Ranong Recycles’ News

The Jan & Oscar Foundation has been supporting education in Thailand since 2005 with scholarships and school renovations. The Foundation created Ranong Recycle for Environment in 2019 supporting the Social Enterprise. Goals include supporting disadvantaged communities and individuals, including the Moken, in the development of waste management projects, as well as educating children about plastic pollution and environmental issues.

Tide Ocean Material is the partner that manages the recycling of plastic waste, ensuring rigorous fairness and traceability all the way from the first mile collector to the 100% recycled plastic pellet and filament.

On top of that, they financially support the development of community projects and provide awareness workshops regarding plastic pollution in schools in southern Thailand.
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As the official representation of Switzerland, the embassy covers all matters concerning diplomatic relations between the two countries. They sponsored one of our community projects to create a waste management system for the people living on Koh Chang.

SIDA is Sweden’s government agency for development cooperation. In cooperation with organisations, government agencies and the private sector, they invest in sustainable development for all people.

SIDA is the sponsor of the MARPLASTICCs program developed by IUCN, for which RRE has received a Circular Economy grant.

The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) is a membership Union uniquely composed of both government and civil society organisations. IUCN is the global authority on the status of the natural world and the measures needed to safeguard it. The Union supported the launch of RRE in 2020 with a Circular Economy grant from its MARPLASTICCs program.

The NGO based in the United Kingdom is active in Thailand and fighting against plastic pollution of discarded fishing gear through its “Net Free Seas” program.

RRE and the Jan and Oscar Foundation joined Net Free Seas in 2021 by actively collecting discarded ropes and nets from fishermen and communities living on the islands and coastal areas.

The Spanish clothing brand, through its project Upcycling the Oceans, has been transforming plastic waste collected at sea into clothing and fashion accessories since 2009.

EcoAlf supports our fight against plastic pollution in Thailand by donating a percentage of its sales to the Jan and Oscar Foundation.

From the beginning of our project, the Wongpanit Krabi team gave us the benefit of their support and expertise.

We are now collaborating to develop the collection of certified Ocean Bound plastics in the south of Thailand.

The Department of Marine and Coastal Resources is in charge of repatriating plastic discarded off the shore. We collaborate on a regular basis for beach clean-ups organised on islands.

The Swiss watch brand provided financial support for the project as part of Tide Ocean Material’s “Road to 1 Billion Bottles” impact program. This enabled the construction of the storage warehouse, the financing of equipment and the workforce needed to process and transport all this plastic.

The 3M Foundation supports programs designed to improve the quality of life of disadvantaged families, to provide access to projects for under-represented young people, and to promote varied artistic opportunities.

The Foundation financed the Circular Economy grant we received in 2022. It enabled us to empower Andaman communities through the collection of ocean plastics for recycling, and in particular through the construction of infrastructure.

In partnership with the WWF Thailand, RRE team is developing the program Plastic Smart Cities in Suratthani and Koh Samui. This project supports the collection of both high and low value plastic on islands and along the coastline of the gulf of Thailand. In this order, we collaborate with over 20 communities and 4 recycling centers to increase the collection, sorting and processing of plastic waste.

Discover more about this impactful project @ www.plasticsmartcities.org 🌍💧