Closing the Loop requires an innovation-led response to first understand the scale and nature of the problem. And second, to build the capacity of ASEAN cities to plan for and manage their plastic waste using circular economy principles. The project has two broad objectives:
To develop an innovative digital tool to help local governments monitor and visualize plastic waste leakages and to map waste generation hot spots with a view to directing targeted actions to improve their management; and
To apply the digital tool in 4 ASEAN cities (across a coastal basin or watershed area) to develop targeted action plans, policies, and investment strategies to address plastic waste leakages.
https://www.unescap.org/projects/closing-the-loop/cities/da-nang
