According to the World Bank, Indonesia produces 4.8 million tons of plastic waste each year that is “mismanaged” meaning it ends up uncollected, chucked into dumpsites or leaked from improperly managed landfills. Octopus wants to reduce that number with a platform that makes it easier to collect back waste products from consumers and recycle it into […]
To help rescue the Island from encroaching piles of plastic trash, to celebrate
National Waste Awareness Day
Circular Economy Explained
Moving beyond the
take-make-waste extractive industrial model, the circular economy seeks to redefine growth by creating benefits for society as a whole. Proponents of the circular economy movement try to eliminate or reduce the use of finite resources and create benefits from the waste that is a by-product of manufacturing processes. Using renewable energy sources,
the circular economic model creates value, preserves the natural environment, and builds social capital.
Together with
National Geographic Indonesia, Danone-AQUA, the Malu Dong Community, Systemiq, and