Project Overview

This project supports Small Island Developing States, the Dominican Republic and Saint Lucia, to minimize plastic pollution through practical, scalable circular economy solutions through principles of refuse, reduce, reuse, and recycle. It provides targeted technical support and training to retailers, hospitality businesses, producers, and policymakers, while piloting two complementary interventions: a reusable food packaging system in the Dominican Republic and a strengthened waste-to-product recycling hub in Saint Lucia. Linked through shared materials, learning exchanges, and policy dialogue, the project creates feedback loops between innovation, end-of-life solutions, and national planning. Together, these efforts generate evidence, build local capacity, and lay the groundwork for coordinated national actions and a future Caribbean Circular Plastics Roadmap.

Key Objectives

• Minimize plastic pollution through refuse, reduce, reuse, and recycle solutions
• Provide technical support and training to private sector and policy stakeholders
• Pilot a reusable packaging system in the Dominican Republic
• Strengthen a waste-to-product recycling hub in Saint Lucia
• Support policy dialogue and shared learning exchange

Ecosystem Focus

This project focuses on reducing marine and coastal plastic pollution by improving upstream waste prevention, reuse systems, and recycling outcomes.

Communities Involved

This project is implemented in the Dominican Republic and Saint Lucia through engagement with retailers, hospitality businesses, producers, local waste actors, and policymakers.

Implementing Organizations

Lead: Searious Business BV Searious Business is an international social enterprise working to prevent plastic pollution through circular economy design, reusable systems, and practical partnerships that deliver measurable reductions in plastic leakage.

Website

https://www.seariousbusiness.com/c4r

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