The CIRCLE Alliance: Catalyzing Inclusive, Resilient, and Circular Local Economies" (CIRCLE Alliance)

The CIRCLE Alliance is USAID's flagship private sector partnership under the Agencys Save Our Seas Initiative.

CIRCLE will create and accelerate local circular economies for plastics that improve livelihoods and reduce or divert a significant portion of recyclable waste currently entering the environment through three workstreams: reduce, reuse, recycle (3Rs) enterprise development, including piloting refill and reuse models; mandatory extended producer responsibility (EPR) policy development and implementation; and advancing gender equality and womens economic empowerment.