Waste: Melaka chosen as learning city for circular economy

Melaka was chosen to be part of a global city-to-city capacity building programme for circular economy projects last year, thanks to its commitment to sustainability. It was one of nine participating learning cities in Asia-Pacific and Latin America.

The programme, Urban Ocean, was organised by The Circulate Initiative (TCI) — a non-profit organisation focused on solving ocean plastic pollution — alongside non-profit Ocean Conservancy and the Resilient Cities Network.

Urban Ocean is a capacity building and project accelerator programme designed with cities for cities, and primarily uses peer-to-peer learning to raise awareness about ocean plastic pollution and improve waste management systems. Badly managed waste in cities, after all, end up in oceans as it flows through rivers.

The article also appeared in The Edge Malaysia’s weekly print edition.