REPORTING FRAMEWORK DRIVING SYSTEMIC CHANGE
WastePoints (WP): an easy to understand grading system that combines trustworthy data sourced via existing frameworks (e.g. COBSEA) and new innovations around social, environmental and impact elements together with incentives to directly increase the livelihoods of the waste pickers and makes systemic change a priority.
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OPEN PROTOCOL
Better collection, de-risked purchases, improved livelihoods, less future mismanagement. Key metric: Avg WP/party per region -
BOOSTERS
Build-in investments that give back to communities, driving systemic change. -
OPPORTUNITY: 8 million tonnes
Of mismanaged plastic in the coastal areas of Thailand, Vietnam, Philippines and Indonesia alone. Coastal population: 350M
This is an initiative by Circularise, made during the Odyssey Momentum hackathon 2020.