Ocean-Bound Collection of Mixed Plastics in Pattaya and Chon Buri, Thailand (PWRS) Beyond environmental impact

Beyond environmental impact

The project incentives collectors to remove the full spectrum of plastic waste

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

Some of these collectors deliver the plastic waste to shredding or grinding facilities

Ocean-Bound Collection of Mixed Plastics in Pattaya and Chon Buri, Thailand (PWRS) Beyond environmental impactThis project partner pays local collectors a fair wage to remove all types of plastic directly from beaches in Thailand. The collections are then sorted, weighed and transported to be disposed of in the best way possible. Thailands beautiful beaches are inundated with plastic. Much of it ends up in the ocean making Thailand among the top ten largest contributors to marine plastic. The project incentives collectors to remove the full spectrum of