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Someone’s waste is another person’s gold (or fuel in this case!) Indonesia is the second-largest contributor to ocean plastic pollution globally (just behind China), with an estimated 3.2 million tons of plastic waste mismanaged every year. Founded by Dimas Bagus Wijanarko in 2016, Get Plastic Indonesia is an innovative NGO that transforms plastic waste into fuel/solar fuel. He saw that educating people to start managing their waste was the key, so he assembled a small machine that only costed him ~$120 worth of materials to convert the plastic waste. The process uses pyrolysis, a method to chemically decompose plastic with heat without oxygen. The result is an astounding 1kg of plastic = 1 litre of fuel! In 2018, Dimas did a 1200 km road trip from Jakarta to Bali on his Vespa purely using the fuel converted from plastic waste. He walked the talk, showed that the tech worked, and even won a MURI national award! Since then, Get Plastic Foundation has expanded to all over Indonesia, removing tonnes of plastic waste and turned it into fuel, bettering landfills and making more economic benefit for impacted communities! While we are moving towards an EV future, these efforts are part of the transition to cleaner energy, with solving plastic waste to boot? Talk about an amazing two birds one stone solution! (Photos from Bandung Kiwari and Dimas himself!) #GOODKarmaClub #PlasticPollution #Pyrolysis #Sustainability #SoutheastAsia #Indonesia ~ 46/100 Impact Story In Asia. 👋 I write a newsletter on EVERYTHING IMPACT In SEA, deliver to your inbox on every Mon, 5pm SGT! Subscribe Before You Miss It 👉 https://lnkd.in/gNAiQB32 🔔 Follow me for more Impact Stories & Opportunities in SEA! Mon 👉 Newsletter to keep you up-to-date with impact news in SEA (6 / 100) Wed 👉 Impact Stories of the week (46 / 100) Fri 👉 Impact Opportunities of the week (45 / 100)