UNDP Management of Plastics Waste and Circular Interventions in South and Southeast Asia

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Three-year multi-country initiative (Nov 2024 - Oct 2027) supported by Coca-Cola Foundation. USD 18.4 million across 10 countries including India. Strengthens plastic waste management systems and empowers informal waste workers.

Source: https://undp.org/asia-pacific/projects/management-plastics-waste-and-circular-interventions-plastics-south-southeast-asia-and-pacific

Funding Details

Contact

Aminath Mihdha, Regional Partnerships and Communications Analyst — aminath.mihdha@undp.org

Last Checked

2026-04-20 10:02

Application Checklist

Eligibility

• Organization must operate in at least one of the ten target countries: Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Maldives, Nepal, Philippines, Sri Lanka, or Viet Nam
• For Philippines seed funding: proposals must support community-based plastic recovery or local social enterprises

Project Scope

• Proposed activities must address plastic waste collection, recycling, circular economy models, or informal waste worker inclusion
• Gender-responsive design is required; projects should demonstrate benefits for women waste workers or vulnerable communities
• Innovative or scalable solutions preferred; the project specifically seeks models that can be replicated across countries

Required Documents

• For Viet Nam sub-grants (up to USD 30,000): submit proposal through UNDP Viet Nam's Plastic Innovation Programme open call
• Contact the relevant UNDP country office to identify partnership or sub-grant opportunities — no single centralized application portal

Constraints

• Activities must be implementable within the project duration (through October 2027)

Historical Context

Project launched in November 2024. First news coverage of regional partnerships appeared in January 2025. Viet Nam Plastic Innovation Programme call for proposals announced in February 2025. Sri Lanka component (USD 1.1 million, 7 urban councils in Colombo District) announced April 2025. Philippines Weave Out Waste (WOW) program launched September 2025. This appears to be a first-of-its-kind UNDP–Coca-Cola Foundation regional plastic circularity initiative at this scale.

Why it was added

India plastic waste/CSR/circular economy funding

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