Sampangan

Indonesia is suffocating under a mountain of waste. 70 million tons of waste is produced every year, of which 50-70% is leaked into rivers, seas, and burned openly. This creates direct hazards to people, animals, and nature, while also accelerating climate change through carbon dioxide and methane gas emissions. Additionally, landfills remain at overcapacity due to limited waste processing infrastructure. Currently, most of Indonesia’s landfills are almost full, as the waste has not been properly and efficiently processed over the years. Aside from leaking into the environment, tons of “useless” plastic waste end up in landfills, and there has not been any efficient solution to combat this non-biodegradable Pollution.

Sampangan created “The Magic Box”: an innovative waste processing machine with zero pollution that can process all kinds of waste without the need to be sorted, and convert them into new high value materials. It is also able to process 100% plastic waste. The Magic Box is a modular system that has the capacity to process up to 10 tons of waste per day. It requires low cost of operation in terms of manpower, maintenance, and electricity.