US provides P42M toward ocean plastics clean up

The US govern­ment, through the US Agency for International Develop­ment (USAid)’s Clean Cities, Blue Ocean (CCBO) program, has awarded grants worth nearly P42 million to five organizations in support of local solutions that address ocean plastics pollution.

Representatives from USAid, Communities Organized for Resource Allocation (CORA), Catholic Relief Services, Green Antz Builders, Inc., The Plastics Credit Exchange and Project Zacchaeus.