World Bank PROBLUE - Philippines Waste Management and Circular Economy Investment Support

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$450,000 bank-executed project to enhance plastic waste value chains and support increased plastic recovery and recycling at selected local government units in the Philippines under the Clean Philippines program. Approval 2025, closing 2026.

Source: https://thedocs.worldbank.org/en/doc/c2b10aa06282d8d5fe03a79b33d179e7-0320072025/original/309350-PROBLUE-AR25-FV.pdf

Funding Details

Funder

World Bank PROBLUE (Global Program for the Blue Economy)

Funding Goal

Enhance plastic waste value chains and support increased plastic recovery and recycling through investment planning at selected local government units in the Philippines, in line with the Clean Philippines national strategic framework.

Funding Amount

$450,000 (Bank-Executed Disbursing Activity grant) (450.000 € – 450.000 €)

Deadline

2025-06-30 (Fixed)

How to Apply

Not applicable for external applicants. BEDA grants are approved internally within the World Bank Group via PROBLUE's annual work plan and budget process, endorsed by the PROBLUE Partnership Council. Proposals originate from World Bank regional teams responding to country demand.

Target Region

Philippines (Southeast Asia)

Contact

PROBLUE Secretariat, World Bank Global Environment Department. Website: www.worldbank.org/problue | LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/problueworldbank | General: +1-202-473-1000 | Publications queries: pubrights@worldbank.org

Last Checked

2026-03-11 16:22

Application Checklist

Eligibility

• Activity is Bank-Executed (BEDA): only World Bank task teams can manage and disburse these funds — external NGOs and governments are not eligible recipients

Project Scope

• Geographic scope is strictly the Philippines; activities must align with local government units (LGUs) identified under the Clean Philippines program
• Must align with the Philippines' Extended Producer Responsibility Act (Republic Act No. 11898) and the national plastic waste management roadmap
• Focus must be on plastic waste value chain development and investment planning — not general environmental or blue economy work

Required Documents

• All proposals for PROBLUE BEDAs must originate from World Bank regional teams through the annual work plan cycle endorsed by the PROBLUE Partnership Council

Constraints

• Grant approval date was June 30, 2025; closing date December 31, 2026 — program is active but window for new engagement has passed
• Budget ceiling of $450,000 is fixed; no additional financing has been indicated for this activity

Summary

The Philippines: Waste Management and Circular Economy Investment Support (G352) is a $450,000 Bank-Executed Disbursing Activity (BEDA) approved by PROBLUE on June 30, 2025, with a closing date of December 31, 2026. It operates under PROBLUE's Pillar 2 (Marine Litter and Pollution Management) and is designed to support plastic waste value chain development and investment planning at selected local government units (LGUs) across the Philippines. The activity is explicitly aligned with the Philippines' Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) Act (Republic Act No. 11898), which requires large companies to manage end-of-life plastic packaging waste and sets a target of 80% plastic neutrality by 2028, as well as the broader Clean Philippines program. PROBLUE has been engaged in the Philippines for several years with foundational work including diagnostic studies of the top 10 most leaked plastic products, city-level solid waste assessments, and the development of plastic management roadmaps. This grant continues and scales that engagement into concrete investment planning. As a Bank-Executed Disbursing Activity, this grant is managed directly by World Bank task teams rather than disbursed to an external recipient. The World Bank conducts the technical assistance, analytics, and investment planning itself, in partnership with Philippine government entities and LGUs. This distinguishes it sharply from recipient-executed grants where civil society or government bodies receive and administer funds directly. PROBLUE's broader Philippines engagement has also included implementation of the Plastics Policy Simulator and Plastic Substitution Tradeoff Estimator, both piloted in the Philippines, supporting the government's roadmap for plastic waste management. This $450,000 activity represents the operational investment planning step following that analytical groundwork.

Historical Context

PROBLUE has maintained a multi-year presence in the Philippines spanning diagnostic studies on plastic leakage, city-level waste management assessments, roadmap development, and piloting of tools like the Plastics Policy Simulator and Plastic Substitution Tradeoff Estimator. The Philippines was one of two countries (alongside Ghana) where these tools were piloted. The country's EPR Act of 2022 implementation has been a central focus. This $450,000 BEDA (G352) is the most recent activity in that pipeline, approved June 2025.

Why it was added

SE Asia plastic waste/circular economy funding

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