By creating products from plastic waste with value and by making local communities in Peru aware of the value of the products we want to stimulate local entrepreneurship. The recicladors assemble and sell plastic waste. These people on the edge of the society are essential in order to combat the plastic waste problem.
First we want to start the project in Manchay where the local weavers of the Ruwasunchis community already are known with the techniques. The weavers are able to weave beautiful products of plastic waste PET bottles. In Manchay we want to let the people see the further potential of the material and create products that are useful for the community and also create valuable prototypes to be sold in Peru and the Netherlands. Eventually, on the long term, we want to achieve that other communities will follow and start to work with plastic waste as we do, in order to clean the country bit by bit.