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SINGAPORE, June 11, 2020 /PRNewswire=KYODO JBN/ --

New Partnership Focuses on Solutions in Urbanizing Cities in Asia

The Alliance to End Plastic Waste (the Alliance) today announced a new

partnership with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID)

to address global ocean plastic pollution by implementing local solutions

across rapidly urbanizing cities in Asia. The agreement will bring together the

Alliance's more than 40 leading global member companies and the strengths of

USAID's new flagship program for ocean plastics pollution, "Clean Cities, Blue Ocean".

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"The work we will undertake with USAID advances the Alliance's commitment to

work through partnerships to develop, incubate and deploy projects in local

cities and communities that support the goal to end plastic waste in the

environment," said Jacob Duer, President and CEO, Alliance to End Plastic

Waste. "Partnerships, such as this one, allow us to prove and accelerate

solutions that will unlock capital investments, which are necessary to tackle

the plastic waste challenge."

To stem the tide of the more than eight million metric tons of plastic that

enter the ocean each year, local solutions are imperative. The Alliance will

work through USAID's "Clean Cities, Blue Ocean" program to identify and

collaboratively implement local solutions to reduce and prevent land-based

plastic waste from entering waterways and the ocean, with a focus on urbanizing

cities in Asia.

The partnership will include work to:

- Bring together technical expertise, global investment and locally-led

solutions to build markets and incentives for recycling and reuse markets;

- Identify and help deploy innovative, regionally-appropriate technologies,

infrastructure and business models that can reduce and alleviate the waste

management and recycling crises that many cities and communities are facing;

- Engage, educate, and promote behavior change among individuals, local

businesses and multinational corporations for more sustainable practices; and

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

In addition, the partnership will work to identify opportunities to improve the

livelihoods, health and safety of formal and informal sector workers and other

underrepresented members of the community that are at the heart of urban waste

management and sanitation.

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About the Alliance to End Plastic Waste

The Alliance to End Plastic Waste is an international not-for-profit

organization partnering with government, environmental and economic development

NGOs and communities around the world to address the challenge to end plastic

waste in the environment. Through programs and partnerships, we are focused on

solutions in four core areas: infrastructure, innovation, education and clean

up. As of May 2020, the Alliance has 47 member companies representing global

organizations located through the Americas, Europe, Asia, Southeast Asia,

Africa, and the Middle East.

For more information, visit: www.endplasticwaste.org

SOURCE: The Alliance to End Plastic Waste