Reducing Marine Litter in the Caribbean through Circular Economy

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Enriched International · Found: 2026-03-11 11:11

Caribbean regional initiative reducing marine litter through circular economy approaches including waste management improvement, recycling value chains, and capacity building funded through KfW ACE Facility.

Source: https://sluncf.org/post/reducing-marine-litter-in-the-caribbean-through-circular-economy

Funding Details

Contact: Saint Lucia National Conservation Fund (SLUNCF) — page publisher; social: facebook.com/sluncf, twitter.com/saintluciancf. Caribbean Biodiversity Fund (CBF) is the grant administrator — contact details not provided on this page.
Last Checked: 2026-04-20 09:59

Application Checklist

Eligibility

Project must be located in one of the eligible Caribbean countries or territories (up to 9 countries)
Project must involve the private sector as a partner or implementer

Project Scope

Project must address circular economy principles (design, reuse, repair, recycling, or waste management)
Eligible measures span the full product lifecycle — from product development and optimized design to improved waste management and collection
Project must include a behavioral change or public awareness component to reduce littering

Required Documents

Apply through the Caribbean Biodiversity Fund (CBF), which administers open calls and selects projects

Constraints

Program runs until 2028 — project timelines must fit within the facility's operational window
Total facility is EUR 25.7 million across at least 18 projects; individual grant sizes not publicly specified

Historical Context

KfW signed the grant agreement with CBF in October 2022, marking the first such agreement between the two organizations. CBF was celebrating its 10th anniversary in 2022, having been established with KfW support. The program is part of the Clean Oceans Initiative (COI), which since late 2018 has committed over EUR 2 billion toward ocean plastic reduction, with a COI target of EUR 4 billion by 2025.

Why it was added

GIZ/bilateral waste capacity building

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