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USAID – Global Health & Environment
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Other Bilateral Donors |
Government Aid Agencies |
🕷️ Scrape |
Health-Environment Integration. WASH programmes in Ihren Betriebsländern. Waste management als öffentliche Gesundheit. |
Niche & Special Sources |
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rePurpose Global
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Plastic Credits & Revenue Platforms |
Certification & Standards |
🕷️ Scrape |
Plastic credit platform. Connects brands with waste collection projects. Revenue model for NGOs doing collection. Active in India, Indonesia, Kenya. |
Plastic Initiatives & Networks |
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3RI – Reduce, Reuse, Recycle Initiative
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Plastic Credits & Revenue Platforms |
Credits & EPR |
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World Bank initiative. Standards for plastic credit integrity. Complementary to Verra. Ensuring market credibility. |
Alternative & Innovative Finance |
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BVRio – Environmental Markets
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Plastic Credits & Revenue Platforms |
Credits & EPR |
🕷️ Scrape |
Brazilian. Reverse logistics + environmental credit trading. Expanding plastic credits globally. |
Alternative & Innovative Finance |
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Circular Credits Mechanism
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Plastic Credits & Revenue Platforms |
Credits & EPR |
❌ Research needed |
New standards beyond plastic: circular economy credits broadly. Monitor BVRio, Gold Standard developments. |
Alternative & Innovative Finance |
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Cleanhub
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Plastic Credits & Revenue Platforms |
Credits & EPR |
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German. Plastic collection credit platform. Partners with brands (SAP, Asus, etc.). Active in India, Indonesia, Kenya, Vietnam. Your org could join as collection partner. |
Alternative & Innovative Finance |
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Denmark – EPR for Packaging
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Plastic Credits & Revenue Platforms |
Credits & EPR |
🕷️ Scrape |
Danish implementation of EU Packaging Regulation. Dansk Producentansvar (Danish Producer Responsibility). |
Alternative & Innovative Finance |
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EU Single-Use Plastics Directive – EPR
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Plastic Credits & Revenue Platforms |
Credits & EPR |
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EU-wide EPR for single-use plastics. Relevant for Denmark operations. Clean-up cost recovery from producers. |
Alternative & Innovative Finance |
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Ghana EPR (developing)
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Plastic Credits & Revenue Platforms |
Credits & EPR |
❌ Manual |
Ghana developing EPR with World Bank support. Similar early-mover opportunity. |
Alternative & Innovative Finance |
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Kenya EPR (developing)
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Plastic Credits & Revenue Platforms |
Credits & EPR |
❌ Manual |
Kenya developing EPR framework. Advocacy opportunity to shape regulations in your favour. |
Alternative & Innovative Finance |
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Plastic Bank
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Plastic Credits & Revenue Platforms |
Credits & EPR |
🕷️ Scrape |
Social Plastic credits. Incentivises collection via above-market payments to collectors. Partnerships with Henkel, SC Johnson. Competitor/partner in your operating model. |
Alternative & Innovative Finance |
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Second Life
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Plastic Credits & Revenue Platforms |
Credits & EPR |
🕷️ Scrape |
Plastic offsetting platform. German. Growing. Connects brands with collection in Africa + Asia. |
Alternative & Innovative Finance |
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Zero Plastic Oceans (ISO-aligned)
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Plastic Credits & Revenue Platforms |
Credits & EPR |
🕷️ Scrape |
Certification for ocean-bound plastic recovery. ISO-aligned standards. Smaller than Verra but growing. |
Alternative & Innovative Finance |
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European Plastics Pact
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Plastic Networks & Pacts |
Connector Organisations |
🕷️ Scrape |
EU governments + companies. Denmark is a member. Your org could participate as a Danish NGO. |
Plastic Initiatives & Networks |
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GESAMP – Marine Environment
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Plastic Networks & Pacts |
Connector Organisations |
🕷️ Scrape |
Joint advisory body (UN). Microplastics working group. Science-policy interface. |
Plastic Initiatives & Networks |
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Ghost Gear Initiative (GGGI)
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Plastic Networks & Pacts |
Connector Organisations |
🕷️ Scrape |
Abandoned fishing gear. Ocean Conservancy initiative. Collection programmes funded. Relevant for maritime plastic. |
Plastic Initiatives & Networks |
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GloFouling Partnerships (IMO/GEF)
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Plastic Networks & Pacts |
Connector Organisations |
🕷️ Scrape |
Related to GloLitter. Marine biofouling management. Tangential but same implementing network. |
Plastic Initiatives & Networks |
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Global Partnership on Marine Litter (GPML)
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Plastic Networks & Pacts |
Connector Organisations |
🕷️ Scrape |
UNEP-hosted. Digital platform with 1000+ resources. Stakeholder directory. Not a funder but essential for networking + data. |
Plastic Initiatives & Networks |
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High Seas Alliance
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Plastic Networks & Pacts |
Connector Organisations |
🕷️ Scrape |
Policy advocacy for high seas governance. Indirect but relevant for UN Plastics Treaty context. |
Plastic Initiatives & Networks |
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IOC-UNESCO – Marine Pollution
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Plastic Networks & Pacts |
Connector Organisations |
🕷️ Scrape |
Scientific coordination. Marine litter monitoring standards. Research partnership potential. |
Plastic Initiatives & Networks |
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India Plastics Pact
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Plastic Networks & Pacts |
Connector Organisations |
🕷️ Scrape |
FICCI + EMF + WWF-India. Brings together Indian companies, government, NGOs on circular plastics. Entry point for India operations. |
Plastic Initiatives & Networks |
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Jambeck Research Group (UGA)
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Plastic Networks & Pacts |
Connector Organisations |
🕷️ Scrape |
Foundational research on plastic leakage to ocean. Circularity Informatics Lab. Research collaboration potential. |
Plastic Initiatives & Networks |
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Marine Debris Tracker (NOAA + UGA)
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Plastic Networks & Pacts |
Connector Organisations |
🕷️ Scrape |
Monitoring app. Data on marine debris. NOAA Marine Debris Program funds grants ($50K–$200K). |
Plastic Initiatives & Networks |
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Ocean Cleanup
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Plastic Networks & Pacts |
Connector Organisations |
🕷️ Scrape |
Technology for river/ocean plastic removal. Not a funder but potential technology partner for collection operations. Interceptor deployed in Indonesia, Vietnam. |
Plastic Initiatives & Networks |
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Pacific Plastics Network
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Plastic Networks & Pacts |
Connector Organisations |
🕷️ Scrape |
Niche: Pacific Islands. Not your region but model reference for island/remote community approaches. |
Plastic Initiatives & Networks |
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SeaBOS – Seafood Business for Ocean Stewardship
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Plastic Networks & Pacts |
Connector Organisations |
🕷️ Scrape |
Major seafood companies + science. Marine plastic/ghost gear. Corporate partnership potential. |
Plastic Initiatives & Networks |
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South Africa Plastics Pact
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Plastic Networks & Pacts |
Connector Organisations |
🕷️ Scrape |
Similar model for South Africa. Reference for African network building. |
Plastic Initiatives & Networks |
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The Pew Charitable Trusts – Breaking the Plastic Wave
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Plastic Networks & Pacts |
Connector Organisations |
🕷️ Scrape |
Major report + ongoing analysis. System change approach. Policy influence. Not grants for projects. |
Plastic Initiatives & Networks |
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UN Ocean Decade
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Plastic Networks & Pacts |
Connector Organisations |
🕷️ Scrape |
Endorsed Actions + Programmes. "Decade Action No. 7: Clean Ocean." Your org could submit an Endorsed Action. Not direct funding but visibility + connection to funders. |
Plastic Initiatives & Networks |
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Minderoo Foundation – No Plastic Waste
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Plastic-Specific Programmes |
Direct Funding |
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Australian. Funds research, data, policy on plastic. Plastic Waste Makers Index. Grants for plastic monitoring and solutions. |
Plastic Initiatives & Networks |
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Mr. Green Africa
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Plastic-Specific Programmes |
Direct Funding |
🕷️ Scrape |
Plastic recycling in Kenya. Not a funder but potential partner/comparator for your Kenya operations. Backed by impact investors. |
Plastic Initiatives & Networks |
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Ocean Conservancy – Trash Free Seas
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Plastic-Specific Programmes |
Direct Funding |
🕷️ Scrape |
International Coastal Cleanup (largest in world). Grants for collection programmes. Data on marine litter. Partnership potential. |
Plastic Initiatives & Networks |
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Plastic Collective
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Plastic-Specific Programmes |
Direct Funding |
🕷️ Scrape |
Australian NGO. Small-scale recycling solutions for remote/island communities. Technology: Shruder machine. World Bank partnership for Ghana + Indonesia. |
Plastic Initiatives & Networks |
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Project STOP (Borealis/SYSTEMIQ)
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Plastic-Specific Programmes |
Direct Funding |
🕷️ Scrape |
City-level waste management systems in Indonesia. Funded by Borealis. Model: design full waste management system, then transfer to city. Running in Muncar, Pasuruan, Jembrana (Indonesia). |
Plastic Initiatives & Networks |
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Tara Ocean Foundation
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Plastic-Specific Programmes |
Direct Funding |
🕷️ Scrape |
French. Microplastic research. Scientific expeditions. Research partnerships for monitoring plastic in your operating regions. |
Plastic Initiatives & Networks |
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The Recycler
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Plastic-Specific Programmes |
Direct Funding |
🕷️ Scrape |
Global platform. Not a funder but aggregator of recycling industry news, grants, partnerships. |
Plastic Initiatives & Networks |
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Ellen MacArthur Foundation – Plastics Pact
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Private Foundations |
Environment / Ocean |
🕷️ Scrape |
Nicht Fördergeber, aber Netzwerk für Plastik-Pacts. Verbindung zu Indien-Pact. |
Original Top 100 |
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MAVA Foundation
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Private Foundations |
Environment / Ocean |
❌ Manual |
Schloss 2022, aber Erben-Stiftungen laufen weiter (MedPAN etc.). |
Original Top 100 |
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Pew Charitable Trusts – Oceans
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Private Foundations |
Environment / Ocean |
❌ Manual |
IUU-Fischerei, Governance. |
Original Top 100 |
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Plastic Solutions Fund
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Private Foundations |
Environment / Ocean |
❌ Manual |
Regranting Funder speziell für Plastik-Reduktion. |
Original Top 100 |
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Circular Innovation Lab
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Prize Competitions & Accelerators |
Incubators & Accelerators |
🕷️ Scrape |
Canadian. Accelerator for circular economy. Global scope. Past cohorts included plastic recycling. |
Plastic Initiatives & Networks |
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Ocean Solutions Accelerator
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Prize Competitions & Accelerators |
Incubators & Accelerators |
🕷️ Scrape |
Equity-free accelerator for ocean startups. Past cohorts included plastic/waste solutions. |
Plastic Initiatives & Networks |
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Plug and Play – Sustainability
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Prize Competitions & Accelerators |
Incubators & Accelerators |
🕷️ Scrape |
Global accelerator with AEPW partnership. Circular economy vertical. 12-week programmes. |
Plastic Initiatives & Networks |
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UpLink – World Economic Forum
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Prize Competitions & Accelerators |
Incubators & Accelerators |
🕷️ Scrape |
Innovation challenges. Circular Economy + Ocean topics. Prizes $50K–$250K. Past challenges on plastic waste. |
Plastic Initiatives & Networks |
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BASF Creator Space / Chemovator
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Prize Competitions & Accelerators |
Prizes & Challenges |
🕷️ Scrape |
Corporate incubator. Circular economy solutions. Investment + co-development. |
Alternative & Innovative Finance |
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Blue Economy Challenge (various)
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Prize Competitions & Accelerators |
Prizes & Challenges |
🕷️ Scrape |
DFID/FCDO Blue Economy Challenge, Nordic Blue Challenge. Periodic. £/€/$ prizes + acceleration. |
Alternative & Innovative Finance |
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Coca-Cola – Open Innovation
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Prize Competitions & Accelerators |
Prizes & Challenges |
🕷️ Scrape |
Bridge programme. Innovation challenges for packaging, recycling, collection. |
Alternative & Innovative Finance |
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EU Innovation Radar Prize
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Prize Competitions & Accelerators |
Prizes & Challenges |
🕷️ Scrape |
Recognises innovations from EU-funded projects. Visibility + connections. |
Alternative & Innovative Finance |
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Henkel – Sustainability Challenge
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Prize Competitions & Accelerators |
Prizes & Challenges |
🕷️ Scrape |
Annual challenge for sustainable solutions. Plastic recycling eligible. Partnership offer for winners. |
Alternative & Innovative Finance |
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Hult Prize
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Prize Competitions & Accelerators |
Prizes & Challenges |
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$1M prize for social enterprise. Past themes included circular economy, ocean health. For young teams. |
Alternative & Innovative Finance |
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