Team members
Benjoe Vidal
Founder & CEO
Jomiel Kyle Salvador
Head of Business Development
Vanessa Gabrielle Del Rosario
Del Rosario: PR & Community Impact Director
Plastic Pollution Challenge
Socio-cultural, political and economic factors as well as the available resources are the main issues that affect the solid waste management in Island Garden City of Samal. We have observed that improper bin collection practices have a great effect on the characteristics of the solid wastes.
Although they separate biodegradable and non-biodegradable, we noticed that people on Samal Island are unaware of the different categories of plastic and its value and therefore do not implement proper plastic segregation in every household. Plastic waste such as PET, LDPE, HDPE, PP, PS, and sachets are put together in one trash bin. Tourists prior to the pandemic are also one of the active contributors to plastic waste on the island. Based on our interview with the household sector, they will recycle if there is some incentive. Unfortunately, recycling facilities near the island that would supposedly pay for the waste to provide incentives to the community are not enough to accommodate the amount of plastic that leads to the proliferation of plastic waste in landfills. Local government units do not have access to track data about the amount of plastic waste generated in their area that would have supported their decision for waste management plans. Waste Analysis and Characterization Study reports take time to produce and are not 100% accurate.
We provide a holistic and end-to-end solution that orient, educate, and incentivize people to ensure plastic waste is properly sorted at the source, track and measure waste data and turn plastic waste into valuable products such as bins, crates, tables and chairs.
Solution
We provide a user-centered design kiosk and mobile application for the local and tourists where people can deposit their plastic waste in exchange for rewards. The mobile application and kiosks uses machine learning technology that educates people to ensure plastic waste is intelligently identified and properly sorted at the source.
We digitize and generate a traceable and trackable waste analysis and characterization report through a crowdsourcing tool for local government units and a system to monitor the real-time data and insights regarding the amount of plastic collected per area for better decision-making and efficient waste management plans.
The collected plastic materials will be shredded into flakes to make plastic bottles and sachets valuable before transporting them to our upcycling center. With our current systems, plastic waste will be segregated and given new life that supports a true circular economy.
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