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Increasing impact through partnerships

Collaborations to stop the waste

In addition to direct operations, Dow also drives the reduction of plastic waste
Eliminating
through partnerships with like-minded organizations. Plastic Waste

PPP Plastics' founder and active member

Dow Thailand Group is one of the founders and active members
of PPP Plastics (Public Private Partnership for Sustainable Plastic and
Waste Management). It is the first program of its kind in Thailand.
PPP Plastics works to support the 20-year roadmap of plastic waste
management and promote the government's circular economy concept
to achieve participatory goals, such as reducing the amount of plastic
waste in the sea by at least 50 percent by 2050 and achieving 100%
recycling of plastic waste by 2027.

Garbage separation at sources program
Dow has been supporting waste separation
in the Ruamitr community. Baan Eua Arthorn Phala
Community and the Baan Eua Arthorn Rayong
(Wang Wa) community. The program aims to change
household waste behaviors by organizing a waste
bank for people in the community to exchange plastic
waste for prizes twice a month. The program also
supports waste sorting in many schools in Rayong
province by educating students. Dow also builds
"Magic Hand x Won" project
permanent signs and recycling waste bins at local
PPP Plastics has partnered with the
schools such as Map Ta Phut Municipal School.
"Won" project to initiate the "Magic Hand
x Won" project. The collaboration has
established plastic drop points called
"Tang Won Toong" to collect used plastic
bags and packaging in Bangkok and big
provinces for recycling. It prevents these
plastics from leaking into the environment
and reduces plastic waste going to
landfills. By 2020, nearly 400 drop points have
been set up, including one at Dow Thailand
Group's headquarters. Dow helped promote
this project to encourage behavior change
through special interviews, press releases,
social media posts, and exhibition signs. In
2020 Magic Hands x Won recycled 8.7 tons
of plastic bags and packaging.

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