Driving Digital Innovation in Plastic Waste Management
At Plastic Collective, we believe that measurable, transparent action is the key to solving the plastic waste crisis. That’s why we’re proud to announce our partnership with KOLEKT, a cutting-edge waste management platform that will digitise and track the plastic collection and recycling transactions across our projects in Ghana and Indonesia.
This partnership ensures full traceability, compliance, and fair compensation for waste collectors, reinforcing our commitment to creating impact with integrity.
“KOLEKT is a perfect fit for our needs, ensuring full compliance and traceability for our plastic recovery projects. Through this collaboration, we also hope to enhance investor confidence in the plastic waste management asset class, which remains severely underfunded. KOLEKT has been built from the waste picker level up, facilitating both full volume traceability and fair waste picker compensation.”
— Steve Hardman, CEO, Plastic Collective
Why KOLEKT? A Smart Solution for Smarter Impact
Managing plastic recovery at scale requires precision, accountability, and data-driven insights. KOLEKT’s mobile platform and digital dashboard will allow us to:
✅ Track plastic collection and processing in real-time – Every kilogram of plastic recovered will be logged, ensuring full transparency.
✅ Onboard and support waste collectors – Formalising and digitising transactions to improve livelihoods for informal waste workers.
✅ Enhance compliance with global standards – Meeting the rigorous Verra Plastic Waste Reduction Standard and World Bank reporting requirements.
✅ Strengthen investor confidence – With fully verifiable data, impact-driven investors can see the real-time effectiveness of plastic waste recovery efforts.
Powering Plastic Collective’s Global Projects
With millions of tonnes of plastic waste leaking into nature each year, solutions like KOLEKT provide the digital infrastructure needed to scale collection and recycling efforts efficiently.
🌍 ASASE Foundation, Ghana- Empowering Women Waste Entrepreneurs
In Accra, Ghana, the ASASE Foundation is leading a transformative initiative that tackles plastic pollution while creating economic empowerment for local women waste collectors. The project operates in communities where plastic waste overwhelms the environment, setting up small-scale recycling plants that provide both employment and sustainable waste solutions.
By formalising and professionalising plastic collection, ASASE Foundation helps waste-picking communities build stable incomes, gain financial independence, and improve working conditions. The integration of KOLEKT’s traceability system ensures that all transactions are digitally recorded, fair, and transparent, allowing for accurate tracking of recovered materials and ensuring that waste pickers receive higher payments and reliable earnings.
This initiative isn’t just about removing plastic, it’s about creating a fairer, more inclusive circular economy where women entrepreneurs lead the way in building sustainable businesses.
🌊SEArcular by Greencore, Indonesia- Preventing Ocean Plastic Through Community-Led Action
Indonesia is the world’s second-largest contributor to ocean plastic pollution, with millions of tonnes of plastic waste leaking into nature each year. The SEArcular by Greencore project, based in Surabaya, Indonesia, is working on the frontlines to intercept plastic before it enters the ocean, empowering waste-picking communities through fair wages, training, and employment opportunities.
Through this initiative, waste collectors recover plastic directly from coastal areas, rivers, drainage systems, and high-risk pollution zones. Unlike traditional waste management models that often fail to process flexible and lower-value plastics, SEArcular prioritises the collection of hard-to-recycle materials, ensuring that these plastics are responsibly managed.
KOLEKT’s digital tracking system is now enhancing these efforts, providing real-time monitoring of plastic waste transactions, ensuring that collectors receive premium prices for collected plastic, and strengthening accountability across the supply chain.
By supporting SEArcular, Plastic Collective and its partners are not only preventing plastic pollution at the source but also contributing to long-term economic stability for local waste-picking communities.
The SEArcular by Greencore team collecting plastic on shore lines
The SEArcular by Greencore team sorting collected plastic waste before its transported to the recycling facility
Why Traceability & Verification Matter
The plastic waste recovery space is often underfunded due to concerns around impact verification. By integrating KOLEKT’s traceability system, we are ensuring:
🔹 Every plastic transaction is recorded and transparent.
🔹 Collectors are paid fairly and on time.
🔹 Plastic recovery is fully documented and traceable.
🔹 Investors can verify impact with confidence.
In an era where plastic recovery must be measurable, KOLEKT’s data-driven approach ensures that brands, investors, and regulators have a clear, audible view of plastic impact.
What This Means for Brands & Partners
As businesses and policymakers shift toward stricter sustainability regulations, companies working with Plastic Collective will soon have access to real-time impact data on their plastic recovery efforts.
✔ Brands investing in plastic impact through Plastic Collective will receive verified data-backed certification.
✔ Investors can confidently support recovery programs, knowing their funding is going to documented, transparent initiatives.
✔ Waste-picking communities gain stronger protections, fairer pay, and access to digital systems, elevating their status within the circular economy.
“KOLEKT’s platform has been built to operate in tough, street-level conditions across languages and mobile networks, all while meeting international compliance standards. Our collaboration with Plastic Collective ensures full traceability in plastic waste recovery.”
— Thierry Sanders, CEO, KOLEKT
Final Thoughts: A New Era for Plastic Impact Transparency
By integrating KOLEKT’s waste tracking system, Plastic Collective is setting a new standard in how plastic collection and recycling efforts are recorded, verified, and reported.
This technology-driven approach ensures that our projects, waste collectors, and impact partners all operate with maximum transparency, compliance, and fairness, helping create a more sustainable and accountable plastic economy.
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