Launched by R20 – Regions of Climate Action and EGIS in 2017, the Waste Project Facilitator (WPF) was an innovative financial mechanism to facilitate the feasibility studies of the most promising waste projects. It opened up the pipeline of investment-ready waste projects by bringing the expertize for the feasibility studies needed by investors and developers.

Additionnally, R20 became the Catalytic Finance Foundation in June 2023.

The project closed in 2023