Not Our Trash: Indonesia's Struggle with World’s Plastic Waste

Not Our Trash: Indonesia's Struggle with World’s Plastic Waste

Mounds of plastic waste are clearly visible in the middle of residential areas in Indonesia’s Gedangrowo Village, Sidoarjo Regency. One of the largest dumpsites for imported waste of East Java, approximately an 11-hour drive away from Jakarta. Some of the trash appears dried, with brand labels unfamiliar to Indonesians, an indication that the waste originated overseas.  (image) Foreign plastic packaging products are pictured at an import plastic…

Sirsak secures $600,000 Pre-Seed round to scale packaging waste recovery platform across Indonesia

Sirsak, an Indonesia-based business to business (B2B) packaging waste management startup, has raised $600,000 in pre-seed funding to expand its flagship Packaging Recovery Program (PRP) technology and accelerate packaging waste collection and recycling across Indonesia. The round was led by Openspace Ventures, with participation from The Radical Fund, Sirsak said in a statement on Tuesday. The funding will support Sirsak’s development of an enha…