Together with Indonesian plastic recycler Reco, SweepSmart is developing a large-scale mixed waste processing facility, that can sort and process 330 Tons of mixed waste per day into recyclables, compost, Refuse-Derived Fuel and landfill cover, thereby reducing up to 90% of waste sent to the  landfill.  

What's great about it? 

• First-of-its kind, combining European innovative sorting technology with local solutions for composting and RDF.
• Maximum valorisation of the waste through integrated processing of mixed waste at scale, within the same building.
• Optimise quality & costs of equipment: state-of-the-art equipment for critical components, robust locally supplied equipment for basic steps.

Founded by McKinsey, Delterra foundation has successfully built the capacity of decentralised Material Recovery Facilities (TPS3Rs). SweepSmart supported them to develop a new waste management operating model for the entire Badung regency, modelling 6 scenarios from small- to large-scale sorting and composting on trade-offs in economies of scale vs. logistic costs, and delivered 20 detailed designs.

What's great about it? 

• Unique insights and modelling tool on ideal-scale processing of the different streams, replicable for any context
• The model adds responsible processing of organic waste (50-60% of the waste) and expands waste management services to all 600.000 people in Badung in 3 years.

An organisation that is collection waste from a river in Guatemala is looking for solutions to sort and valorise this waste. But river waste is a difficult stream to sort, as the waste is mixed and entangled with organic waste, sand and stones. In a ‘Minimum Viable Product’ sorting setup, SweepSmart is implementing an improved sorting lay-out, including testing ways to support the manual sorting with a shaking sieve.

What's great about it? 

• Pioneering solutions to improve and mechanise river waste sorting at a small scale with minimum investments
• The learnings of the MVP can be incorporated into a large-scale sorting set-up to sort the majority of the waste removed from the river.

On the remote island Ambon, we implemented an innovative new collection model based on source segregation (2000 households), community-based collection points and a compactor truck to transport the waste. A new waste sorting facility was designed with mixed waste sorting and semi-mechanisation of the internal material transport. 

What's great about it? 

• 2-4 times more efficient transport and improved safety, ergonomics and hygiene through closed and automatically lifted bins.
• Collection points with coloured bins for source segregation, built from local sustainable materials.
• While hesitant at first, communities are embracing the new collection points, asking for more.
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SweepSmart supported an organisation that is developing technology to collect waste from rivers to streamline and improve the process of defining the waste management solution that accompanies their river waste collection solution.

What's great about it? 

• For each step of the project implementation, a detailed process flow was made including RASCI and templates for each deliverable.
• A full co-creation process was used, including pressure cooker workshops, sprint sessions and application on real-life cases.

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Plastic credits can fill part of the Opex gap that waste and recycling companies in upcoming economies are facing, until more formal tax systems develop. We did extensive research of this nascent market, selection of the right standard and providers, and certification with the PCX standard. A Smart Waste app was developed for traceability and efficiency.

What's great about it? 

• The Smart Waste app tracks waste flows from source to recycler, enabling full transparency for plastic credits and better operational management in each step.
• Assessed 6 different Plastic Credits Standards and ±15 Plastic Credits traders and mapped them on 11 on-ground waste value chain models.

WWF’s Plastic Smart Cities program is an initiative to support cities and coastal areas worldwide to take bold action to stop plastic pollution. SweepSmart supported WWF Thailand with a feasibility study for a plastic Material Recovery Facility in Surat Thani.

What's great about it? 

• The Surat Thani city had limiting existing waste management players, so creative solutions had to be found to start a movement there.
• The Surat Thani mayor was very interested to implement solutions to implement a source-segregated waste management system.

Mr. Green Africa is a Kenyan company collecting hard plastics from collection points and hubs to sort, flake, wash, pelletise and sell to recyclers, including food-grade packaging. They were planning to scale up to a larger recycling factory supported by a best-in-class sorting hub, and decentralised collection hubs. SweepSmart supported them in the design of the new sorting and collection hubs. 

What's great about it? 

• Integration with plastics recycling for the optimum plastic waste sorting and preprocessing inputs into the recycling process.
• Possibility for food-grade recycling and dealing with a variety of different plastic input scenarios, from low- to high-value plastics.

SweepSmart did a design & feasibility study for an organisation that is collecting waste from a river in Malaysia to develop solutions for sorting and recycling the waste from the river, an extremely difficult waste stream to sort due to its low value and high level of contamination and entanglement.

What's great about it? 

• First of its kind study in semi-mechanised river waste sorting.
• Detailed trials performed on-ground to test different sorting hypotheses.
• Three innovative scenarios for sorting facilities developed to fit with different investment capabilities and appetites.

Plastic Whale fishes plastic from Amsterdam's canals, with boats from, huh, the fished plastic! They want to bring their creative circular concepts to upcoming economies, starting with a circular plastic business model in West Africa, from collection to recycled products. We support in building the collection and sorting system.

What’s great about it?

• Involved from initial consulting stage until project delivery.
• Sweepsmart’s first project in Africa.
• The collected plastic will be recycled to make new products through an offsetting model.

On a mission to STOP plastic pollution, Systemiq is setting up waste collection and segregation in this port town with a wasted beach. We provided technical support in setting up the facility and way of working, including a new design conveyor belt! It shows the scalability of our model to other countries.

What's great about it?

• Segregated door-to-door collection of all waste at households.
• Indonesian suppliers found for conveyor belt and baler.
• New conveyor belt designed and installed within 2.5 months.
• Systemiq is scaling up this model across Indonesia.

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With the mission to give the waste pickers a better price for the waste they collect, we set out on a new endeavour with Hasiru Dala Innovations: to bring waste directly from the waste pickers and collectors to the recyclers, in order to give them a better margin. Now it’s even sold to end-users!

What's great about it?

• New concept starting from the businesscase until implementation.
• Direct sourcing from waste pickers/collectors, aggregation and further sorting to add value.
• Direct selling to end-users Bodyshop and H&M through partner Plastics for Change.‍
  

Bangalore Municipality contracted SweepSmart to upgrade 10 Dry Waste Collection Centers within the City, in which SweepSmart converts the centers to modern and efficient Smart Waste Centers with new equipment, rebuilding, processes and a dashboard. ​

What's great about it?

• Upgrading 10 out of 165 centers in Bangalore: ramping up Bangalore’s waste infrastructure to full scale source segregated waste handling
• Unique partnership with governments from two nations: Bangalore Municipality, Karnataka State and the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs
• Centers managed by waste pickers as independent entrepreneurs and NGOs

UNDP India and Hindustan Coca Cola Beverages (HCCB) have joined hands to collect and recycle plastic and provide better livelihoods to waste workers to support HCCB in their Extended Producers’ Responsibility (EPR) obligations. The project set up an integrated plastic waste management system from collection to processing at Chennai and Ghaziabad.

What's great about it?

• Next to sorting also processing plastic waste (shredding, washing, pelletising).
• Overall waste assessment, design site layout and waste processing flow.
• Source hardware with local suppliers.

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Chintan is an internationally awarded non-profit organisation that enables proactive participation of the informal recycling sector in waste management at Delhi NCR. They convert waste into social wealth by creating and facilitating green jobs, research and advocacy, organizing the informal sector and eliminating child labour in the sector.

What’s great about it?

• Completely new centre with capacity of 10 tonnes/day.
• Double sorting line with hopper in the ground, enabling waste to be shoved in without lifting.
• Chintan was the first organisation we met in India, making our story come full circle!

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While a lot of waste was already source-segregated at Electronics City, ELCITA felt we needed ​to take it to the next level! E-city Segregates was born, a complete approach to support the companies, including the right tools, coaching, communication and a segregation dashboard.

What's great about it?

• Ten pilot companies coached for 3 months.
• Full package of tools including posters, stickers and coloured bins.
• Segregation improved more than 20% on average, with some heroes achieving more than 75% recycling!

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SweepSmart conducted a gap analysis in the waste management system for two Wipro campuses at Electronic City, analyzing their waste generators (offices, canteen, etc.), existing methods of handling waste and proposing solutions from improved efficiency measures to a better segregation and logistic system.

What's great about it?

• Wipro is front-runner in taking responsibility for their waste. SweepSmart advised ambitious projects to become even better.
• Improving source segregation and on-site processing.
• Data monitoring across campuses to benchmark and share best practices.
• Bringing awareness on zero waste back to their employees’ homes!

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With a former waste picker running a centre set up by the municipality, this is a great model to replicate. The centre was completely upgraded including rebuilding, storage platform, conveyor belt and baler within 3 months thanks to great partnering with Hasiru Dala and BBMP.
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What's great about it?

• Independent waste picker team trained in managing a small factory.
• Capacity tripled from 1.25 ton per day to 4 ton per day.
• Upgrading 10 more BBMP centres based on this example.

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This wonderful facility set up by frontrunner ELCITA was a great first pilot location. Together with ELCITA, I Got Garbage and the operator, we implemented a conveyor belt, new site lay-out and processes, collection app and dashboard.

What's great about it?

• Collecting up to 9 tonnes segregated waste per day at 80+ companies.
• First conveyor belt and dashboard for this kind of facility in India.
• Service quality up to 98% (from 65%) after 2 weeks due to new scheduling & tracking system.

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