USAID and the Private Sector: Blended Finance Partnership to Combat Ocean Plastic Pollution

The amount of plastic pollution flowing into the ocean is increasing at an alarming rate, creating an urgent challenge for the worlds environment and economy. On our current trajectory, by 2050pound for poundthere will be more plastic in the ocean than fish. Most ocean plastic pollution emanates from developing countriesand, more specifically, from rapidly urbanizing coastal cities in the developing worldwhere waste management systems are struggling to keep pace with growing populations and inc