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 – November – 16 December 2018 – Discussions, lectures, interviews on waste, recycling and culture. Public rubbish collection, construction of the „stupa“, ideas workshops. 16 December 2018 – Social Plastic Bye Bye Party.
Plastic Killer Film
The film documents the project took place in cooperation with Baan Noorg Arts & Culture in Nongpho in Thailand. 15 …
Funeral of the Dead Plastic
มาติกาบังสุกุลพลาสติก – Plastic Cremation Ceremony ๑๖ ธันวาคม พ.ศ. ๒๕๖๑ เวลา ๑๕.๐๐ น.ณ ศาลาอเนกประสงค์ วัดหนองโพ จ.ราชบุรี16 December 2018, 15.00 – 17.00Multi-purpose …
Invitations
Today we hand out invitations for our final event tomorrow. Also, the local „Radio“ spreads the message on public loudspeakers …
Local Agents Forum
Local Agents I Forum, Dec 6th, 2018 at BACC auditorium room. Speakers:Alfred Banze and Christine Falk (Camping Akademie e.V.), Germany …
A street banner for the Dead Plastic Funeral
Making a street banner: Join the DEAD PLASTIC FUNERAL at 16 December 2018, 3pm in Nong Pho Village. Monk praying, life …
Done! The Dead Plastic Stupa
Starting again in the early morning, 6am. Because of the sun, it is so strong later in the day. The …
The Stupa´s Body
So mutch plastic we have collected. Estimate 130 bags, mostly full of dirty useless plastic. It is the amount, what …
Building the Stupa
Today, the two workers set up the bamboo skeleton of the stupa. Impressive, bamboo is such a great material! …
NPKD Kids Group, 2nd session
In the afternoon, the NPKD Kids Group come over. We want to collect plastic. Can we? Yes, yes …
School event at the Temple
Many children come to the temple this morning. They have a lesson in Buddhism. Before they start, they have lunch …
Waste bin diving
Every morning we collect plastic waste from the waste bins. 90% of the plastic is useless for recycling. It is …
NPKD Social Enterprise Kids Group
Today, the NPKD Social Enterprise Kids Group is joining our activities. Together we put the „Separate Waste“ Stickers on many waste …
Traditional food packing
Another meeting at Nong Pho school. What did your grandparents use to wrap food? The children make many drawings of …
First sketch of a Plastic Waste Stupa for Nongpho Village
We made a first sketch of a Plastic Waste Stupa for Nongpho Village. As a temporary installation it will be set …
„Separate Plastic“ Sticker
Diving in the Nongpho waste bins, we find out, that the village has a lot of food left overs, packed …
3rd walk with the Monks
Today we walked into another area of the village. Here are many dairy farmers. The cows are standing all the …
New participants
Two young boys participate in our plastic collecting group. Hopefully we can involve more kids …
Walking with the Monks
Like every morning the Buddhist Monks collect food offers by the residents, and in exchange to that, they pray for …
2nd Nongpho School Plastic Collection
Meeting again with 100 children of Nongpho School, the younger ones. After a short introduction we again collect plastic waste …
Nongpho School Plastic Collection
Meeting with 100 children of Nongpho School. After a short introduction we collect a lot of plastic waste around the …
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 …
Plastic Cage
We build the Plastic Cage, the place every one from the village can drop their plastic. Together, we will sort …
„Plastic Killer“ Jingle
There is Village Radio in Nongpho, broadcasted over loudspeakers in the streets every morning and evening. We made a Radio-Jingle …
Main Location
Jiandyin of Baan Noorg Collaborative Arts & Culture talked to the head of the Nongpho monastery. They confirmed the project …
First Participants
We visit the farmer Montree Chroenraksa. He wants to join the project and collect all the plastic waste of his …
Plastic Flyer
We design an info flyer: „How can the plastic waste in the community be reduced? „PLASTIC KILLER“ invites you to …
First Meeting
A first meeting in Nongpho at a noodle stand, from left: Alfred Banze, Jiandyin, Christine. First text sketch for a …