Materials News These packaging types have little or no value in the recycling market, and collecting those takes time. As a result, informal/private collection sectors and recyclers continue to focus on the highest-value materials, such as post-consumer PET bottles and rigid HDPE containers. Some businesses have stepped in to offer solutions for delivering products to consumers without the use of these packaging. Koinpack, a deposit and reward-based returnable and reusable packaging system provider from Zero Waste Living Lab (ZWLL), is a programme of Jakarta-based Enviu. The company claims to have replaced more than 50,600 sachets with its packaging so far. Original products supplied directly by the producer or distributor of products ranging from home-care to personal-care products are contained in the Koinpack packaging. The easy-to-clean, sterilise, and refill packaging allows for a 24-month shelf life and can be stored at 40°C. Koinpack's current bottle packaging can be reused up to 20 times before being recycled and made into a brand new bottle. The empty packaging can be returned to a partner outlet or picked up for a cash rebate. Siklus delivers personal care and home cleaning products in reusable packaging to customers' homes in mobile refill units
Koinpack, an Indonesian deposit and reward-based returnable and reusable packaging system provider, has replaced over 50,600 sachets with its packaging
Koinpack bottles must be durable enough to keep the product safe from contamination and spills while also being able to withstand repeated washings. For this reason, and to drive the transition from single-use sachets to reusables, Koinpack partnered with Austrian plastics manufacturer Alpla Group, which has provided Koinpack with 100 ml reusable PET bottles and PP fliptop caps. Siklus (Cycle) is another fast-growing company, collaborating with popular fast moving consumer goods (FCMG) brands such as P&G, Nestlé, Wings, Total Chemindo, Reickitt, Godrej, and Mars Petcare, and providing a similar refillable service to address the rising amount of used sachets in the environment.
Siklus, which was launched in 2019, uses apps and some social media platforms to reach customers and allow them to order products. It brings sachetfree personal care and home cleaning products to customers' homes in mobile refill units, where they can refill the products as much as they want using their own containers. Prices are said to be 5% to 40% lower than those in supermarkets and roadside stalls. Siklus is launching a pilot project in Labuan Bajo this year, tying up with the Indonesian Waste Platform (IWP) in its bid to reduce plastic waste in Indonesia's Rural & Remote Communities (RRC). IWP has pledged to assist Siklus in expanding its refill business to other rural areas in Maluku, Sumatera, NTT, Bali, Java, and Sulawesi. Waste collectors in Asia’s polluted rivers According to a 2018 study from the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Asia has eight of the top ten most polluted rivers, which carry between 88-99% of the plastic that ends up in the ocean. RiverRecycle, a Finnish start-up, aims to keep waste out of the oceans while also promoting the circular economy in communities. RiverRecycle, which was founded in 2019, is active in nine countries, with ongoing projects in the Philippines, Vietnam, Bangladesh, India, and Indonesia. RiverRecycle intends to install 500 river cleaning systems over the next five years, which are expected to collect approximately 3 million tonnes/year of plastic waste from rivers. APRIL 2022
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