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PepsiCo, TerraCycle Tackle Plastic Waste in Thailand

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PepsiCo provides $450,000 in seed money to the TerraCycle Global Foundation, which is committed to reducing the volume of marine debris and plastic waste found in the world’s waterways.
While ocean plastics pollution is a global issue—some of the highest concentrations of plastic litter particles have been found as far as remote parts of the Arctic—90% of this pollution originates from only 10 rivers, eight in Asia and two in Africa. The main offenders are China, Indonesia, the Philippines, Vietnam, and Thailand and are the result of poor or mismanaged waste systems in those countries. In 2018, TerraCycle founded the TerraCycle Global Foundation (TGF) with $450,000 in seed money from The PepsiCo Foundation. TGF is a 501(c)3 public charity dedicated to dramatically reducing the volume of marine debris and plastic waste found in the world’s waterways. The foundation’s inaugural platform is focused on Thailand (the Thai Foundation, or TGFT).
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According to Burgess Davis, Vice President, Global Sustainable Plastics at PepsiCo, the company chose to support TGF because it aligned with PepsiCo’s focus on creating a circular economy for plastics. “We look for recognized partners like TerraCycle that have deep expertise and a demonstrated track record of success as well as hyperlocal, respected waste management organizations as part of our global portfolio of partners to reduce plastic waste and build a world where plastic need never become waste,” she explains. “Our Foundation’s partnerships are focused on outcomes—including tons of waste recovered and CO2 avoided—and we prioritize investing and funding projects with partners that are innovative, scalable, and can create lasting systemic change. “Our goals through this partnership are to recover tons of plastic waste from our waters, increase public awareness and engagement to reduce plastic pollution, catalyze funding from others to scale impact, and ultimately to use recycled waste to create materials like primary packaging and road or constructions materials.”
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In 2019, TGFT partnered with the Blue Carbon Society, a local Thai environmental group, to support the Thai government in installing marine debris capture devices, the River Trap, in the tributaries of the Tha Chin River, located in Samut Sakhon. Says Davis, “In Bangkok, in close collaboration with the Bangkok Municipal Administration, TerraCycle Global Foundation has installed three river plastic capture devices in the Lat Prao Canal that are intercepting five metric tons of plastic waste per week, and they anticipate installing additional devices in the surrounding waterways to further prevent the large volumes of plastics from reaching the wider rivers and oceans.” Other projects of TGFT include working with local waste pickers to improve collection rates by providing fair wages, tools, supplies, financial literacy, education, care for children, and health and safety training; engaging local district governments and organizations to ensure the long-term stability and maintenance of the collection programs; and engaging a network of partners to identify innovative recycling solutions and end markets to sell the collected materials.
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“We believe the TerraCycle Global Foundation will lead international public awareness about the need to address river and ocean plastics, and by finding recycling solutions for the collected materials, it offers a holistic approach to reducing plastic waste to create meaningful, long-lasting change that can be replicated across the world,” says Davis. The foundation’s plans for the future include expanding to local communities in Central and Southeast Asia, including India.
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Coca-Cola, TerraCycle and BMA join hands in cleaning up Lat Phrao Canal and promote behavioral change

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Operated through the partnership of TerraCycle Thai Foundation and the Department of Drainage and Sewerage (DDS), Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA), the Thai project has installed two ‘River Plastic Traps’ to capture waste from the stream. The collected waste is then dried and sorted for proper disposal and recycling with data being recorded for future use in raising awareness among community members and promote behavioral change as a sustainable solution. Nuntivat Thamhatai, Public Affairs, Communications and Sustainability Director of Coca-Cola (Thailand) Limited, said: “Driving partnerships that promote debris-free environment is one of our ‘World Without Waste’ commitments. Coca-Cola believes the biggest differences can be made when business, government and civil society with shared value join hands and work towards the same goal which is precisely the case with this project. While this is still relatively small-scaled, we certainly hope that it serves as the beginning of many great works to come, so that, one day, there will not be the need to install any River Plastic Trap in any canal or river.”
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Coca-Cola, TerraCycle and BMA join hands in cleaning up Lat Phrao Canal and promote behavioral change

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Operated through the partnership of TerraCycle Thai Foundation and the Department of Drainage and Sewerage (DDS), Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA), the Thai project has installed two ‘River Plastic Traps’ to capture waste from the stream. The collected waste is then dried and sorted for proper disposal and recycling with data being recorded for future use in raising awareness among community members and promote behavioral change as a sustainable solution. Nuntivat Thamhatai, Public Affairs, Communications and Sustainability Director of Coca-Cola (Thailand) Limited, said: “Driving partnerships that promote debris-free environment is one of our ‘World Without Waste’ commitments. Coca-Cola believes the biggest differences can be made when business, government and civil society with shared value join hands and work towards the same goal which is precisely the case with this project. While this is still relatively small-scaled, we certainly hope that it serves as the beginning of many great works to come, so that, one day, there will not be the need to install any River Plastic Trap in any canal or river.”
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Coca-Cola, TerraCycle and BMA join hands in cleaning up Lat Phrao Canal and promote behavioral change

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The Coca-Cola Foundation led by Nuntivat Thamhatai, (center) Public Affairs, Communications and Sustainability Director of Coca-Cola (Thailand) Limited, joined hands with TerraCycle Thai Foundation by James Scott, (right) Executive Director and the Department of Drainage and Sewerage (DDS), Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) by Tum Piyo, (left) Lead of Canal Garbage and Waste Disposal Lat Phrao 56 Section, Retention Pond Maintenance Sub-Division 1, in cleaning up Lat Phrao Canal and promote behavioral change
The Lat Phrao Canal in Bangkok, Thailand - along with the other eight sites from around the world - have been chosen for support under the Benioff Ocean Initiative at the University of California Santa Barbara’s Marine Science Institute with a total shared funding of $11 million over the next three years from The Coca-Cola Foundation. Operated through the partnership of TerraCycle Thai Foundation and the Department of Drainage and Sewerage (DDS), Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA), the Thai project has installed two 'River Plastic Traps’ to capture waste from the stream. The collected waste is then dried and sorted for proper disposal and recycling with data being recorded for future use in raising awareness among community members and promote behavioral change as a sustainable solution.
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Coca-Cola, TerraCycle and BMA join hands in cleaning up Lat Phrao Canal and promote behavioural change

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The Lat Phrao Canal in Bangkok, Thailand – along with the other eight sites from around the world – have been chosen for support under the Benioff Ocean Initiative at the University of California Santa Barbara’s Marine Science Institute with a total shared funding of $11 million over the next three years from The Coca-Cola Foundation. Operated through the partnership of TerraCycle Thai Foundation and the Department of Drainage and Sewerage (DDS), Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA), the Thai project has installed two ‘River Plastic Traps’ to capture waste from the stream. The collected waste is then dried and sorted for proper disposal and recycling with data being recorded for future use in raising awareness among community members and promote behavioural change as a sustainable solution.
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Coca-Cola with Partner cleaning up Lat Phrao Canal

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Operated through the partnership of TerraCycle Thai Foundation and the Department of Drainage and Sewerage (DDS), Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA), the Thai project has installed two ‘River Plastic Traps’ to capture waste from the stream. The collected waste is then dried and sorted for proper disposal and recycling with data being recorded for future use in raising awareness among community members and promote behavioral change as a sustainable solution.   Nuntivat Thamhatai, Public Affairs, Communications and Sustainability Director of Coca-Cola (Thailand) Limited, said: “Driving partnerships that promote debris-free environment is one of our ‘World Without Waste’ commitments. Coca-Cola believes the biggest differences can be made when business, government and civil society with shared value join hands and work towards the same goal which is precisely the case with this project. While this is still relatively small-scaled, we certainly hope that it serves as the beginning of many great works to come, so that, one day, there will not be the need to install any River Plastic Trap in any canal or river.”
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EU Beach Cleanup day on 18 September 2020

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The annual coastal cleanup by the EU in Thailand announced the date for this year campaign to be 18 September 2020. For 2020’s location has moved from coastal clean up to be Bangkok canal clean up. Thai entrepreneurs with environmental motive will participate and inviting their fans to join this positive movement. The statement said: Save the date! The EU annual coastal cleanup campaign is back, and it will be bigger than ever! This year, we’re teaming up with Mahidol University International College – MUIC, TerraCycle Thai Foundation, กรุงเทพมหานคร โดยสำนักงานประชาสัมพันธ์, SOS EARTH, Little Big Green and เถื่อนChannel to triple our efforts to keep marine litter from our ocean. We also decided to begin the cleanup BEFORE the trashes make their way down the coastline.
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TerraCycle Thai Foundation and Blue Carbon Society Partner to Clean up Lat Phrao Canal with 3-Year Plastic Collection and Recycling Project

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TerraCycle Global Foundation, TerraCycle Thai Foundation, and Blue Carbon Society are joining forces to boost plastic collection and recycling in Lat Phrao by operating two river plastic capture traps on the canal for three years. Additional plans include working with the canal community and Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) to develop sustainable waste management systems. TerraCycle Global Foundation, TerraCycle Thai Foundation and Blue Carbon Society have signed a three-year memorandum of understanding (MoU) to collect and recycle plastic waste removed from the Lat Phrao Canal and to inspire action on other canals to reduce marine plastic pollution. Through the new partnership, TerraCycle Thai Foundation will operate two river plastic capture traps. These floating devices are designed to increase the amount of debris and marine plastics collected from Thai waterways. Using the traps, the waste will be intercepted and removed before it reaches and pollutes the ocean. The partnership will also establish education programs, improve data collection, and contribute to developing sustainable waste management systems in the region.
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Combating Ocean Pollution through Cooperation and Collaboration — The TerraCycle Blog

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It’s estimated a full garbage truck worth of plastic enters the ocean every minute of every day. If nothing changes, we’re projected to see that jump to two garbage trucks per minute by 2030 and four per minute by 2050. While fishing gear and nets are a large contributor, 80% of this pollution flows in from land-based sources and by way of smaller waterways, such as rivers.   In a world where recycling and waste collection is on the decline even for “highly recyclable” materials, this trend is highly especially prevalent in regions where a lack of economic and structural resources make it difficult for local systems to keep up with waste collection. Not only does this degrade the area for surrounding communities, but contributes to a global problem.
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TERRACYCLE GLOBAL FOUNDATION TACKLES PLASTIC POLLUTION CRISIS IN WORLD’S WATERWAYS

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With an estimated 8 million tons of plastic disposed of in oceans every year, plastic waste in the world’s waterways has become a truly global problem. According to the Ocean Conservancy, over half of the plastic that ends up in our oceans come from five countries – China, Indonesia, the Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam – a result of rapidly growing economies and consumer demand, which have not yet been met with sustainable waste-management systems. In recognition of this growing epidemic, international recycling leader TerraCycle created The TerraCycle Global Foundation. With generous financial support from The PepsiCo Foundation, the company’s philanthropic arm, the TerraCycle Global Foundation is a dedicated public charity on a mission to dramatically reduce the volume of marine debris and plastic waste found in the world’s waterways. Set up by Dr. Jwanwat and Mrs. Thippaporn Ahriyavraromp in 2018, Blue Carbon Society inspires action to conserve and restore coastal and marine environments vital to combating climate change. TerraCycle Global Foundation is building an international network of charities to work with communities in countries that create the most ocean plastic waste. TerraCycle Thai Foundation will operate 2 floating plastic traps at Lat Phrao Canal. The partnership will also establish education programs, improve data collection, and help develop sustainable waste management systems.
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