Ocean-Bound Community Collection and Recycling of Mixed Plastics in Ambon, Indonesia (PPRS) and builds long-term climate resilience

and builds long-term climate resilience

dignity and safe working conditions

while generating more income and better livelihoods for the waste pickers in the informal sector

and has appointed partners to collect and purchase plastic waste at 12 other collection sites that serve coastal communities

Plastic pollution in the Nile is a significant environmental and health issue

Ocean-Bound Community Collection and Recycling of Mixed Plastics in Ambon, Indonesia (PPRS) and builds long-term climate resilienceThis project partner works in Ambon, a remote island in Indonesia that doesnt yet have proper waste management. The risk of plastic waste leaking from open, unmanaged landfills into the ocean is high. All of the waste generated from materials that are imported to the island stays on the Island, and these communities urgently need a way to manage plastic waste locally. This project operates five collection points where residents can segregate and