345 representatives from central and local government agencies, women’s unions, civil society, and the private sector took part in the conferences. • ENDA continued its efforts to raise public awareness on environmental protection and combating plastic pollution. Activities included ENDA joining the Green Live Festival in the District of Thu Duc and District 12. A total of 58 companies and NGOs and more than 5,000 participants attended the festival. • GreenHub led a beach cleaning and education event on the impact of plastic waste in the marine environment, in collaboration with the People’s Committee of Cat Hai district. More than 600 people participated. Additionally, during a World Oceans Day activity in Ha Long City, GreenHub raised the awareness of more than 1,000 participants of the issue plastic waste. • WWF produced a video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5fhL2s5Geho) of the project’s World Oceans Day event on June 8.

Indonesia • BINTARI organized a conference on micro- and nano-plastic pollutants, during which the grantee presented a waste profile assessment to guide discussions on FMCG recycling among private sector actors.

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• Misool organized 206 community-based meetings, training sessions and/or workshops equating to 500 hours of capacity building to increase the amount of plastic being collected.

3. FINANCIAL SUMMARY

Table 2: MWRP Contract Budget

ITEM YEAR 1 YEAR 2 YEAR 3 YEAR 4 YEAR 5 TOTAL

DIRECT COST $917,640 $1,066,958 $1,341,524 $1,375,823 $940,903 $5,642,848

INDIRECT COSTS $468,326 $476,859 $565,666 $573,628 $433,025 $2,517,504

TOTAL COSTS $1,385,966 $1,543,817 $1,907,190 $1,949,451 $1,373,928 $8,160,352

PROJECT GRANTS $309,992 $1,790,008 $1,800,000 $1,600,000 $0 $5,500,000

FIXED FEE $60,226 $64,787 $104,172 $103,649 $74,162 $406,996 TOTAL COSTS PLUS PROJECT $1,756,184 $3,398,612 $3,811,362 $3,653,100 $1,448,090 $14,067,348 GRANTS AND FIXED FEE

For DIG program activities through June 30, 2019, the budget projections are as follows:

Table 3: DIG Budget Projections Total contract budget $14,067,348 Total funds obligated by USAID into the contract to date $12,048,314 Total funds previously reported as expended $5,766,827 Total funds expended in current quarter (Q3; FY 2019) $886,279 Total unliquidated obligations $5,395,208 Estimated expenditures for remainder of year $872,955 Estimated average monthly burn rate and any expected variation* $290,985 FY 2019 budget (October 1, 2018 - September 30, 2019) $3,811,362 *Variation is expected due to the disbursement of grant funds.

MWRP Quarterly Report – Quarter 3; FY 2019 ______4. LESSONS LEARNED (POLICY AND PRACTICE RECOMMENDATIONS) AND SUCCESS STORIES

The following lessons learned emerged during this reporting period: • MWRP public events and activities, such as coastal cleanups and waste audits, are an effective way of encouraging the population to continue spreading the word about marine plastic pollution and the importance of reducing plastic use and recycling. Following such events and activities, many groups and organizations reach out to MWRP grantees requesting guidelines on how to carry out their own ocean plastic-awareness activities. Grantees can benefit from making guidelines and manuals available for replication (PRRCFI Negros Island). • As much as education and awareness raising activities on ocean plastic and the importance of segregating waste and increasing recycling are important to reducing plastic debris in the marine environment, local ordinances mandating segregation-at source for households remains an important part of behavior change (World Vision Manila). • The higher unit cost of alternative shopping bags is often seen by shop owners as an impediment to reducing the use of single-use plastic shopping bags but, in some cases, shop owners have experienced a reduction in the unit cost of alternatives as their use scales up (SLCDF Galle). • Project planning with the open and transparent participation of community and local authority stakeholders generates considerable and positive public engagement at the implementation level (SLCDF Jaffna). • An effective way to engage women in training on solid waste management and to empower them is to encourage men to voluntarily manage household waste and to help women obtain jobs in the solid waste sector (BINTARI Semarang City).

The following lessons learned were noted in prior reports, and were reinforced by grantee project implementation this reporting period: • Having local government authorities involved in developing a communication strategy to encourage the reduction of plastic waste and reinforcing the message is a more effective means of instilling behavior change than having only an NGO directly communicate with households. • Strengthening the plastic value chain linkages between private sector stakeholders (i.e., independent waste collectors, local recyclers/buyers, national-level buyers) and the local government results in a reduction of waste going into public landfills.

For a success story on businesses that are showing their commitment to the plastic reduction movement, please see Annex 2.

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MWRP activities planned for the fourth quarter of FY 2019 (July 1 to September 30, 2019) are summarized below:

July 2019: • Facilitate a MWRP signing ceremony, with the U.S. Embassy Deputy Chief of Mission and DENR undersecretaries, in Manila for new and recent grantees who will focus on the rehabilitation of Manila Bay; • Complete Pre-award Survey & Risk Assessment of FC-6 applicant PBE/PARMS; • Sign grant agreements with remaining FC-6 applicants – EcoWaste and GIDKP; • Submit a concurrence memorandum to the USAID COR for the two proposed targeted grants; • Finalize the selection of remaining prospective grantees from the funding cycles or as a Targeted Grant and submit concurrence memo to the USAID COR; • Submit the third Quarterly Report for FY 2019; and • Submit the Annual Work Plan for Fiscal Year Four.

August 2019: • Complete the Pre-award Survey & Risk Assessment of the Targeted Grant for the University of Georgia School of Engineering, and submit a No Objection Memorandum to USAID COR, if justified by the PASRA findings; • Submit a No Objection Memorandum to the USAID COR for PBE/PARMS, if justified by the PASRA findings; • Conduct a PASRA for the final MWRP grant and submit a No Objection Memorandum to the USAID COR; • Conduct mid-term evaluations in Sri Lanka of Lanka Upcycles (Arugam Bay project) and Sri Lanka Community Development Foundation (Jaffna project); and • Submit the MWRP Annual Standalone Report to USAID.

September 2019: • Sign the remaining program grants to complete funding obligations for the USD 5.5 million MWRP grant facility; • Submit the FY 2019 Fourth Quarter Accruals Report; and • Complete Mid-Term Evaluation reports for field visits to grantees in Sri Lanka, Vietnam and the Philippines.

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COMPONENT 1: Grants Program Supporting Promising Municipal Waste Approaches

1. Number of grants disbursed

Cumulative Total Grants Disbursed: 25

Program Year 1: 6 -Catholic Relief Services (Philippines) -Center for Environment and Community Research (CECR Vietnam) -Environnement et Développement du Tiers-Monde (ENDA Vietnam) -Sri Lanka Centre for Development Facilitation (SLCDF Galle, Sri Lanka) -Sevanatha Urban Development Centre (Sri Lanka) -Janathakshan Guarantee Ltd. (Sri Lanka)

Program Year 2: 14 -World Vision Inc. (Philippines) -Candis III Marketing Cooperative (Philippines) -Philippine Reef & Rainforest Conservation Foundation Inc. (PRRCFI) -Lanka Upcycles Private Ltd. (Sri Lanka) -Centre for Social Research and Development (CSRD Vietnam) -Centre for Supporting Green Development (GreenHub Vietnam) -Sri Lanka Centre for Development Facilitation (SLCDF Jaffna, Sri Lanka) -World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF Vietnam) -Public Interest Law Foundation (PILF) -Ceylon Chamber of Commerce (CCC) -Centre for Marinelife Conservation & Community Development (MCD #1) -Centre for Marinelife Conservation & Community Development (MCD #2) -Yayasan Misool Baseftin (Misool Foundation) -Yayasan Bina Karta Lestari (BINTARI)

Program Year 3: 5 (as of June 30, 2019) Quarter 1: 0 Quarter 2: 3 -Divers Clean Action -Gringgo Indonesia Foundation -GAIA Philippines Inc. (GAIA) Quarter 3: 2 -Transformasi -Mother Earth Foundation

MWRP Quarterly Report – Quarter 3; FY 2019 ______2. Amount of grants disbursed (obligated)

Cumulative Total of Grants Disbursed/Obligated: $4,746,631 Program Year 1: USD 1,210,647 Program Year 2: USD 2,534,322 Program Year 3: USD 1,001,662 (as of June 30, 2019) Quarter 1: USD 0 Quarter 2: USD 609,872 Quarter 3: USD 391,790

MWRP Grant Awards – Life of Program First Funding Cycle (FC-1) Country Organization Amount Philippines Catholic Relief Services (CRS) $100,000 Sri Lanka Sevanatha Urban Resource Centre $238,232 Sri Lanka Sri Lanka Centre for Development Facilitation (SLCDF) $244,712 Sri Lanka Janathakshan Guarantee Ltd. $142,244 Vietnam Center for Environment and Community Research (CECR) $249,932 Vietnam ENDA Vietnam $243,527 Subtotal $1,218,647

Second Funding Cycle (FC-2) Country Organization Amount Philippines Candis III Marketing Cooperative (C3MC) $249,880 Philippine Reef & Rainforest Conservation Foundation Inc. Philippines (PRRCFI) $223,994 Philippines World Vision, Inc. Philippines $100,000 Sri Lanka Lanka Upcycles Private Ltd. $87,707 Sri Lanka Sri Lanka Centre for Development Facilitation (SLCDF) $171,962 Vietnam Centre for Supporting Green Development (GreenHub) $247,406 Vietnam Centre for Social Research and Development (CSRD) $74,780 Vietnam World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) $202,000 Subtotal $1,357,729

Third Funding Cycle (FC-3) Country Organization Amount

MWRP Quarterly Report – Quarter 3; FY 2019 ______Sri Lanka Public Interest Law Foundation (PILF) $167,010 Sri Lanka Ceylon Chamber of Commerce (CCC) $153,590 Centre for Marinelife Conservation & Community Vietnam $129,738 Development (MCD) Centre for Marinelife Conservation & Community Vietnam $249,995 Development (MCD) Subtotal $700,333

Fourth Funding Cycle (FC-4) Country Organization Amount Indonesia Yayasan Misool Baseftin (Misool Foundation) $243,740 Indonesia Yayasan Bina Karta Lestari (BINTARI) $244,520 Subtotal $488,260

Fifth Funding Cycle (FC-5) Country Organization Amount Indonesia Divers Clean Action $170,000 Indonesia Gringgo Indonesia Foundation $190,262 Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives Philippines Inc. Philippines (GAIA) $249,610 Indonesia Center for Public Policy Transformation (Transformasi) $220,481 Subtotal $830,353

Sixth Funding Cycle (FC-6) Country Organization Amount Pending signature Pending signature Pending signature Subtotal $ 0

Targeted Grants Country Organization Amount Philippines Mother Earth Foundation $151,309 To be determined Subtotal $151,309

Cumulative Program Total $4,746,631

MWRP Quarterly Report – Quarter 3; FY 2019 ______3. Number of grant applicants supported through meetings or technical assistance (TA)

Cumulative Total Applicants Supported with TA: 69

Program Year 1: 17 -Catholic Relief Services (CRS Philippines) -Center for Environment and Community Research (CECR Vietnam) -Environnement et Développement du Tiers-Monde (ENDA Vietnam) -Sri Lanka Centre for Development Facilitation (SLCDF Galle, Sri Lanka) -Sevanatha Urban Development Centre (Sri Lanka) -Janathakshan Guarantee Ltd. (Sri Lanka) -Philippine Plastics Industry Association (PPIA Philippines) -Candis III Marketing Cooperative (C3MC Philippines) -Philippine Grassroots Engagement in Rural Development Foundation, Inc. (PhilGrassroots- ERDF, Philippines) -Environment Foundation (Guarantee) Ltd. (Sri Lanka) -Asian Management and Development Institute (AMDI Vietnam) -ACTED (Philippines) -ACTED (Sri Lanka) -People in Need (Philippines) -People in Need (Sri Lanka) -Arthacharya Foundation (Sri Lanka) -Mapua Institute of Technology (MIT Philippines)

Program Year 2: 29 -World Vision Inc. (Philippines) -Philippine Reef & Rainforest Conservation Foundation Inc. (PRRCFI Philippines) -Lanka Upcycles Private Ltd. (Sri Lanka) -Centre for Social Research and Development (CSRD Vietnam) -Centre for Supporting Green Development (GreenHub Vietnam) -International Collaborating Centre for Aquaculture and Fisheries Sustainability (ICAFIS Vietnam) -World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF Vietnam) -Sri Lanka Centre for Development Facilitation (SLCDF #2 Jaffna, Sri Lanka) -Public Interest Law Foundation (PILF Sri Lanka) -Ceylon Chamber of Commerce (CCC Sri Lanka) -Centre for Marinelife Conservation and Community Development (MCD #1; Ha Long Bay, Vietnam) -Centre for Marinelife Conservation and Community Development (MCD #2; Nam Dinh, Vietnam) -CSR Lanka (Sri Lanka) -Center for Public Policy Transformation (Indonesia) -Perkumpulan Inisiatif (Indonesia) -Gringgo Indonesia Foundation (Indonesia)

MWRP Quarterly Report – Quarter 3; FY 2019 ______-Divers Clean Action (Indonesia) -Center for Development of Community Initiative and Environment (Vietnam) -Misool Foundation (Indonesia) -BINTARI Foundation (Indonesia) -Penabulu Foundation (Indonesia) -Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives Inc. (Philippines) -Mahintana Foundation (Philippines) -Sustainable Waste Indonesia -Agrotechnology Innovation Center/UGM (Indonesia) -Ocean Recovery Alliance (Indonesia) -GreenViet Biodiversity Conservation Centre (Vietnam) -Perkumpulan Gerakan Indonesia Diet Kantong Plastik (Indonesia) -Trash Hero (Indonesia)

Program Year 3: 23 (as of June 30, 2019) Quarter 1: 0 Quarter 2: 17 -Yayasan Pengembangan Biosains dan Bioteknologi (Indonesia) -Yayasan Peduli Negeri (Indonesia) -Ocean Recovery Alliance (Indonesia) -Kopernik Foundation (Indonesia) -CRS (Indonesia) -EcoWaste (Philippines) -PARMS (Philippines) -Ateneo de Manila University (Philippines) -Mahintana Foundation (Philippines) -CRS #2 (Philippines) -Help-O (Sri Lanka) -Viridis Ltd. (Sri Lanka) -UpCycling Vietnam Company Limited (Vietnam) -CECR (Vietnam) -Ocean Recovery Alliance (Vietnam) -Mother Earth Foundation (Philippines) -University of Georgia (USA/Philippines) Quarter 3: 6 -Philippines Business for the Environment (Philippines) -PARMS #2 (Philippines) -SM Supermalls (Philippines) -PRRCFI (Philippines) -EcoWaste re UGA #2 (Philippines) -SM Supermalls #2 (Philippines)

MWRP Quarterly Report – Quarter 3; FY 2019 ______4. Number of public policies, agreements, and regulations related to municipal waste management introduced and/or positively affected

Cumulative Total Policies/Regulations: 26

Program Year 1: 1 • In Sri Lanka, MWRP grantee Sevanatha Urban Resource Centre’s President, Kananka Jayaratne, participated as a member of the National Advisory Board convened by the Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena, which led to the passage of a law banning polythene lunch sheets, rigifoam boxes, and thin plastic bags. Program Year 2: 85 • The HCMC People’s Committee (PC) issued Document No.129/UBND-DT in early 2018, which provided for basic reforms on SWM that recognize the contributions and role of the independent waste collectors (IWC). The document directs local authorities at the district/ward levels to collect information on IWCs, form them into cooperatives, and ensure access to basic social benefits. Local authorities are directed to assist the IWCs through training and financing to obtain suitable collection equipment. The document serves as a guide to support the IWC transition from the informal to formal sector. (Vietnam) • The HCMC People’s Committee rescinded Decision No.88 on garbage collection fees in January 2018, which had been in effect since 2008. The change means that IWCs can make agreements with individual households on an acceptable fee and collect the fee directly. This decision positively impacts the IWC’s incomes. Advocacy of the HCMC People’s Committee is ongoing by the IWCs to arrive at a satisfactory fixed collection rate. (Vietnam) • The HCMC Peoples Committee issued Decision No.1832/QD-UBND in late 2017 requiring households in HCMC to separate waste at source. The decision provides guidelines for households, businesses, and schools to separate waste as a means to increase the volume of recycled waste collection. Prior to the issuance of the decision, HCMC had encouraged households to separate at source, but the IWC cooperative/syndicate’s advocacy efforts with the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MONRE) led them to request the PC to issue a formal decision. The decision reduces the time spent by IWCs sorting recyclable waste materials and simultaneously diverts waste going to the city landfill. (Vietnam) • The People’s Committee of Xuan Ha ward, Thanh Khe district, issued Decision 138 and 139/QD-UBND in support of the establishment of a community recycling group for the implementation of the CECR project in Thuan An 4 and Thuan An 5 residential areas. These decisions specify that the community recycling group, including local authorities

5 The following policy change was removed from the PY-2 total because it is still in development: “The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MONRE) is developing a new national strategy for plastics that draws upon the experience and expertise of MWRP grantees CECR and GreenHub, who are playing a pivotal role. MWRP grantees promoted a participatory approach to policy development, a notable shift from Vietnam’s typical top- down approach. MONRE invited the CECR Director, Ly Nguyen, to advise the ministry as it prepares the national strategy document and regulations.”

MWRP Quarterly Report – Quarter 3; FY 2019 ______and representatives from socio-political organizations, are responsible for awareness- raising and changing the behavior on waste classification and recycling in the residential communities. (Vietnam) • An Official Announcement No. 393/TB-VP was made on June 12, 2018 by Nguyen Thanh Nam, Standing Vice Chairman of Son Tra District People’s Committee, declaring the Son Tra Peoples Committee’s support for the reduction, classification, and recycling of rubbish discharged in Son Tra District. The decision was the outcome of a community stakeholders' meeting. (Vietnam) • In the wake of the country’s biggest religious festival of Vesak in April-May 2018, the Department of Local Government issued a notice to minimize the use of polythene for all ceremonies in all 49 Pradeshiya Sabhas in Galle district. (Sri Lanka) • The Department of Local Government issued an order to collect separated waste and arrange days for plastic/polythene collection within all 49 Pradeshiya Sabhas.6 (Sri Lanka) • Eight municipalities in the PRRCFI project area of southern Negro Occidental signed the Bayawan Agreement Declaration in August 2018 to improve SWM policies and reduce plastic waste. (Philippines)

Program Year 3: 17 (as of June 30, 2019) Quarter 1: 4 • Through ENDA/IWC advocacy with local authorities in Ho Chi Minh City, Decision No.38/ 2018 QD-UBND was issued on October 22, 2018 establishing collection fees that raise the incomes of average independent waste collectors by 60% compared to 2017 rates. (Vietnam) • In Bacolod City, the existing ordinance on plastic bag regulation was amended on December 2, 2018 in response to advocacy by PRRCFI and other civil society organizations. Business establishments dispensing single-use plastic bags, including but not limited to fast food outlets, market vendors, shopping malls, food kiosks, sari-sari stores, hardware stores, groceries, and pharmacies, shall provide biodegradable plastic bags upon the customer’s request and expense. (Philippines) • A new ordinance was passed on December 14, 2018 prohibiting the use of plastic straws in Bacolod City and outlining penalties for violations. PRRCFI participated in the public hearing for this ordinance and contributed inputs on alternatives to plastic straws. (Philippines) • With support of PRRCFI, Barangay Sum-ag, Bacolod City, passed Barangay Resolution No. 2018-11 on November 7, 2018 banning the use of plastic straws and other small plastic materials during celebrations of the Martesan Festival. (Philippines)

Quarter 2: 9 • On February 24, 2019, the Puerto Princesa City Council approved the banning of single- use plastic in the city. The approval of the ban came after several public consultations

6 A "Pradesheya Sabha" is the smallest legal entity among Sri Lankan communities, similar to a neighborhood in the U.S. and equivalent to the Philippines' "barangay."

MWRP Quarterly Report – Quarter 3; FY 2019 ______and three years of deliberation by the City Council. C3MC participated in the most recent public hearings. The imposition of the ban will start in 2020, which will give businesses sufficient time to adopt the new policy. (Philippines) • PRRCFI/SWEEP reached a milestone with the local government units’ (LGU) endorsements of seven Municipal Action Plans on Plastic Waste, one for each partner city in the Southern Negros Marine Key Biodiversity Area. The approved plans were finalized during a series of workshops and in-house technical assistance provided to each LGU and reflect that LGU’s current situation and capacity for reducing plastic waste. (Philippines) • Barangay Solid Waste Management Plans were prepared and approved by six barangays in Navotas and Malabon in Metro Manila, with technical assistance from Catholic Relief Services. (Philippines) • The Barangay Baseco Solid Waste Management Plan was prepared and approved with technical assistance from World Vision. (Philippines) • Barangay Solid Waste Management Plans were prepared and approved by 20 barangays in Puerto Princesa City with technical assistance from Candis III Marketing Cooperative and the EcoWaste. (Philippines) • Bayawan City, Negros Oriental. Executive Order No. 23, Series of October 24, 2018, issued an executive order prohibiting the use of single-use plastic instrumentalities in the new government center of Bayawan City and other annexed LGU offices. Its sister city, Sipalay City, issued a similar ordinance. (Philippines) • The Governor of Negros Oriental issued an Executive Order on July 18, 2018 banning single-use plastics in the provincial government's offices and hospitals. This includes plastic bags, cups, drinking straws, mineral water bottles, disposable food containers, and polystyrene. (Philippines) • Quang Ninh Province People's Committee issued regulations on plastic waste reduction in Plan No.41/KH-UBND on February 21, 2019 regarding implementation of the Anti- Plastic Waste Movement in Quang Ninh province. (Vietnam) • The Hai Phong City People's Committee issued Plan No. 05/KH-UBND dated January 5, 2019 outlining its integrated SWM strategy for 2025 vision 2050. The Hai Phong Peoples’ Committee assigned DONRE responsibility for coordinating propaganda activities calling on communities to change their behavior on single-use plastics. The Hai Phong DONRE office has requested that GreenHub organize a citywide launch event for the Plan and conduct community workshops on reducing plastic waste in the province.

Quarter 3: 4 • The Vietnamese Prime Minister, Nguyen Xuan Phuc, launched a National Anti-Plastic Waste Movement to motivate citizen participation to take action in addressing plastic waste pollution. • The Ha Long City Peoples Committee issued Plan No. 117/KH-UBND on April 26, 2019 announcing the deployment of the national “Anti-Plastic Waste Movement" in Ha Long City.

MWRP Quarterly Report – Quarter 3; FY 2019 ______• The Hai Phong Peoples Committee issued Official Letter No. 920-CV/TU on May 28, 2019, putting into effect the implementation of the Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc’s strategy mobilizing the entire country to join hands in solving the problem of plastic waste. • On 23rd of June 2019, a new governor decree has banned all single use plastic products in Bali (Peraturan Gubernur Bali Nomor 97 Tahun 2018). The ban applies to plastic bags, plastic straws, EPS/Styrofoam and other single-use plastic items. The regulation initially started by the mayor only applied to Denpasar, but it has now been extended across the island by the governor.

5. Number of activities to more effectively integrate the private sector into solid waste management:

Cumulative Total Activities: 26

Program Year 1: 0

Program Year 2: 9 • CRS provided technical assistance to informal sector IWCs and to the small junk shops purchasing plastics and other recycled materials. • CECR facilitated connections between ward-level women’s union groups and local recycling firms. • WWF continued to work with the Phu Quoc Chamber of Commerce to set up a voluntary working group for participating businesses to share information, advice, and accomplishments on plastic waste management. • GreenHub continued to cooperate with private hotels, restaurants and tourist boats to collect information on plastic consumption and waste handling. • ENDA met with corporations, which include Coca-Cola, Tetra Pak, Unilever, and Vietnam Upcycling, to find solutions on how to recycle single-use plastics. • Sevanatha assisted microentrepreneurs to develop viable recycling operations in environmental hotspots through community education campaigns and linkages with recycling firms. • Janathakshan carried out workshops with fishermen and boat owners, training sessions with 15 supermarkets including staff and customers, and visits to 80 hotels and restaurants, linking many of them to Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET) recyclers. • SLCDF Galle identified private recyclers and linked them with community-based plastic waste collection centers to expand their supply chain. • Lanka Upcycles established PET bottle collection operations with its local partnering businesses in Arugam Bay and sells the compacted PET bottles to a Colombo-based recycler.

MWRP Quarterly Report – Quarter 3; FY 2019 ______Program Year 3: 17 (as of June 30, 2019) Quarter 1: 7 • World Vision provided technical assistance to informal sector IWCs and to the small junk shops purchasing plastics and other recycled materials, in partnership with The Plastic Bank. The project held a 2-day workshop with 33 participants on business management and established the local Kabalikat Grocery Store as a redemption center for recyclable materials. The project also facilitated the connection of seven junkshops to national recyclers. • Sevanatha met with Coca-Cola representatives to discuss plans each party has for plastic waste management. The company expressed interest in supporting community-level initiatives in waste segregation, the collection of PET bottles and plastic waste, and providing training for people who are engaged in recyclable waste collection activities in the project area. • Janathakshan incorporated 15 target regular supermarkets into the “No Polythene” campaign, to join 2 large supermarket chains (LAUGFs and Co-op), and 30 mini- markets. The supermarkets have experienced a considerable reduction in the purchase and use of plastic shopping bags. • Lanka Upcycles signed a purchase agreement with Eco Spindles PVT Ltd. in Horana near Colombo and sent the first batch of 105 PET bales to the company, which recycles the plastic into polyester yarn. In November 2018, the project team visited the factory, which also produces bristles for brooms and paint brushes. • CCC convened 23 representatives from different economic sectors to coordinate with the government of Sri Lanka to develop a Public-Private Partnership (PPP*) roadmap for plastic recycling in the country. Selected private sector firms participate with the government in the official Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) Project Steering Committee. • GreenHub is working this quarter with the International Collaborating Centre for Aquaculture and Fisheries Sustainability (ICAFIS) and other partners including Line-X paint company to pilot a model of an “Environment-Friendly Solutions for Floating Materials in Aquaculture in Ha Long Bay, Bai Tu Long Bay,” culminating in a workshop held on December 28, 2018. • GreenHub joined with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry to attend the Trade Forum between Korea and the Mekong region countries on December 13-14, 2018 in Seoul, Korea, with the theme of promoting common prosperity through environmentally friendly initiatives. Quarter 2: 9 • BINTARI operated a partnership with Indofood, local food vendors, and recyclers to incentivize the collection of low-value noodle packets for resale. • Misool continued to revitalize its formal working arrangements with dozens of small community-based bank sampahs to purchase collected recyclables. Misool sells those recyclables in large volumes (450 MT in 2018) to industrial recycling firms in Java.

MWRP Quarterly Report – Quarter 3; FY 2019 ______• Janathakshan collaborated with the Negombo hotel sector, assisting them to review their management of guest services and put into place plastic waste reduction practices. • MCD conducted research and experiments with local universities to design and install river-based waste traps using locally appropriate technologies. • WWF trained fishermen in Duong Dong Town on plastic waste reduction in coordination with the local government. • WWF assisted major hotels in the tourist industry to establish voluntary targets to reduce their plastic consumption, set up recycling operations, and join the Phu Quoc SWM Platform. • ENDA worked jointly with independent waste collectors (IWCs) to organize new district-level cooperatives to address the economic issues of its members. • C3MC worked with local IWCs to identify markets for the recyclables collected in distant, hard-to-reach barangays. • PRRCFI worked with small grocery store owners in Sipalay and Cauayan to develop a business model with a low-plastic footprint that meets the needs of low-income residents. Quarter 3: 1 • Divers Clean Action has an agreement with Danone to purchase plastic waste and low- value residual plastics from recyclers collecting on the Thousand Islands and with H&M to reuse plastic waste for apparel.

6. Percentage of grantees that have incorporated one or more women’s empowerment indicators in their monitoring and evaluation plans:

Percentage of Grantees: 88% (22 grantees; cumulative total to date 22/25)

Program Year 1: 0%

Program Year 2: 10% (2 grantees; cumulative total 2/20) -Catholic Relief Services (CRS) -Sevanatha Urban Resource Centre

Program Year 3: 88% (20 additional grantees; cumulative total 22/25) as of June 30, 2019 Quarter 1: 45% (7 additional grantees; cumulative total 9/20) -Philippine Reef & Rainforest Conservation Foundation Inc. (PPRCFI) -Centre for Supporting Green Development (GreenHub) -Sri Lanka Centre for Development Facilitation (SLCDF Galle) -Sri Lanka Centre for Development Facilitation (SLCDF Jaffna) -Centre for Marinelife Conservation & Community Development (MCD#1: Ha Long) -Centre for Marinelife Conservation & Community Development (MCD#2: Nam Dinh) -Environnement et Développement du Tiers-Monde (ENDA) Quarter 2: 65% (6 additional grantees; cumulative total 15/23) -Center for Environment and Community Research (CECR)

MWRP Quarterly Report – Quarter 3; FY 2019 ______-Center for Social Research & Development (CSRD) -Janathakshan Guarantee Ltd. -Lanka Upcycles Private Ltd. -Ceylon Chamber of Commerce (CCC) -Public Interest Law Foundation (PILF) Quarter 3: 88% (7 additional grantees; cumulative total 22/25) -WWF Vietnam -C3MC -Bintari Foundation -Misool Foundation -Divers Clean Action -Gringgo Indonesia Foundation -Transformasi

COMPONENT 2: Evaluation of Grants Program Results and Development of Lessons Learned & Recommendations for USAID Investments

7. Number of investment opportunities identified to improve solid waste management

Cumulative Total SWM/Recycling Investment Opportunities: 16

Program Year 1: 1 -Phoenix Industries Private Ltd. (Sri Lanka) Program Year 2: 15 -PT Harapan Interaksi Swadaya/Greenhope (Indonesia) -PT Xaviera Global Synergy (Indonesia) -Polydime International (Sri Lanka) -Orient Group of Companies (Sri Lanka) -Viridis Private Ltd. (Sri Lanka) -Eco Sans Plastics Private Ltd. (Sri Lanka) -Dai Long Group JSC (Vietnam) -Hoai Nam Hoai Bac Company (Vietnam) -Da Loc Trade and Construction LLC Project 1 (Vietnam) -Da Loc Trade and Construction LLC Project 2 (Vietnam) -Sure Global Waste to Worth Ltd. (W2W Philippines); Dagupan City -Green Desert Company Ltd. (Vietnam) -Basic Environmental Systems Technologies Inc. (BEST Philippines); Cebu City -Sure Global Waste to Worth Ltd. (W2W Philippines); Angeles City -Sure Global Waste to Worth Ltd. (W2W Philippines); Cabuyao, Laguna Program Year 3: 0 (as of June 30, 2019) Quarter 1: 0

MWRP Quarterly Report – Quarter 3; FY 2019 ______Quarter 2: 0 Quarter 3: 0

8. Number of lessons learned on solid waste management practices affecting plastic pollution

Cumulative Total of Lessons Learned: 28

Program Year 1: 0

Program Year 2: 6 • The local government’s messaging to promote solid waste separation at source in communities is practical only when coupled with the availability of proper recycling and waste collection practices. • A training of trainers’ approach with civil society community-based organizations and volunteers is an effective means of reaching large numbers of community residents in a short timeframe, and of promoting behavior change in local SWM practices. • Having local government authorities involved in developing a communication strategy to encourage the reduction of plastic waste and reinforcing the message is a more effective means of instilling behavior change than just having an NGO directly communicate with households. • Utilizing multiple communication channels for outreach to raise awareness and promote a grants program elicits a strong response from interested local organizations. • Comprehensive solid waste manuals, posters, and informational flyers on the importance of proper waste management are effective educational tools for local governments and civil society to use for civic education among households and establishments (schools, businesses, etc.). • A women-to-women approach to promoting community participation in SWM and recycling is proving effective for civil society organizations in various MWRP countries.

Program Year 3: 22 (as of June 30, 2019) Quarter 1: 12 • The community-based SWM model operating in Da Nang, Vietnam demonstrates the importance of mobilizing a broad base of stakeholders (households, community leaders, women’s union, independent waste collectors, local recyclers/buyers, URENCO solid waste managers, city environmental staff, and political officials from the Peoples Committee) committed to identifying workable solutions such as “Clean House, Clean Street, Clean City.” • The frequent turnover caused by election cycles of local government officials and environmental staff responsible for SWM underscores the need to have clear laws and regulations, institutionalized structures for SWM operations, and technical training and support to reinforce the transition to new implementing units.

MWRP Quarterly Report – Quarter 3; FY 2019 ______• The active participation of grassroots community leaders and community-based organizations is fundamental to gaining community support, implementing successful projects, and gaining support from the local government. • Few grantee organizations have significant experience with SWM and plastic waste recycling, underscoring the need for grantees to receive technical assistance in finalizing their project designs and during implementation. • Beach clean-ups and/or settlement cleaning activities to raise local awareness have been effective ways to identify community leaders and secure commitments from government officials. • Coordinating efforts around the local government’s provision of transport services, independent waste collectors’ outreach to households, and community recyclers purchase of recyclables result in waste collection services penetrating into hard-to-reach “last mile” locations within urban neighborhoods. • Strengthening the plastic value chain linkages between private sector stakeholders (i.e., independent waste collectors, local recyclers/buyers, national-level buyers) and the local government results in a reduction of waste going into public landfills. • The continuity of essential contributions by independent waste collectors is reinforced through their regularization and integration with local government SWM operations, and by support for higher incomes through public sector stipends and household/ business garbage collection fees. • Social behavior change communication techniques should be adapted to age and gender diversity, must consider local religious and cultural contexts as well as economic circumstances, and can be effective with youth and in schools. • Social media is proving to be an effective tool to inform and mobilize youth to participate in community projects and in advocacy campaigns to influence public officials on the need to address the plastic waste problem and its impact on the oceans. • Waste traps are effective for capturing and removing solid waste from waterways, however, they must be strategically located and regularly maintained to avoid incidents of flooding. The municipal government must be willing to take responsibility for cleaning the traps in a timely manner. • Sorting bins for various types of waste are effective in a school environment. The schools are using the revenues from selling recyclables to improve the students’ daily lives. Quarter 2: 5 • One-time, minor investments into collection tools and equipment for independent waste collectors are a cost-effective means for creating sustainable, market-driven SWM systems in communities. • Local government units that receive technical assistance to improve implementation of community SWM plans generate new jobs and provide benefits (e.g., permits, health and social services) for informal waste collectors. • Informal/independent waste collectors, as individuals or groups, and small recycling firms, benefit from higher incomes when they are exposed to training sessions and technical support oriented towards improving their business skills and understanding of the plastic waste recycling market.

MWRP Quarterly Report – Quarter 3; FY 2019 ______• Support from stakeholders such as NGOs, the city environmental agency, or religious organizations in training and networking increase the recycling capacity of community waste recycling groups (e.g., bank sampah). • Community waste recycling groups with varied economic components (e.g., credit, daily bartering, and cooperation with recycling firms) attract more household participation. Quarter 3: 5 • MWRP public events and activities, such as coastal cleanups and waste audits, are an effective way of encouraging the population to continue spreading the word about marine plastic pollution and the importance of reducing plastic use and recycling. Following such events and activities, many groups and organizations reach out to MWRP grantees requesting guidelines on how to carry out their own ocean plastic-awareness activities. Grantees can benefit from making guidelines and manuals available for replication (PRRCFI Negros). • As much as education and awareness raising activities on ocean plastic and the importance of segregating waste and increasing recycling are important to reducing plastic debris in the marine environment, local ordinances mandating segregation-at source for households remains an important part of behavior change (World Vision Manila). • The higher unit cost of alternative shopping bags is often seen by shop owners as an impediment to reducing the use of single-use plastic shopping bags but, in some cases, shop owners have experienced a reduction in the unit cost of alternatives as their use scales up (SLCDF Galle). • Project planning with the open and transparent participation of community and local authority stakeholders generates considerable and positive public engagement at the implementation level (SLCDF Jaffna). • An effective way to engage women in training on solid waste management and to empower them is to encourage men to voluntarily manage household waste and to help women obtain jobs in the solid waste sector (BINTARI Semarang City).

COMPONENT 3: Support for International Cooperation on Waste Management

9. Number of strategic partnerships facilitated between USAID and other stakeholders in the field of solid waste management

Cumulative Total: 1

Program Year 1: 0

Program Year 2: 0

Program Year 3: 1 (as of June 30, 2019) Quarter 1: 0

MWRP Quarterly Report – Quarter 3; FY 2019 ______Quarter 2: 1 • MWRP reached an agreement with the Ocean Conservancy (OC) to find more ways to work together on issues related to ocean plastic debris. Quarter 3: 0

10. Number of meetings to facilitate potential partnerships between USAID and other stakeholders in the field of solid waste management

Cumulative Total: 5

Program Year 1: 1 • Oceans Conservancy – Date: July 19, 2017; Location: Washington D.C.; Participants: COR Darren Manning and Chief of Party (COP) Henri Disselkoen with Ocean Conservancy’s Susan Ruffo and Eric des Robert; Topic: Cooperation between USAID/MWRP and Ocean Conservancy’s Trash Free Seas Program, and future collaboration with the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Virtual Working Group on Marine Debris. Program Year 2: 3 • Ocean Conservancy – Date: June 12, 2018; Location: Washington D.C.; Participants: COR Clare Romanik, ACOR Silvia Petrova, and COP Henri Disselkoen with Ocean Conservancy’s Keondra Bills Freemyn; Topic: APEC conference with USAID/MWRP participation. • Ocean Conservancy – Date: June 29, 2018; Location: Hanoi, Vietnam; Participants: COP Henri Disselkoen with Ocean Conservancy’s Susan Ruffo; Topic: APEC conference with USAID/MWRP participation. • Ocean Conservancy – Date: September 2018 (several sessions); Location Washington D.C.; Participants: COR Clare Romanik, COP Henri Disselkoen; Topic: Our Ocean Conference.

Program Year 3: 1 (as of June 30, 2019)

Quarter 1: 0 Quarter 2: 1 • Dr. Jenna Jambeck, Ph.D.: Series of meetings/communications between October 2018 and March 2019 for future collaboration on plastic pollution issues, particularly in the Philippines. Quarter 3: 0

MWRP Quarterly Report – Quarter 3; FY 2019 ______ANNEX 2: DRAFT SUCCESS STORY

USAID’s Municipal Waste Recycling Program Jolting Businesses into Reducing Plastics

As tourism continues to rise in Vietnam’s Phu Quoc Island, resorts and other businesses catering to tourists will be critical to reducing plastic waste on the island’s beaches and surrounding ocean. Vietnam’s rapid economic growth due to the boom of ecotourism in coastal cities and islands, such as Phu Quoc, has directly increased the amount of solid waste that is generated daily. The Phu Quoc local administration reported over 760,000 visitors to the island in the first quarter of 2018, a number that is expected to grow as the authorities continue to invest in the island’s infrastructure. The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is leading global efforts to reduce marine plastic pollution by supporting initiatives to recycle waste that threatens human health and the physical environment. Under its flagship initiative, the Municipal Waste Recycling Program, USAID provided a grant to the World Wide Fund for Nature – Vietnam (WWF) for its project in Phu Quoc Island to support leading hotels in finding innovative alternatives to plastic disposables.

One such hotel is the Novotel Phu Quoc Resort. Mr. Mohamed Oughdoud, the Executive Assistant Manager of the hotel, is the driving force behind the hotel’s commitment to reducing plastic waste in its daily operation in partnership with WWF. Mr. Oughdoud has worked for AccorHotels, which owns the Novotel Phu Quoc Resort, for seven years and was relocated to Phu Quoc Island in 2017. In 2018, Mr. Oughdoud attended a Phu Quoc Chamber of Commerce event where he met WWF staff and learned that plastic products, such as straws, bottles, drink stirrers, food containers, laundry bags, make up more than Business representatives in Phu Quoc 70% of marine litter on the island’s beaches. Island committing to reducing plastic Having supervised the purchase and procurement waste of supplies for the resort, Mr. Oughdoud knew that the Novotel Phu Quoc Resort used many of these plastic products and he was troubled by the quantity of waste the resort was producing each day. Determined to make a difference, he called WWF and expressed his commitment to reducing plastic waste: “Today, our planet and wildlife are in danger. My message is very simple – too much plastic is bad. My actions are tiny in comparison with the complexity of the problem, but with small actions we can change the world.”

When Mr. Oughdoud first brought the idea of plastic-reducing practices to the Novotel Phu Quoc Resort’s top management, he was met with hesitation to participate due to the high investment of both time and money into environmentally conscious alternatives. With support from Accor Hotels, he worked with WWF to identify alternatives to plastic products used at the resort and to produce a comprehensive plan that outlines Novotel Phu Quoc Resort’s

MWRP Quarterly Report – Quarter 3; FY 2019 ______commitments. The plan, entitled New Commitment to Less Plastic in Novotel Phu Quoc, clearly presents the costs and benefits for replacing each single-use plastic item in the hotel, specifically straws and plastic cotton buds, along with an estimated time for capital return. Ultimately, Mr. Oughdoud successfully demonstrated to the management that while it is not financially profitable to replace all plastic items, there are key plastic alternatives that would be economically beneficial for the resort. The resort has since signed an official commitment to transparently implement the following plastic-reducing practices: providing paper straws and cups to guests; eliminating the use of plastic takeaway containers; reducing plastic water bottles; and separating waste at the source.

Mr. Oughdoud demonstrated that businesses have a strong willingness and ability to contribute to the plastic reduction movement. Through his advocacy, Mr. Oughdoud has placed the Novotel Phu Quoc Resort at the forefront of this movement and shown other businesses that change is possible. “My fight is not just to reduce plastic. We must also respect our planet to live together with wildlife peacefully. Only then can our world get better. I hope my message inspires other people to do the same or even better,” concluded Mr. Oughdoud. WWF hopes that Mr. Oughdoud and his team will inspire other entrepreneurs, community members, tourists, and governmental officials to join the effort to reduce marine plastic pollution.

MWRP Quarterly Report – Quarter 3; FY 2019 ______ANNEX 3: DETAILED UPDATE OF THE GRANTS

As of June 30, 2019, MWRP has 25 signed grant agreements in the Philippines, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, and Indonesia valued at USD 4,746,631. Below is a brief overview, by country, of the progress made by each grantee during the reporting period.

Philippines

In each Philippine municipality, the local government units (LGUs) have only modest technical capacity to design and implement Solid Waste Management (SWM) plans. The grantees noted, however, that local government elected leaders, environmental officials, and residents/business owners are motivated to improve the solid waste conditions in their communities – as mandated by national law – but complain of insufficient public awareness, budgets, and infrastructure. Grantees indicated that supporting collectors and buyers in the communities (e.g., informal collectors, government service providers, junk shop workers, and large wholesale buyers) plays a pivotal role in expanding recycling and improving SWM. The MWRP team noted that, during the May 2019 local elections, mayors at the end of their term had no interest in sharing and appropriately handing over their MSWM knowledge and stakeholder network to the incoming mayor. Incoming mayors have not received training in crucial local governance tasks, such as basic service delivery, including cost recovery and the involvement of the community or private sector to improve these services.

First Funding Cycle (FC-1) Catholic Relief Services (CRS) completed the implementation of its project in Metro Manila on November 30, 2018. Based on its final report from February 2019, CRS strengthened the capacity of six local government units (barangays) to operate community-based, market-based SWM systems for approximately 26,400 direct beneficiaries through the “City Empowerment for Local and Market-Based Solid Waste Management (SWM) Solutions” project in Navotas City and Malabon City. The 6 barangays with a total of 6,000 households successfully organized their SWM committees, as well as city and barangay officials increased their knowledge of SWM through intensive training sessions on the national SWM laws and regulations. Each barangay also formulated a SWM plan with improved community-based SWM systems that strengthened waste collection, landfill diversion, and plastic recycling in their communities. The SWM plans achieved on average a 61% diversion rate on recyclable waste and trained a total of 49 females and 40 males as door-to-door waste collectors and small-scale junk shop recycling businesses. These collectors, who were organized into 30 social microenterprises, spearheaded waste recovery and recycling in the project sites and are earning a livable average monthly income of USD 229, which is above the region’s minimum wage. The project engaged community residents in facilitating their adoption of improved solid waste management practices and led 54 community clean-up events attended by 4,074 community members.

Second Funding Cycle (FC-2) In southern Negros Occidental, the Philippine Reef and Rainforest Conservation Foundation Inc. (PRRCFI) reached its implementation mid-point. DIG carried out an MTE in June 2019 of the PRRCFI Sea Waste Education to Eradicate Plastic (SWEEP) project. The project is on track

MWRP Quarterly Report – Quarter 3; FY 2019 ______to meet its objectives. The project’s municipal Action Plans on Plastic Waste in each of the project’s eight cities and municipalities (Bacolod City, Siaton, Santa Catalina, Bayawan City, Basay, Hinoba-an, Sipalay City, and Cauayan) are now under implementation.

The project opened its target eight zero waste convenience stores, one in each of the project localities. The stores, called Wala Usik “Nothing Wasted” sari-sari stores sell FMCG such as shampoo, body soap, fabric conditioner, cooking oil, vinegar, soy sauce, and other condiments. The products are dispensed into reusable or repurposed containers in incremental volumes and price points similar to products normally sold in single-use plastic sachets. The first such store, located in the PRRCFI office in Bacolod City, serves as a hub for community organizations, local entrepreneurs, and companies with a green commitment to showcasing products that can be sold in a zero waste store. By opening one store in each locality, the SWEEP project aims to demonstrate a viable commercial model to the public that can be replicated more broadly in the communities and promoted by the LGUs.

PRRCFI increasing communities’ awareness of plastic pollution through the use of its Fishbolan, an interactive mobile museum designed to look like a food cart. The Fishbolan utilizes games, interactive models, and informational products to raise awareness of the negative effects of plastic waste in the marine environment and steps that can be taken to reduce plastic use and waste. The museum was deployed at various sites in Southern Negros, directly engaging with a total of 3,351 people (2,083 females; 1,268 males) over the life of the project.

PRRCFI conducted more than 15 community events to push the project’s messaging of #MoreFishNotPlastic and a dozen technical assistance workshops with LGUs to support the development of new local policies to reduce the use of single-use plastics and increase waste segregation at source. For example, more than 100 volunteers from a youth organization called Bacolod CORE participated in a SWEEP beach clean-up and education activity, and the Association of Negros Artists supported SWEEP in engaging youth to paint murals at schools and public areas. The newly elected Municipal Council in Bayawan City continued the implementation of a restriction on the use of single-use plastic bags and straws.

In the coastal areas in peri-urban Puerto Princesa City, Palawan, the Candis III Marketing Cooperative (C3MC) project reached its mid-point and DIG carried out an MTE in June 2019. During the first year of project implementation, C3MC had encountered difficulties while working with the 19 originally targeted LGUs. DIG, thus, amended the C3MC grant agreement during the second quarter of FY19. The project now focuses on five of the most influential barangays within the city (Irawan, San Jose, Bancao-Bancao, Bacungan, and Salvacion) to more effectively increase the capacity of local governments, civil society, and the private sector to reduce plastic in the marine environment, raise public awareness of the issue, support SWM planning and the regulation of plastic waste, increase economic opportunities, and promote household waste segregation linked to recycling.

Highlights include the hiring of additional technical staff, orienting the LGU to the revised work plan, and the selecting and training of 13 Informal Waste Collectors (IWC) to cover the 5 barangays. C3MC provided the participating IWCs with collection and safety equipment. The

MWRP Quarterly Report – Quarter 3; FY 2019 ______project implemented 14 information and education campaign (IEC) events with 674 participants (68% women), provided 384 hours of SWM technical assistance to local government officials, gave more than 100 hours of technical assistance to private sector establishments serving students at the Western Philippine University, and carried out PRIME training at the household level with 4,335 individuals. The project supports the five barangays in implementing a city-wide ordinance aimed at reducing single-use plastic waste.

World Vision, with support from its subgrantee, the Plastic Bank, continued its work in Barangay Baseco, Manila, and will finalize its project in the fourth quarter of FY19. The project secured funding from the DENR and Coca Cola Foundation for the materials recovery facility (MRF) to increase waste segregation at source and recycling; launched an event at a local school to promote the inclusion of integrated SWM in the classroom curricula to promote a reduction in the use of plastic and an increase in recycling; provided kits and trash bins in exchange for plastic bottles collected by 200 school children; organized more than 1,200 elementary school students from different schools in Baseco to collect plastic waste in the community; carried out an exposure trip for 10 Independent Waste Collectors (IWCs) and 10 female members of the Barangay Ecological Solid Waste Management Committee (BESWMC) to observe model SWM practices; and supported 363 volunteers from different public and private organizations to celebrate World Ocean’s Day through a Manila Bay clean-up themed “Gender and the Ocean.”

Fifth Funding Cycle (FC-5) Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives (GAIA) Philippines Inc. launched its project through two subgrantees to implement activities in Vietnam and Indonesia. In Vietnam, GAIA partner GreenViet’s focus is on the implementation of the zero waste model in Cam Thanh commune in Hoi An and the Cham Islands (see more information below under Vietnam). In Indonesia, through subgrantee Yayasan Pengembangan Biosains dan Bioteknologi (YPBB), GAIA works to expand its zero waste approach in Bandung City’s district Coblong, in Indonesia, one of the most populous areas in Bandung (see more information below under Indonesia).

Sixth Funding Cycle (FC-6) EcoWaste, in Manila Bay, will sign a grant agreement in July 2019. The project’s goal is to provide reliable data to Metro Manila’s waste management institutions so that their policy makers, planners, and program designers can improve solid waste management in the region.

Philippine Business for the Environment (PBE) is finalizing details of its project design, with its subgrantee, Philippine Alliance for Recycling and Materials Sustainability (PARMS). PBE/PARMS are planning to partner with shopping malls in Metro Manila to test the feasibility of converting low-value residual waste in malls, such as plastic bags and sachets, into marketable products, such as building bricks, as well as parking bumpers and bollards.

Targeted Grants Mother Earth Foundation signed a grant agreement on June 30, 2019 and will begin to mobilize and train project staff and local partners in Batangas City to support the Batangas City Environment and Natural Resources Office (CENRO) with establishing zero waste models in 30

MWRP Quarterly Report – Quarter 3; FY 2019 ______barangays. Mother Earth will facilitate the decentralization of segregated waste collection, the regulation of single-use plastics, and the recovery of high-value recyclable materials.

University of Georgia College of Engineering (UGA), led by Dr. Jenna Jambeck, is expected to sign a grant agreement in the fourth quarter of FY19. Under this project, UGA will: conduct research on land-based plastic waste leaking into Manila Bay; promote the startup of circular economic principles for urban communities surrounding Manila Bay; and support the design and evaluation of the research activities of the MWRP grantee EcoWaste Coalition.

Sri Lanka

Project activities were stopped for several weeks, due to the Easter bombings. All MWRP grantees reduced activities in schools, communities and other public spaces, based on directives from local and national security officials. By July, most project activities had begun moving forward again, as planned, with no major adjustments necessary to implementation timelines. Grantees shared information among themselves with MWRP support and with IWCs on accessing finance/capital, improving cost recovery, gaining formal recognition for IWCs, instituting behavior change at the community level, and working with local authorities and schools.

First Funding Cycle (FC-1) The Sevanatha Urban Resource Centre project stayed on track to meet its objectives despite significant challenges. A change in Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia Municipal Commission leadership resulted in diminished support for the project, in particular, municipal support for the community materials recovery facility (MRF). The previous municipal leadership provided transportation services and staffing to the MRF, as well as purchased plastic recyclables from IWCs to re-sell to the private sector. Sevanatha continues to advocate for continued and expanded municipal support for MRFs to promote their sustainability.

In addition to supporting the MRF, Sevanatha registered 27 IWCs with the Central Environment Authority. These public-private partnerships aim to formalize independent waste collection activities and integrate them within the government provision of SWM. and IEC activities. The team began linking the IWCs to school plastic waste collection points and entrepreneurial training opportunities organized by the University of Sri Jayawardhanepura. Sevanatha also supported IEC activities by attending events, such as a fair organized with the Sri Lanka Women's Development Services Cooperative Society Ltd. (WOMEN'S COOP) to promote entrepreneurial opportunities related to upcycling plastic waste and the production of alternative shopping bags without plastic content.

SLCDF Galle operates in 22 villages through a consortium of community-based organizations (CBOs). This quarter, SLCDF trained 40 community environmental facilitators who conducted 64 community awareness activities, teaching at source household waste separation in 13 villages to 1,294 households (1,070 females; 224 males). In target villages, anecdotal reports describe a significant reduction in plastic waste in riverside areas and along the roadside. Families are making cloth bags from old saris to use for shopping. Initial data shows that 88% of households

MWRP Quarterly Report – Quarter 3; FY 2019 ______trained on waste segregation are taking up the practice; and 628 families are separating household organic waste from other waste, which is leading to a reduction in the use of plastic bags and an increase in composting for home gardens.

The project team closely cooperates with the Galle city government staff on planning for improved waste collection services and recycling. SLCDF held educational sessions to raise awareness among 261 local government officials and civil organization representatives, which included village officer staff from the Nagoda Divisional Secretariat. Following a training last quarter at the Rathgama Police Station, the station has declared itself plastic-free including for visitors to the premises. Several municipal divisions have begun plastic waste reduction campaigns through the use of billboards in their jurisdictions.

SLCDF trained 298 students on plastic waste reduction and management in collaboration with local schools and master trainers from the Department of Education. As a result of SLCDF’s training, 25 target schools have engaged in a variety of plastic waste reduction and recycling approaches, including 22 schools that banned the use of polythene and 19 schools that started waste segregation. Some school activities this quarter were canceled due to the security situation following the April terrorist attacks.

Janathakshan Guarantee Limited, in the target municipalities of Negombo and Katunayake, is working with households, hotels, restaurants, supermarkets, and fishing harbors, which are the main contributors of mishandled plastic waste. These target groups have supported initiatives to reduce plastic waste generation and to increase recycling. In part, this is a result of the efforts of the project volunteers who have spearheaded community-level campaigns. Even though Negombo was hard-hit by the terrorist attacks, and public project activities were halted for half of the reporting period, Janathakshan community facilitators spent 213 hours training 34 volunteers on plastic waste reduction practices.

In collaboration with the Negombo Municipal Council, Janathakshan used a “Green Star Rating System” to rate the use of plastic in supermarkets. This quarter, Janathakshan provided 30 hours of technical assistance to the Municipal Council to help it execute the Green Star program. Seventeen supermarkets, including two that joined the program reporting this period, are participating in the Green Star rating system. Nine supermarkets have registered a steady drop in the use of single-use plastic bags, which they are working to quantify. The Green Star rating program has received positive feedback from participating supermarkets and there is growing awareness among local consumers of this activity.

Additionally, 20 individuals working in Negombo’s hotel sector participated in an exposure visit to the Jetwing Hotels Group, which has taken the lead in reducing its use of plastic in its operations. In the harbor and fisheries sector, the project continued to work with management of the Negombo port, national maritime agencies, and the city environmental department to raise awareness among boat owners on how to manage their plastic waste. The project continued IEC activities with boat crews, including signage on the boats to remind them to bring Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET) bottles back to the harbor facilities for recycling. The

MWRP Quarterly Report – Quarter 3; FY 2019 ______project team targeted larger fishing boats, educating approximately 1,000 crew members and 120 boat owners.

Janathakshan held two workshops to support private sector recyclers as well as 34 women entrepreneurs by linking them with wholesale plastic waste buyers. Janathakshan also implemented training sessions on topics, such as managing a growing business, for the three major area recyclers that it helped to expand. At the household level, Janathakshan trained 1,100 families who, as a result of the training, continue to segregate waste and sell plastic waste to recyclers.

Second Funding Cycle (FC-2) Lanka Upcycles Private Limited7 continued operating its education center, the Waste Less Arugam Bay (WLAB), which targets community residents, school children, and 5,000 tourists per day (though this number dropped significantly following the bombings). The center offers tourists and community residents a low-cost filtered water dispensary to reduce the volume of plastic water bottles, showcases equipment that turns plastic waste into new upcycled products, and raises awareness on the importance of reducing, reusing, and recycling plastic. During this quarter, 286 people visited the WLAB center.

In May 2019, the WLAB upcycling company (Rice & Carry) became a Guaranteed Member of the World Fair Trade Organization, a relatively rare accomplishment for recycled plastic products. The company recently received its first bulk order – Urban Island will buy 1,540 recycled plastic buckles for bags at a Four Seasons resort in the Maldives Islands – and Rice and Carry is working with Phoenix Industries on a planned manufacturing expansion. This quarter Lanka Upcycles collected 1,061 kilograms of PET plastic bottles at 49 collection points in Arugam Bay, bringing the total to 7.1 MT of bottles collected and sold to upstream manufacturers.

The project partners with www.getwater.lk, a USAID-funded initiative that helps individuals find the nearest place to refill water bottles in Sri Lanka. Five hundred and eighty-one visitors refilled a total of 1,387 liters of drinking water, a huge jump from the previous record quarter when refills totaled less than 500 liters. This brings the total number of water bottles “mitigated” to 2,360 for the life of the project. Discussions are underway with representatives from the World Surfing League to have an international surfing competition next year in Arugam Bay be “plastic-free.”

In the education sector, activities expanded significantly, accumulating 582 awareness-raising hours with 130 students in three schools, including two Arabic Colleges (secondary schools) that produce many influential community leaders in the area.

SLCDF Jaffna moved ahead with its participatory community-based SWM plans, continued awareness-raising activities to promote the reduction, reuse, and recycling of plastic waste and polythene, as well as organized safe disposal and recycling options. These activities included 118 village-level, awareness-raising events attended by 4,044 participants in 4 jurisdictions, bringing

7 Lanka Upcycles released a video about its work: https://tinyurl.com/yy44mh63.

MWRP Quarterly Report – Quarter 3; FY 2019 ______the total number of individuals educated about the effects and importance of reducing plastic waste to 8,103. SLCDF also provided technical assistance to 174 local authority staff members from 4 urban councils; met with 52 small business representatives to encourage improved waste handling and recycling; trained teachers from 26 schools, resulting in 91 teachers trained in total; as well as established or strengthened 40 school environmental clubs.

Third Funding Cycle (FC-3) The Public Interest Law Foundation (PILF) moved forward with its goal of reducing marine plastic waste through law review and reform, improvements in law enforcement, and legal training. PILF submitted its literature survey report to the Marine Environment Protection Authority (MEPA) and the government’s Central Environmental Authority (CEA). PILF will use this survey to help complete the Law Review of the Legal Framework around plastic production, usage, and waste management. PILF will complete the law review in consultation with representatives from the Western Provincial Waste Management Authority, MEPA, CEA, Imports and Exports Control Department, Customs Department, Urban Development Authority, North Western Provincial Environmental Authority, Coast Guard Department, Ministry of Local Government, Consumer Affairs Authority, Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Department, the Municipal Councils of Colombo, and the private sector. The Ceylon Chamber of Commerce, also a MWRP grantee, will help organize and bring together these representatives for the law review.

The Ceylon Chamber of Commerce (CCC), which will reach its implementation mid-point during the next reporting period, is strengthening the ongoing national dialogue between the government and the private sector to design and implement post-consumer plastic management strategies. Key stakeholders are the national government, through its Ministry of Mahaweli Development and Environment (MMDE), and major corporations operating in Sri Lanka. The Project Steering Committee includes representatives from the MMDE, Ministry of Provincial Councils and Local Government, CEA, MEPA, Department of Coast Conservation and Coastal Resource Management, Polythene Manufacturers and Recyclers Association of Sri Lanka, Plastic Industry Association, beverage sector, dairy sector, the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN), and Biodiversity Sri Lanka. The end game would be a road map to a government signed PPP with the main representatives in the plastics industry.

CCC also initiated a Market and Socio-Economic Study and led the first private sector consultative workshop, which was attended by 49 representatives, including 14 women, from four sectors: fast-moving consumer goods (or consumer packaged goods), dairy and beverages, plastic manufacturing, and recycling and packaging. The keynote presentation, titled “A Possible Pathway to Minimize Plastic Loadings to the Coastal Environment” and presented by Dr. Ananda Mallawatantri, an IUCN Country Representative, covered issues on the environmental, economic, and social impacts of plastics, as well as potential elements and funding models for the Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) Roadmap.

MWRP Quarterly Report – Quarter 3; FY 2019 ______

Vietnam

First Funding Cycle (FC-1) The Center for Environmental and Community Research (CECR) completed its project on June 30. CECR supported the integration of community-based recycling in the city of Da Nang’s SWM strategy. The project brought together community women’s groups to build consensus on addressing the problem of plastic waste management and developing strategies for changing community SWM and recycling practices. CECR garnered the active support of the Da Nang People’s Committee, the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MONRE), city environmental department, the city and ward Women’s Union committees, and the Youth Union, whose participation was critical to the project’s success. CECR built consensus on addressing the problem of plastic waste management and developing strategies for changing community SWM and recycling practices, which were identified as two of the most important issues in Da Nang’s “Strategy for Integrated Solid Waste Management to 2025 and Vision to 2050.”

CECR held three high-visibility end-of project conferences with key stakeholders in eight coastal provinces of the central region of Vietnam. During the main conference, which was co- organized with the Da Nang Department of Natural Resources and Environment (DONRE) and the Vietnam Union of Science and Technology Associations (VUSTA), CECR shared project results and best practices with Coastal Provinces in the Central Region of Vietnam with the 88 delegates (52 women and 36 men) present from Da Nang, Hanoi, and 8 central coastal provinces.

CECR held one Close-out Workshop in the Son Tra District in collaboration with the Son Tra People’s Committee. A total of 177 participants (75 women and 102 men) included attendees from Da Nang DONRE, seven ward People’s Committees, district and ward Women’s Unions, Steering Committees from 52 residential areas that are implementing recycling models, and other organizations from the Son Tra district. The second Close-out Workshop, held in the Thanh Khe District, was co-organized with the Thanh Khe People Committee. CECR reported 80 participants (30 women and 50 men) from Da Nang DONRE, 10 ward People’s Committees, district and ward Women Unions, and Steering Committees from the residential areas that implemented recycling models. Throughout the life of this project, CECR provided 38,922 hours of technical assistance on SWM to local officials and civil society members, which resulted in 21,111 households initiating waste segregation or supporting recycling; 5,655 women receiving training; and 509 women participating in decision-making processes.

ENDA is fostering close cooperation between IWC organizations and DONRE in Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) to improve the city’s SWM system and increase household compliance with a waste segregation at source regulation. Public awareness events focused on environmental protection and combating plastic pollution. ENDA joined the “Green Live Festival” that involved 58 companies and non-governmental organizations (NGOs), as well as more than 5,000 participants from the Thu Duc District and District 12.

MWRP Quarterly Report – Quarter 3; FY 2019 ______ENDA organized a second roundtable in which 303 participants (120 women, 183 men) from DONRE, the Departments of Labor, Social Affairs, Transport, Finance, and Tax, the Cooperative Alliance, and 24 IWCs discussed the (i) needs of IWCs and (ii) the use of appropriate technology to suit the conditions under which the ICWs work. The roundtable participants also prepared district-level plans to resolve concerns around new policies that require expensive collection equipment not suited for the narrow streets and dense neighborhoods where many IWCs operate. ENDA supported the establishment of three new IWC cooperatives that cover two HCMC districts — contributing to expanding the voices and influence of IWCs in the SWM sector. Moreover, ENDA began working with 4,000 families on river banks to make them aware of the polluting dangers of throwing plastic waste in rivers.

Second Funding Cycle (FC-2) The Centre for Social Research and Development (CSRD), is collaborating with DONRE and the Ministry of Education and Training, to expand activities in six schools in Hue City to raise awareness among youth on plastic waste pollution of the Perfume River and along coastlines. CSRD recruited teachers and school officials to support the reduction of plastic pollution curriculum in schools. CSRD teaches students how to improve SWM by enhancing their recycling skills and practices. Nearing its final quarter of implementation, the project provided many waste separation and recycling training sessions in schools and organized lessons and quizzes for students. CSRD also conducted a beach clean-up and education event. Lastly, CSRD organized an end-of-project workshop, during which it obtained feedback from stakeholders on the project’s performance and impact, and shared communication materials, such as handbooks on source separation and posters for each school. CSRD prepared a documentary on the MWRP project, which was shown on television. Information, education, and communication (IEC) events provided 241,352 hours of public awareness, trained 799 women, and initiated waste separation at source with 1,097 households.

GreenHub’s MTE was positive. The grantee appeared to be on track to meet its project objectives. GreenHub is progressing in laying the groundwork for a “model cities” approach to waste management in the Cat Ba Archipelago, Hai Phong Province, and Ha Long Bay. The project focuses on: researching and piloting scalable environmentally-friendly solutions to replace polystyrene contained in buoyancy devices for aquaculture farms; working with Ha Long-based fisherfolk to mitigate the problem; and raising general public awareness on the impact of plastic waste in the marine environment. GreenHub coordinated with the Van Chai Cooperative of Bai Tu Long Bay Management Board to monitor and evaluate the performance of Line-X coated polystyrene buoys, which have performed well in preventing the deterioration and leakage of polystyrene, including eight new improved buoys donated to the Cooperative by the FSV Group Trading Joint Stock Company. GreenHub worked closely with the Women’s Union committees of Ha Long City and Ha Phong ward, to provide training to 330 individuals on waste classification models at the household level. Households are being trained in separation at source and in community composting. More than 600 people also attended a beach cleaning and education event held by GreenHub with the People’s Committee of Cat Hai district. GreenHub also held a World Oceans Day activity and raised more than 1,000 individuals’ awareness of plastic waste.

MWRP Quarterly Report – Quarter 3; FY 2019 ______The World Wide Fund for Wildlife (WWF), in Phu Quoc island, deepened its outreach and interaction with the District People’s Committee (DPC), businesses, schools, fishing communities, and the tourist services sector to address the critical need for reducing plastic pollution and promoting recycling. WWF secured important government and private sector engagement, as it received an official commitment from DPC and commitments from 13 leading hotels to find alternatives for plastic disposables. The DPC is now seeking to expand its marine debris Action Plan, including adding four years to its mandate that will now run to 2025. The hotels are reviewing their purchases of single-use plastics and seeking to replace them with organic materials like lemon grass. The project also stepped up involvement with the District Women’s Association and the District Communist Youth Union. The project initiated a “SWM Platform” that targets 40 major tourism businesses, among others, with participating organizations visibly displaying a Plastics-Reducing Practices Participation Certificate at their organization. Platform participants include the DPC, Office of Natural Resources and Environment (DONRE), Office of Education, Public Services Management Board, Women Union, Youth Union, businesses, civil society, and media. The project completed surveys regarding the prevalence of single-use plastics with two dozen street shops, including street vendors, grocery stores, coffee shops, local restaurants and supermarkets. In the education sector, 24 schools have implemented MWRP-awareness activities, such as assemblies, lessons in classrooms, regulations on bringing single-use plastic containers, waste separation, and recycling. The MTE was very positive.

Third Funding Cycle (FC-3) The Centre for Marinelife Conservation & Community Development (MCD) is implementing two projects, “Lessons Learned from Demonstrated Municipal Plastic Waste Management in the World Heritage Ha Long Bay,” and “Comparative Pilot Waterway Municipal Plastic Waste Management Practices for Reducing Marine Plastic Pollution in Coastal World Biosphere Reserve of Nam Dinh.” On June 13, 2019, MCD gave a presentation at USAID in Washington DC, during an event hosted by the Global Environment Facility (GEF).

In Nam Dinh, MCD shared its baseline assessment results with local stakeholders and signed a multi-party Memorandum of Understanding between MCD and its local partners. MCD’s public communications campaign raised awareness about the project’s goals and the opportunities for broad community participation, including an Earth Day event with MONRE in Central Hanoi. MCD met with local authorities and community leaders to plan the implementation of training sessions on the issue of marine plastic pollution in five project wards and communes. MCD also consulted local residents, especially those living along waterways, to explore ways of integrating them in the project.

MWRP Quarterly Report – Quarter 3; FY 2019 ______participants joined an Earth Day event, organized with the Ha Long City People’s Committee, to raise awareness of the issue of marine plastic pollution. MCD met with community members to select core teams for the training of trainers who will lead community, awareness campaigns. The University of Melbourne joined the project to identify waste trapping sites and designs.

Fifth Funding Cycle (FC-5) The Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives (GAIA) Philippines Inc. launched its project through two subgrantees to implement activities in Vietnam and Indonesia. In Vietnam, through its subgrantee GreenViet, the project focuses on the expansion of the zero waste model in Hoi An and on the Cham Islands, a UNESCO-designated global biosphere reserve. The two sites face mounting SWM issues due to the rapid rise in tourism. In Hoi An, approximately 1.5 million tourists per year who contribute 0.6 kg of waste per hotel room per day, which is equivalent to three times the typical household waste stream, and the number of tourism businesses is growing. On the Cham Islands, the influx of tourists creates SWM and recycling challenges in waste collection and transport. GreenViet is hiring project staff.

Indonesia

Fourth Funding Cycle (FC-4) The BINTARI Foundation project, “Improving the Recycling Capacity of City Waste Management Stakeholders through the Integration of Public-Private Partnerships,” will reach its mid-point of implementation at the end December 2019. BINTARI is working closely with city and provincial government authorities in Semarang, with the large, national fast-moving consumer goods company Indofood, and with small local recyclers to enhance the sustainability of new community bank sampahs to reduce single-use plastic waste leakage into the city’s waterways.

BINTARI organized a recycling policy dialogue with key stakeholders, including representatives from the private sector, local communities, and government tied to waste recycling groups (bank sampahs). The policy dialogue focused on optimizing potential private sector engagement, defining the role of these stakeholders in complying with waste recycling regulations, and promoting new approaches to recycling single-use plastics. Discussions took into account the findings of BINTARI’s desk study of Semarang City’s recycling policy, review of 27 national and local SWM laws and regulations, and assessment of dozens of bank sampahs. As a result, BINTARI has selected 31 potential new, small bank sampahs, consisting of 777 households, who may be eligible to receive technical assistance support and supplies from MWRP.

The project’s public-private partnership with Indofood moved forward with the company’s effort to increase bank sampah recycling capacity and commercial viability by providing technical assistance, transportation services, and equipment for selected banks. The project is researching potential FMCG post-sale mechanisms to incentivize recycling, based on Indofood’s experience and knowledge of the market, manufacturing processes, and technical requirements. BINTARI organized a conference on micro- and nano-plastic pollutants that included private sector actors and presented a waste profile assessment to guide these discussions on FMCG recycling.

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The Misool Foundation project in Sorong, “Bank Sampah Community Waste Recycling Program,” will reach its mid-point of implementation at the end of December 2019. The project’s support to the Bank Sampah Sorong Raya (BSSR) led to a 45% increase in the average monthly volume of plastics recycled compared to the previous quarter (11.48 metric tons per month up from 7.92 metric tons per month). Misool projects the BSSR will soon reach 13 metric tons of recycled plastics processed and sold per month, with a project completion target of about 200 metric tons sold per year.

Misool also made progress on completing a new BSSR business plan. BSSR has benefited from an increase in waste collection rates along the city’s waterways due to the project’s increased engagement and awareness-raising with 49 community-level collection units in these target areas. In a survey of IWCs, 84% cited concerns for the environment as their primary reason for forming a collection unit and participating in recycling. BSSR’s financial sustainability remains a challenge, in no small part due to the fluctuating global demand and pricing for recyclable plastic, which saw a 19% price drop compared to a year ago in the Sorong marketplace. As of June 30, 2019, Misool has led 206 community-based meetings, training sessions and/or workshops equating to 500 hours of capacity building to increase the amount of plastic being collected. In addition, Misool held 10 sessions with government officials to provide technical assistance, including awareness-raising, collection and recycling effectiveness, and cost-recovery policies tied to SWM.

Fifth Funding Cycle (FC-5) GAIA Philippines Inc. launched its project in Indonesia through its partner Yayasan Pengembangan Biosains dan Bioteknologi (YPBB), which is operating in Bandung City in several zero waste pilot communities. The GAIA/YPBB partnership, together with the city government, will build on this momentum by expanding operations in Coblong District, one of the most populous areas in Bandung. The YPBB project is in the process of recruiting staff members.

Divers Clean Action (DCA) began hiring its project staff and mobilizing local partners, through field visits and stakeholder meetings. The project, working in the Thousand Islands off the coast of Jakarta, focuses on improving waste management practices through capacity building and information sharing mechanisms, establishing inter-sectoral coordination mechanisms to strengthen policy and planning, and promoting a circular economy benefiting communities for better access to employment and livelihood opportunities. DCA submitted its project implementation plan, branding and marking plan, and monitoring and evaluation plan.

The Gringgo Indonesia Foundation started its projects and is focusing on staffing and on activity planning documents. Gringgo will improve Denpasar City’s SWM system by promoting recycling with an emphasis on innovative communication technology to improve handling and collection of plastic waste materials at households and businesses. Gringgo will expand its technology platform to 6 villages with approximately 10,000 households located in the Sanur district of Denpasar. Gringgo submitted its project implementation plan, branding and marking plan, and monitoring and evaluation plan.

MWRP Quarterly Report – Quarter 3; FY 2019 ______Transformasi started its project in Gowa District to strengthen the government’s coordination and capacity in SWM, drawing upon the experience and best practices from a similar institution functioning in Makassar City. The operationalization of a new central bank sampah in Gowa District will be facilitated, studied, and documented, to serve as a guide for other cities and districts to address their waste management problems. Transformasi submitted its project implementation plan, branding and marking plan, and monitoring and evaluation plan.

Sixth Funding Cycle (FC-6) GIDKP is expected to sign a grant agreement in July 2019, after receiving its SAM registration. At that time, GIDKP will recruit and train project staff and start working with local partners in Metro Jakarta and Bandung City. GIDKP will initiate project planning and consolidate cooperation arrangements with local government authorities with the goal of passing legislation/regulations and enforcing reductions in single-use plastics.