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Precious Plastic Recycling Machine up and running!
After a year of ups and downs and overcoming different challenges, we are so happy to show what has been accomplished! Watch the video! No pandemic and even the big distance between Indonesia and Switzerland did not stop the team to continue with the efforts. Thanks...
We did it! Our first Underwater Clean Up!
In cooperation with all below mentioned supporters, we organized our first Underwater Clean Up! Check out the video: Underwater Clean Up Trash Hunters: 16 local professional divers and 2 volunteers collected 182kg of Trash!!! Where: Amed, Bali. We not only want to do...
We get more and more support!
On March 4, Tina Messmer, a friend of one of our volunteers, was able to present our project at the general assembly of her Tauchclub Solothurn and received very positive feedback. The diving club has decided to support us financially in the future, which makes us...
The work of Beach Clean Ups seems never to end!
Unfortunately the work of Beach Clean Ups never ends and it will sadly not for a long time. Not only we ask ourselves how we can make a difference anyway, also local people like Teddy Bukunusa are very engaged. Since Teddy is our coordinator on the island of Siladen,...
Producing plastic bricks!
You are wondering what is going on with our Recycling machine? Then we have good news for you! After many technical obstacles since the machine has arrived and also an unexpected movement to another place, we are finally able to produce bricks!!! The progress is great...
Travel2Sea – our new partner!
We are happy to announce the new partnership with Travel2Sea! Celine Monfort and Niels Prinssen started Travel2Sea to showcase their creative work, love for travel and the underwater world. They travel to experience and share the beauty of our oceans and natural...
Environmental education material for kids
The students of the PH Weingarten Franziska Schmitteckert, Ann-Katrin Speidel, Katharina Kobert and Anita Gerhart have developed environmental education material especially for Siladen Island, Indonesia. This involves 3 consecutive environmental education action...
Zero Waste Bachegglimarathon in Winterthur
The 4th of July we got the chance to present Trash Waste Solutions at the Bachegglimarathon in Winterthur. The temperature was good when we putted our tent, greeted the runners and answered firsts questions about our project.At 9.50 AM we cheered for the runners at...
Important studies of our volunteer Marina
We are happy to introduce you to Marina, one of our volunteers. We appreciate very much the work she is doing: Hi, I am Marina and I am currently writing my master's thesis on a risk analysis of the Precious Plastic Brick that Trash Waste Solutions wants to produce in...
We are still there!
And we don't give up! Despite the challenges that the machine is currently demanding from us, we're sticking to it! What helps us? The great support from our members and supporters, the solidarity in the team and the strong will and motivation to make a contribution...