China Plastic Waste Reduction Project (Shaanxi)

The development objective of the Plastic Waste Reduction Project (Shaanxi) for China is to reduce plastic pollution from municipal solid waste in selected under-served rural areas of Shaanxi Province, improve provincial plastic waste management, and draw lessons on plastic waste management relevant at the national level. The project comprises of three components. The first component, institutional strengthening and capacity building consists of following sub-components: (i) development of integrated urban-rural waste service model; (ii) central and sub-national knowledge sharing on plastic waste management; and (iii) provincial and local institutional strengthening and capacity building. The second component, municipal solid waste management improvement and agricultural plastic waste management pilot consists of following sub-components: (i) integrated urban-rural waste management; and (ii) agricultural plastic film waste management pilot. The third component, project management, monitoring and evaluation will support the operation of project management and implementing agencies in Shaanxi province to ensure smooth project implementation and compliance with World Bank and domestic policies and procedures.