Community-based Collection and Upcycling of Non-Recyclable Ocean-Bound Plastics in Sihanoukville, Cambodia (OBP) Increase Recycled Feedstock About 70% of Indonesia’s plastic

About 70% of Indonesia’s plastic waste is mismanaged due to lack of waste management infrastructure

by working closely with aggregators who source post-consumer plastic waste from waste pickers operating in the informal sector

they represent one of the few formal touch points connecting informal waste workers to a dignified

and ensuring stable purchase prices for plastic waste

Community-based Collection and Upcycling of Non-Recyclable Ocean-Bound Plastics in Sihanoukville, Cambodia (OBP) Increase Recycled Feedstock About 70% of Indonesia’s plasticThis project works with polluted coastal communities in Sihanoukville, a fast growing city on the southern coast of Cambodia, to stop plastic leakage into the environment and ocean by collecting and upcycling hard to recycle plastic. In many communities across Cambodia, which lacks a formal waste management system, mismanaged plastic waste has reached an emergency state due to a sharp rise in consumption. Refuse leaks into households, litters