Sumatra is one of the "Sunda" Islands of western Indonesia. It is a beautiful place and even though it lost almost 50% of its tropical rainforest in the last 35 years. It still has a wide range of plant and animal species. What it also has is trash. And lots of it. This trash contaminates the water, creates diseases, and hurts the plants and the population. It is destructive and useless. But what if you could change it? But what if you could collect this trash and exchange it for a warm meal? And if you do, What would you do with so much trash? Would it be possible to reuse it in an original and sustainable way? This week, I met Nadine, one of the creators of the NGO “Project Wings”. A Berlin Koblenz based project that aims to make the issue of recycling and environmental protection socially acceptable. With their unique concept to handle plastic pollution, they managed to create a “green economy” in which plastic pollution is used as a commodity. They are buying “Eco bricks” from the locals and are using this trash to build the largest recycling village on the planet. With a big net of Volunteers and investors they manage to create an impact in Sumatra and give it hope for a better, clean and sustainable future.
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