social-plastic

Autor: abanze

  • Nongpho School Plastic Collection

    Nongpho School Plastic Collection

    Meeting with 100 children of Nongpho School. After a short introduction we collect a lot of plastic waste around the school and the temple. We teach them to learn to separate the plastic. Not easy!  

  • Visit to the local plastic buyers

    Visit to the local plastic buyers

    We visit the local plastic buying company „Wongpanit Nongpho“. The director informs us of the different materials they like to buy and their rates for the different items.

  • Plastic Cage

    Plastic Cage

    We build the Plastic Cage, the place every one from the village can drop their plastic. Together, we will sort everything and prepare the STUPA building.

  • „Plastic Killer“ Jingle

    „Plastic Killer“ Jingle

    There is Village Radio in Nongpho, broadcasted over loudspeakers in the streets every morning and evening. We made a Radio-Jingle for it. Listen:

  • Main Location

    Main Location

    Jiandyin of Baan Noorg Collaborative Arts & Culture talked to the head of the Nongpho monastery. They confirmed the project concept and location. We will build a STUPA from plastic waste at the temple.

  • First Participants

    We visit the farmer Montree Chroenraksa. He wants to join the project and collect all the plastic waste of his farm and his family.

  • Plastic Flyer

    Plastic Flyer

    We design an info flyer: „How can the plastic waste in the community be reduced? „PLASTIC KILLER“ invites you to join together. We will sorting plastic waste properly. Through art activities! Bring the plastic you collect into a plastic bag. We will gather from you in the next days.“  

  • Nongpho, Thailand

    Nongpho, Thailand

    The project takes place in the small town of Nongpho near Ratchaburi. Title: PLASTIC KILLER. Theme: How can local communities deal with their own waste? The plastic garbage from Nongpho will be collected and piled up into a huge „stupa.“ Then the garbage has to be eliminated. But how, by burning, burying, will it succeed? 15…

  • First Meeting

    A first meeting in Nongpho at a noodle stand, from left: Alfred Banze, Jiandyin, Christine.           First text sketch for a printed flyer: Social Plastic in Nongpho Plastic waste has become a huge problem, even in Thailand. Especially the one way packaging is piling up to mountains of garbage all over…

  • Trash Hero

    Trash Hero

    The Trash Hero mission is to bring communities together to clean and reduce waste. They have groups working worldwide, many also in Thailand and Indonesia, for expample: http://trashhero.org/network/pattani/