The Plastic Free Rivers and Seas for South Asia Project in Bangladesh focuses on reducing plastic pollution through waste management initiatives, community engagement, and policy support. It aims to enhance recycling infrastructure, promote sustainable practices, and foster regional collaboration to protect aquatic ecosystems from plastic waste.
As part of the PLEASE Project initiative to curb marine plastic pollution and ramp up eco-innovations to reinvent plastic use and production, the project has granted two Regional Block Grants (RBG) and three Innovation Grants (IG) to recipients from Bhutan from the component 1 phase of ‘Supporting Competitive Block Grant Investments to Reduce Plastic Waste’ The proposals came from various community-based organizations and institutions registered in participating South Asian nations, aiming to initiate change on the ground at local, national, and/or regional levels.