One Happy New Year Resolution

by Amelia Meier on 01/01/2017 No comments

01 January 2016 – Trash Hero World

Wishing you all a happy, healthy, and plastic-straw-free 2017! We feel humbled by the growth of this movement, and look forward to continuing on in 2017 to make our world a better place for next generations.

Many thanks to our amazing Trash Hero Valérie Derbaudrenghien for this awesome little poster.

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Planting Mangroves on Langkawi

by Amelia Meier on 18/12/2016 No comments

18 December 2016 – Trash Hero Langkawi

A team of 7 heroes didn’t collect any trash, but instead participated in a tree-planting event organised by Flag Langkawi (Friends of Langkawi Geopark). Flag had invited officials and people from a variety of organisations to join and plant mangroves on Pulau Dayang Bunting.

A total of around 50 people and representatives from the local authority (LADA) met at the pier and enjoyed a few talks on the importance of mangroves for maintaining the environment. Afterwards, shoes were removed and the volunteers dug holes in the mud and added seeds. In many areas that mud was knee-deep, so staying clean wasn’t an option.According to officials, a total of 1000 plants were planted. A huge success, and so much fun!

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Amelia MeierPlanting Mangroves on Langkawi

Launch of Trash Hero @Work Program

by Amelia Meier on 17/12/2016 No comments

17 December 2016 – Trash Hero Word & GKS Architekten + Partner AG

We have just launched the @Work program in cooperation with the architectural office GKS Architekten + Partner AG from Lucerne, Switzerland . The aim of the program is to reduce office waste to a minimum, and our project creates a solid basis for this. The 50 employees of the awesome architectural office GKS Architekten + Partner rang in a new era by committing themselves to the zero-waste philosophy, and will be doing everything they can to reduce their internal waste.

In a first step, team members examined the trash they as a company were producing daily. They estimated that they were using 2,600 disposable plastic dishes, 3,200 glas bottles, and around one ton of paper per year. Since this company takes corporate social responsibility seriously, they are all wenn under way to going zero waste: they will be avoiding trash wherever possible, strictly separating, and will try to use recyclable materials. To eliminate drinking bottles every GKS employee received a personalised Trash Hero bottle made of stainless steel as a Christmas present.

We are grateful for this amazing collaboration with GKS! Other corporations have already voiced interest as well, and we hope to inspire many more businesses to implement sustainable changes in the future! Read the full press release here.

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Special Hero from Pattani

by Amelia Meier on 06/12/2016 No comments

6 December 2016 – Trash Hero Thailand

We are humbled by the thousands of Trash Heroes who have joined us over the years to clean during the past years. Every now and again however a hero (or heroine) stands out due to their commitment to the cause. Nattapong Nithi-Uthai from Trash Hero Pattani is one such hero. Read about him in this inspiring interview.

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Bye Bye Plastic Bags MEETS Trash Hero World

by Amelia Meier on 02/12/2016 No comments
2 December 2016 – Trash Hero World
We had the pleasure of meeting with the guys from Bye Bye Plastic Bags recently, and look forward to collaborating with them in the future. Bye Bye Plastic Bags started in Bali with the simple goal of ensuring that plastic bags are banned. They are now going global, and we look forward to partnering with them. Stay tuned!
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Amelia MeierBye Bye Plastic Bags MEETS Trash Hero World

Trash to Treasure Seminar in Jakarta

by Amelia Meier on 26/11/2016 No comments

23/24 November 2016 – Trash Hero Indonesia

Roman Peter just participated in the Trash to Treasure Seminar in Jakarta, Indonesia. Organized by the Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment (The Netherlands) in collaboration with the Ministry of Environment and Forestry, the Republic of Indonesia, and the Indonesian Waste Platform, the focus of this seminar was to discuss possibilities for reducing the influx of waste to our environment, explore solutions on reduction of single-use packaging and alternative packing materials, and to establish partnerships on reaching these goals.

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Amelia MeierTrash to Treasure Seminar in Jakarta

Trash Hero Indonesia Chapters Rock

by Amelia Meier on 21/11/2016 No comments

21 November 2016 – Trash Hero Indonesia Chapters

Trash Hero Indonesia has just added up all that they have accomplished: Altogether, the Indonesian chapters have cleaned up 36 Tons, creating and educating 6’250 people in the process. Trash Hero Indonesia is getting stronger and stronger.

A huge thank you to all the chapters involved in this amazing effort: Amed, Sanur, Gili Meno, Ubud, Candidasa, Komodo, and Canggu. You guys rock!

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Amelia MeierTrash Hero Indonesia Chapters Rock

Let’s STOP Plastic Pollution

by Amelia Meier on 20/11/2016 No comments

20 November 2016 – Trash Hero World

There is no way around it: We need to Break Free From Plastic. Today our team in Trash Hero Amed, Indonesia was saddened to find the above picture when they went to the beach. This is worse than what it usually is.

Let’s all be a part of the change and contribute to stopping plastic pollution!

We are collaborating with the following organisations on this:

Plastic Soup Foundation International
Plastic Change
Let’s do it World
ROLE Foundation Charity Auction
Marine Conservation Society
Zero Waste Europe

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Trash Hero Shanghai’s First Cleanup

by Amelia Meier on 03/11/2016 No comments

3 November 2016 – Trash Hero Shanghai

Trash Hero World is now also in China… starting in Shanghai! Their first weekly cleanup just took place and many more will follow. We’re hoping that the movement will now spread out to many more locations in China!

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Amelia MeierTrash Hero Shanghai’s First Cleanup