The Plastic Free Rivers and Seas for South Asia Project in Bhutan is working to reduce plastic pollution by improving waste management systems, encouraging recycling, and raising public awareness. The project collaborates with local communities and authorities to implement sustainable practices and protect Bhutan’s rivers and natural landscapes 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 two 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 organisations and institutions registered in participating South Asian nations, aiming to initiate change on the ground at local, national, and/or regional levels.