The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report China Plastic Waste Reduction Project (Shaanxi) (P176989) China Plastic Waste Reduction Project (Shaanxi) (P176989) EAST ASIA AND PACIFIC | China | IBRD/IDA | Investment Project Financing (IPF) | FY 2023 | Seq No: 3 | Archived on 05-Jun- 2024 | ISR00375 Implementing Agencies: Provincial Development and Reform Commission 1. OBJECTIVE 1.1 Development Objective Original Development Objective (Approved as part of Approval package on 22-Mar-2023) 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. Has the Development Objective been changed since Board Approval of the Project Objective? No 2. COMPONENTS Name Component 1: Institutional Strengthening and Capacity Building:(Cost 11,000,000.00) Component 2: Municipal Solid Waste Management Improvement and Agricultural Plastic Waste Management Pilot:(Cost 326,000,000.00) Component 3: Project Management, Monitoring and Evaluation:(Cost 3,000,000.00) 3. OVERALL RATINGS Name Previous Current Progress towards achievement of PDO Satisfactory Satisfactory Overall Implementation Progress (IP) Satisfactory Satisfactory Overall Risk Rating Substantial Substantial 4. KEY ISSUES & STATUS Jun 05, 2024 Page 1 of 8 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report China Plastic Waste Reduction Project (Shaanxi) (P176989) 4.1 Implementation Status and Key Decisions The project was approved by the World Bank's Board of Executive Directors on March 23, 2023, followed by the signing of loan and project agreements in July 2023. The project became effective on February 19, 2024. The Provincial PMO has since been working with provincial and local finance bureaus on the signing of various on-lending agreements between the Ministry of Finance (MoF) and the provincial government, as well as between the provincial government and each of the local governments of project counties and districts. Initial disbursement needs to be processed right after the signing of the on-lending agreements. The procurement of all Batch 1 activities, encompassing sub-projects in four counties/districts, is expected to be completed in the fourth quarter of 2024. The governments are preparing all the remaining activities under Batch 2 aiming to finalize preparation documents, including engineering designs and environmental and social assessment documents by the end of August 2024. The first bi-annual implementation report will be submitted to the World Bank by the end of September 2024. 5. SYSTEMATIC OPERATIONS RISK-RATING TOOL Rating at Approval Last Approved Rating Risk Category Approval Package - ISR Seq. 02 - 19 Dec Proposed Rating 23 Mar 2023 2023 Political and Governance Low Low Low Macroeconomic Low Low Low Sector Strategies and Policies Moderate Moderate Moderate Technical Design of Project or Program Moderate Moderate Moderate Institutional Capacity for Implementation and Moderate Moderate Moderate Sustainability Fiduciary Moderate Moderate Moderate Environment and Social High High High Stakeholders Moderate Moderate Moderate Overall Substantial Substantial Substantial Jun 05, 2024 Page 2 of 8 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report China Plastic Waste Reduction Project (Shaanxi) (P176989) 6. RESULTS 6.1 PDO Indicators by PDO Outcomes Reduce plastic pollution from MSW in selected under-served rural areas of Shaanxi province Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) Closing Period Indicator Name Value Month/Year Value Date Value Date Value Month/Year A. Reduced leakage of 0.00 Mar/2023 0.00 14-May-2024 0.00 14-May-2024 38,400.00 Dec/2029 plastics to the environment Comments on Calculated by multiplying the increased MSW that is collected and properly disposed by 12% from improved waste achieving targets plastic composition plus the increase of agricultural plastic film collected and delivered to management operations county MSW facilities. Baseline: 88,565t/year MSW reach proper treatment and dsposal; Zero (Metric tons/year) [0] t/y of agricultural plastic film reach proper treatment and disposal. B. Safe disposal ratio of 15.00 Mar/2023 15.00 14-May-2024 15.00 14-May-2024 76.00 Dec/2029 municipal solid waste Comments on MSW originating from rural areas treated and disposed in county/district treatment facilities (Percentage) achieving targets as percentage of total collected MSW C. GHG emissions reduction 0.00 Mar/2023 0.00 14-May-2024 0.00 14-May-2024 330,000.00 Dec/2029 from improved waste Comments on GHG emission abatement based on tonnage of MSW diverted from dumping, landfilling, management systems achieving targets organic waste processed and recyclables delivered to sorting enterprises for further including resource processing. recycling/recovery (Metric tons CO2e/year) (Metric tons/year) Improve provincial plastic waste management Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) Closing Period Indicator Name Value Month/Year Value Date Value Date Value Month/Year 0.00 Mar/2023 0.00 14-May-2024 0.00 14-May-2024 5.00 Dec/2029 Jun 05, 2024 Page 3 of 8 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report China Plastic Waste Reduction Project (Shaanxi) (P176989) D. Strengthened provincial Comments on 1=one intermediate indicator 1 to 5 achieved; 2= two intermediate indicators 1 to 5 achieved, regulations and institutional achieving targets etc. Achievement of 4 out of 5 intermediate indicators will demonstrate strengthened plastic measures for plastic waste waste management. management (Number) Draw lessons from plastic waste management at the national level Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) Closing Period Indicator Name Value Month/Year Value Date Value Date Value Month/Year E. Urban-rural integrated No Mar/2022 No 30-Nov-2023 Yes Dec/2029 model for municipal solid Comments on Report by Shaanxi for demonstration purposes that describes the urban-rural integrated waste service developed by achieving targets waste service model that include financing, institutional arrangements and governance, and Shaanxi and disseminated to performance evaluation - developed and disseminated to NDRC, MOHURD, MARA. national agencies (Yes/No) 6.2 Intermediate Results Indicators by Components Component 1: Institutional Strengthening and Capacity Building Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) Closing Period Indicator Name Value Month/Year Value Date Value Date Value Month/Year 1. Shaanxi provincial inter- No Mar/2023 No 14-May-2024 No 14-May-2024 Yes Dec/2029 departmental coordination Comments on Shaanxi province inter-departmental collaboration mechanism including the env. sanitation, mechanism governing urban- achieving targets rural and agricultural and finance and commerce bureaus. rural SWM integration established and operational (Yes/No) 2. Shaanxi province technical No Mar/2023 No 14-May-2024 No 14-May-2024 Yes Dec/2029 standards and guidelines for Comments on Per indicator name urban-rural waste achieving targets management as well as local Jun 05, 2024 Page 4 of 8 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report China Plastic Waste Reduction Project (Shaanxi) (P176989) policy and technical guidance for rural waste separation developed and adopted (Yes/No) 3. Integrated urban-rural No Mar/2023 No 30-Nov-2023 Yes Dec/2029 SWM information platforms Comments on Information platform that captures data related to MSW and plastics. established and operational achieving targets in project counties/districts (Yes/No) 4. KPIs and the related No Mar/2023 No 30-Nov-2023 Yes Dec/2029 monitoring processes related Comments on KPIs for performance related to MSW and agricultural plastic waste, cascaded to to rural waste collection and achieving targets administrative levels of i.e. village, town, and county/district. transportation developed and adopted (Yes/No) 5. Action plan adopted for No Mar/2023 No 14-May-2024 No 14-May-2024 Yes Dec/2029 effective transition to Comments on Provincial action plan that includes enforcement provisions to phase out plastic film thinner standard plastic film (thicker achieving targets than 0.01mm than 0.01mm) (Yes/No) 6. Consultations and 0.00 Mar/2023 0.00 14-May-2024 0.00 14-May-2024 6.00 Dec/2029 knowledge exchange events Comments on Annual round-table meetings and thematic seminars, facilitated by Shaanxi’s DRC, with central between Shaanxi and central achieving targets agencies on urban-rural integration agencies on urban-rural integration in MSWM (Number) Component 2: Municipal Solid Waste Management Improvement and Agricultural Plastic Waste Management Pilot Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) Closing Period Indicator Name Value Month/Year Value Date Value Date Value Month/Year 7. Coverage of integrated 10.00 Mar/2023 10.00 30-Nov-2023 72.00 Dec/2029 MSW service in rural areas Comments on Percentage of villages in the participating counties/districts covered by the project under the (Percentage) achieving targets urban-rural integration model. Jun 05, 2024 Page 5 of 8 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report China Plastic Waste Reduction Project (Shaanxi) (P176989) 8. Number of landfills (open 0.00 Mar/2023 0.00 14-May-2024 0.00 14-May-2024 6.00 Dec/2029 dumpsites) closed Comments on Partial or full closure of sanitary landfills and full closure of dumpsites (Number) achieving targets 9. Rehabilitated, expanded or 0.00 Mar/2023 0.00 14-May-2024 0.00 14-May-2024 70.00 Dec/2029 newly constructed transfer Comments on Newly constructed, upgraded or expanded transfer stations and sorting lines stations and sorting lines achieving targets (Number) 10. Increased farmland using 0.00 Mar/2023 0.00 30-Nov-2023 68.00 Dec/2029 agricultural plastic film with Comments on Increase in farmland area covered by thicker plastic film as a percentage of all farm area in the thickness of 0.01mm or achieving targets participating counties that uses plastic film (ticker than 0.01mm). Baseline: zero above (Percentage) 11. Increase in agricultural 0.00 Mar/2023 0.00 14-May-2024 0.00 14-May-2024 75.00 Dec/2029 plastic film waste collected Comments on The amount of agriculture plastic film collected and disposed in county/district treatment and safely disposed based on achieving targets facilities as a percentage of all agriculture plastic film used in the participating counties. the Performance-based Baseline: zero Incentive Financing mechanism (Percentage) Component 3: Project Management, Monitoring and Evaluation Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) Closing Period Indicator Name Value Month/Year Value Date Value Date Value Month/Year 12. Residents satisfaction 28.00 Mar/2023 28.00 14-May-2024 28.00 14-May-2024 83.00 Dec/2029 rate of MSWM service of Comments on Weighted average percentage of project counties/districts, captured by beneficiary surveys. which women (Percentage) achieving targets Baseline based on survey by Shaanxi province in August 2022. (Percentage) 13. Share of new jobs created 0.00 Mar/2023 0.00 14-May-2024 0.00 14-May-2024 45.00 Dec/2029 in the SWM sector in project Comments on Per indicator name counties/districts of which achieving targets women (Percentage) Jun 05, 2024 Page 6 of 8 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report China Plastic Waste Reduction Project (Shaanxi) (P176989) 7. DATA ON FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE 7.1 Cumulative Disbursements 7.2 Disbursements (by loan) Loan/Credit/TF Status Original Revised Cancelled Disbursed Undisbursed % Disbursed IBRD-94700 Effective 250.00 250.00 0.00 0.00 250.00 0% 7.3 Key Dates (by loan) Loan/Credit/TF Status Approval Signing Effectiveness Orig. Closing Rev. Closing IBRD-94700 Effective 23-Mar-2023 20-Jul-2023 19-Feb-2024 31-Dec-2029 31-Dec-2029 8. KEY DATES Jun 05, 2024 Page 7 of 8 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report China Plastic Waste Reduction Project (Shaanxi) (P176989) Key Events Planned Actual Approval 23-Mar-2023 23-Mar-2023 Effectiveness 19-Feb-2024 19-Feb-2024 Mid-Term Review No. 01 30-Jun-2026 Operation Closing/Cancellation 31-Dec-2029 9. RESTRUCTURING HISTORY 10. ASSOCIATED OPERATION(S) There are no associated operations Jun 05, 2024 Page 8 of 8