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PREVENTED OCEAN PLASTIC AND USAID OPEN HIGH-CAPACITY PLASTIC COLLECTION CENTRE IN MAKASSAR, INDONESIA TO MARK WORLD OCEANS DAY
• On UN World Oceans Day 2024, Prevented Ocean Plastic™ announces the grand opening of a high-capacity recycled plastic collection centre in Makassar, Indonesia, in collaboration with the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID).
• The centre is expected to process 500 tonnes of recycled plastic per month, preventing it from reaching the ocean as pollution, and create 50 direct jobs for the local area.
• The opening comes one year after the launch of Prevented Ocean Plastic™’s mission to open 25 collection centres by 2025, announced on World Oceans Day 2023.
• Since the announcement, Prevented Ocean Plastic™ has added 20,000 tonnes of recycled plastic processing capacity per year in...
