Scale360° Philippines' goal is to aid the country's transition to a circular economy by implementing localized interventions that target high-impact sectors. It is a collaboration between the Global Shapers Cebu Hub and Circulo, a pioneer organization working on circular design in the Philippines.

Taking a multi-stakeholder approach, Cebu Hub identified the four material value chains most relevant to the Philippines, executing an intervention aligned to each:

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  Food Waste - Partner with a local food market to collect food waste from existing food tenants for vermicomposting, to be used for fertilizing an urban garden to supply the market’s merchants and provides consumers with produce.


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  Fashion - Map out local community experts and organizations fostering a circular fashion ecosystem, and initiating a social campaign around circular fashion initiatives.


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  E-Waste - Connecting consumers, retailers, local government units and environmental offices through a comprehensive directory of e-waste drop-off points and by installing drop-off bins for safe disposal in two of Cebu’s top malls.


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  Plastic - Educating communities on plastic waste via scale360.ph. Scale360° Philippines features plastic disposal locations and resources on segregation, disposal, and recycling, fostering the creation of a circular ecosystem for plastic.

Implementation of the different initiatives yielded the following results:

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  Food Waste - Partnering with Sugbo Mercado to collect food waste for vermicomposting. Composts are used to fertilize an urban garden in the area that supplies merchants and provides consumers with produce.
  
  
  
  • 190 kg of vermicompost was converted from food waste within one month
  
  
  • 3 kg of vegetables harvested every three months from the Urban Garden
  
  
  
  


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  Fashion - Helping local brands reassess their supply chain in the light of circular economy concerns by mapping out organizations in the circular value chain and helping customers identify who they can support in the space.


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  E-Waste - Connecting consumers, retailers, local government units and environmental offices through a comprehensive directory of e-waste drop-off points and by installing additional drop-off bins for safe disposal.
  
  
  
  • 100 kg of E-Waste collected and recycled from the E-Waste bins deployed in Ayala Center Cebu and Ayala Central Bloc
  
  
  • Over 1,700 people reached via Scale360°’s E-Waste Campaign Plastic Delivering workshops and a community-driven campaign on segregation, disposal and recycling, fostering the creation of a circular ecosystem for plastic.
  
  
  • Over 5,000 people supplied with resource videos and toolkit (estimate based on number of followers on the hub’s social media pages
  
  
  
  


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  Plastic - Delivering workshops and a community-driven campaign on segregation, disposal and recycling, fostering the creation of a circular ecosystem for plastic.
  
  
  
  • 110+ individuals and groups included in the scale360.ph Plastics directory and counting
  
  
  • Over 5,000 people supplied with resource videos and toolkit (estimate based on number of followers on the Hub’s social media pages)
  
  
  
  

True to its thrust of connecting innovators, governments, as well as public and private sector stakeholders, Scale360° achieved success with the support of a strong lineup of partners. Organized by Global Shapers Cebu Hub and Circulo, Scale360° Philippines was implemented in partnership with Bayo Philippines and co-presented by Cebu Landmasters Inc. and Cloudeats. Additionally, Scale360° received valuable contributions from community partners, including Ayala Center Cebu, Ayala Central Bloc, Sugbo Mercado, Agrihood, SDG Ads, Cebu City Agriculture, Cebu City Government, and 8box Solutions. These esteemed partners played a crucial role in successfully implementing the various pillars of the project.