Meeting Waste Bank

Waste Bank Manado = CELLS

We are very happy! We had 3 days meetings with the motivated people behind the Waste Bank in Manado, CELLS. They showed us how they work and their dreams of keeping the environment clean by simultaneously creating a circular economy with positive social impact.

Today, 17 different WasteBank points in North Sulawesi-Indonesia are collecting paper, metal and most important for us, PLASTIC!

How does it work?
1. The material is personally delivered by local people to the Waste Bank point.
2. The material is classified (38 subclasses), weighted and then recorded in an Smartphone App by assigning it to the user. Here, the person receives automatically the correspondent amount of money to his account, which can be claimed back in cash. (Yes, they can earn money!!!)
3. When the amount of material is enough to at least fill one 40feet container, it gets shipped to Jakarta for recycling. Then the recycling company pays the material back to the Waste Bank.

Future work together? Yes! We are already working together to see how our strengths and potentials can soon deliver good things. We have already many ideas where we can do things to protect our ocean together!

Thank you Marlon and team for the great spirit! We are looking forward to our next actions! We are positive of the outcome, as our ideas, vision and passion for nature are synchronized. 🙂Читать далее