Read the full impact report here.
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The waste market is dominated by low-value, post consumer plastics that are commercially non recyclable and therefore often left behind. TONTOTON specializes in creating a market for all types of mismanaged plastic where there is none. We are incentivizing the removal of valueless, non-recyclable plastic waste, including them in circularity.
By contributing to this project, you directly support on the ground projects collecting ocean-bound plastic and creating next life solutions. Additionally, you drive social justice providing stable income, environmental education, and gender empowerment.
TONTOTON created, in highly polluted coastal areas, a community-based solution for the management and treatment of non-recyclable plastics. All rescued orphan plastic is either upcycled, recycled or utilised as an alternative energy source for a fully circular solution. TONTOTON's collectors remove all mismanaged plastic from the environment, leaving nothing behind. Waste is brought the Material Recovery Facility for segregation into different sorting lines where HDPE, LDPE, PP and PE in good condition are reformed into new products through heat-processing techniques, PET is directed to a bottle-to-bottle factory, and degraded plastic is sent for co-processing.
TONTOTON works under the strict standard of the Ocean-Bound Plastic Certification Scheme. It defines what OBP is, where it can be collected from and provides ethical and social guidelines. Moreover, a 3rd party control body will verify the amount of the collected OBP.
Less than 10% of plastics are actually recycled worldwide. Next to every recyclable PET bottle, there is a valueless wrapper, cup, or styrofoam box abandoned. By only collecting recyclable waste, we leave a massive amount of plastic behind.
In Vietnam, 2.500 tons of plastic is discharged everyday. In Cambodia, 50% of solid waste is mismanaged. Open burning and dumping in public spaces, including waterways and the oceans, are the primary methods of disposal here. Without a proper waste management system, litter is burned openly or discarded directly into the ocean.
The collected waste exists out of:
TONTOTON's Material Recovery Facility provides a central location for the collection of all types of plastic materials, creating a novel market for low-value post-consumer plastic.
Collection: We rescue orphan plastic from coastal areas in Vietnam and Cambodia
Storage: The Material Recovery Facility provides a central location for the delivery of all types of plastic material collected from the environment
Preparation: We inspect, measure, weigh our plastic, and pay a stable trade price to collectors
Separation: We segregate all plastics into different sorting lines, with materials of the same colour and polymer type combined together
Processing: We recycle, upcycle, and co-process plastics, ensuring all materials have next life solutions for a fully circular economy
Certification: We submit our processing activities to Control Union to obtain our Neutralization Certificate
TONTOTON activities are audited by a 3rd Party Control Body (Control Union) as part of the Zero Plastic Oceans - Ocean-Bound Plastic Neutrality Protocol.
For each ton of collected plastics, a plastic credit is published in the public registry by the certificate creator, Zero Plastic Oceans, to prevent double-counting or selling of credits. Sumting retires these credits on your behalf.
TONTOTON is a plastic credits program that offers a sustainable and environmentally friendly solution to reduce plastic pollution in land and water. In February 2022, TONTOTON launched the ‘Plastic-free coastlines’ movement that connects coastal communities, the general public, NGOs, international organizations, government agencies, and companies to one goal of an environment free from plastic pollution. The movement combines community daily cleanup in polluted coastal areas with an awareness campaign in schools for children, parents, and teachers.It’s our responsibility to act now.
The waste market is dominated by low-value, post consumer plastics that are commercially non recyclable and therefore often left behind. TONTOTON specializes in creating a market for all types of mismanaged plastic where there is none. We are incentivizing the removal of valueless, non-recyclable plastic waste, including them in circularity.
By contributing to this project, you directly support on the ground projects collecting ocean-bound plastic and creating next life solutions. Additionally, you drive social justice providing stable income, environmental education, and gender empowerment.
Read the full impact report here.
Detailed map and GPS location
Imagery of your item
Video about the completed project
Third party certification
TONTOTON created, in highly polluted coastal areas, a community-based solution for the management and treatment of non-recyclable plastics. All rescued orphan plastic is either upcycled, recycled or utilised as an alternative energy source for a fully circular solution. TONTOTON's collectors remove all mismanaged plastic from the environment, leaving nothing behind. Waste is brought the Material Recovery Facility for segregation into different sorting lines where HDPE, LDPE, PP and PE in good condition are reformed into new products through heat-processing techniques, PET is directed to a bottle-to-bottle factory, and degraded plastic is sent for co-processing.
TONTOTON works under the strict standard of the Ocean-Bound Plastic Certification Scheme. It defines what OBP is, where it can be collected from and provides ethical and social guidelines. Moreover, a 3rd party control body will verify the amount of the collected OBP.
Less than 10% of plastics are actually recycled worldwide. Next to every recyclable PET bottle, there is a valueless wrapper, cup, or styrofoam box abandoned. By only collecting recyclable waste, we leave a massive amount of plastic behind.
In Vietnam, 2.500 tons of plastic is discharged everyday. In Cambodia, 50% of solid waste is mismanaged. Open burning and dumping in public spaces, including waterways and the oceans, are the primary methods of disposal here. Without a proper waste management system, litter is burned openly or discarded directly into the ocean.
The collected waste exists out of:
TONTOTON's Material Recovery Facility provides a central location for the collection of all types of plastic materials, creating a novel market for low-value post-consumer plastic.
Collection: We rescue orphan plastic from coastal areas in Vietnam and Cambodia
Storage: The Material Recovery Facility provides a central location for the delivery of all types of plastic material collected from the environment
Preparation: We inspect, measure, weigh our plastic, and pay a stable trade price to collectors
Separation: We segregate all plastics into different sorting lines, with materials of the same colour and polymer type combined together
Processing: We recycle, upcycle, and co-process plastics, ensuring all materials have next life solutions for a fully circular economy
Certification: We submit our processing activities to Control Union to obtain our Neutralization Certificate
TONTOTON activities are audited by a 3rd Party Control Body (Control Union) as part of the Zero Plastic Oceans - Ocean-Bound Plastic Neutrality Protocol.
For each ton of collected plastics, a plastic credit is published in the public registry by the certificate creator, Zero Plastic Oceans, to prevent double-counting or selling of credits. Sumting retires these credits on your behalf.
TONTOTON is a plastic credits program that offers a sustainable and environmentally friendly solution to reduce plastic pollution in land and water. In February 2022, TONTOTON launched the ‘Plastic-free coastlines’ movement that connects coastal communities, the general public, NGOs, international organizations, government agencies, and companies to one goal of an environment free from plastic pollution. The movement combines community daily cleanup in polluted coastal areas with an awareness campaign in schools for children, parents, and teachers.It’s our responsibility to act now.
