# Plastic Awareness & Recycling for kids in Indonesia

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## TL;DR

Scaling [r•Plastic](https://r-plastic.earth)’s educational tours to teach students about plastic recycling, design, sustainability and NounsDAO, with a focus on engaging local schools.

![image alt](https://imgur.com/HCFhrSh.png)

Check us out on [https://www.instagram.com/rplastic_bali/](https://www.instagram.com/rplastic_bali/)

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### How will it proliferate Nouns?

Nouns branding through Nounish wall art, NFT displays, giveaways, and sharing video explainers plus social media exposure to students and schools.

**Asking for: USDC $32,930**

### Fund breakdown:

- Hire an education manager (12 months): $ 15,240  
- Subsidize local schools: $ 12,730  
- Upgrade our facility: $ 3,810  
- Purchase equipment: $ 1,150 

### Success metrics:

Welcome over 250 students/month, broader awareness of recycling, increased Nouns exposure.

### Short Summary

Indonesia is facing a plastic waste crisis, and kids hold the key to driving change. 

**With support from Nouns, we aim to more than double our capacity, upgrade our facilities, and provide discounted educational field trips for local schools in Bali —reaching at least 250 students every month.**

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## Who is

![image alt](https://imgur.com/rrSBC7L.png)

[r•Plastic](https://r-plastic.earth) is a Bali-based company that transforms old, used plastic into amazing new products! Instead of letting plastic pollute the environment, we recycle it—giving it a second life as items like surfboard racks, furniture, and even parts for e-motorbikes.

We also inspire the next generation by hosting factory tours where kids can see the recycling process in action and create their own plastic art.

Our mission is simple: to help the planet by recycling plastic and teaching everyone, especially kids, the importance of caring for the Earth.

Check us out on Instagram -> [https://www.instagram.com/rplastic_bali/](https://www.instagram.com/rplastic_bali/)

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## What are the project goals?

**Raise Environmental Awareness**: Educate students about plastic waste, recycling processes, and how they can contribute to a cleaner, more sustainable environment

**Expand Capacity**: Increase our hosting capacity from 25 to 50 students per trip.

**Upgrade Facilities**: Enhance our infrastructure with essential additions like extra handwashing stations, improved toilet facilities, and an outdoor terrace.

**Improve Accessibility for Local Schools**: Make field trips more affordable by offering them at half price, lowering the cost to less than $6.25 per student.

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## What is our current student program?

![image alt](https://imgur.com/OvPqwEJ.png)

**This is what we do now**:  

- **Age Group**: 5 to 22 years   
- **Duration**: 1 to 3 hours    
- **Content**:
  - Our personal story and focus on different types of plastics  
  - Interactive activities, like creating an artwork, shredding flip-flops and sorting bottle caps  
  - Demonstrations of plastic recycling processes, such as turning old flip-flops into mats  

**This is our current capacity**:  

- 25 students per trip    
- $12.50 per student for international schools    
- 250 students hosted over the last 5 months, with 100 in the last month alone 

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## What will we use the funding for?

| Item                                   | USDC    |
| -------------------------------------- | ------- |
| Education Manager (12 months)          | $15,240 |
| Subsidy for Local Schools              | $12,730 |
| Educational Visuals                    | $1,270  |
| Outdoor Terrace & Furniture            | $1,270  |
| Toilet Facilities                      | $1,270  |
| Handwashing Station                    | $320    |
| Microphone System                      | $320    |
| Dedicated Phone (incl. 1-year service) | $510    |
| Total                                  | $32,930 |

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## How is Nouns visible?

![image alt](https://imgur.com/eEDYs8F.png)

1. **An awesome Noggle.wall**: A 2-meter-wide, wall-mounted Noggle, along with a display of selected Nouns NFTs, will be featured prominently in the factory.  
2. **Nouns Introduction**: Introducing kids to Nouns through engaging video explainers and community-created content  
3. **Social Media Exposure**: Nouns will be tagged in all posts related to the field trip program.  
4. **Student Giveaways**: Each student will receive a mini Noggle key chain as a souvenir from their visit.  
5. **Nouns Branding**: Nouns’ baranding will be integrated into educational content, visuals, and giveaways, promoting sustainability and creativity. 

![image alt](https://imgur.com/QkKGaKV.png)

[We re-created the Noun #1 out from 100% Balinese recycled bottle caps](https://x.com/rPlastic_Bali/status/1851621159433117697)

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## Why an Education Manager?

The new **Education Manager** will handle:

- Sales and outreach to schools, local and international, in Bali and Java  
- Customer contact, administrative tasks, and cost tracking  
- Leading and guiding the tours, ensuring quality and educational value  
- Marketing tasks, including social media management and promoting the program to a broader audience 

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## How do we measure the outcome?

- **Increased Participation**: Double the number of students to 250 per month, significantly expanding the program’s reach.  
- **Subsidized Local Schools**: Offer discounted rates (<$6.25 per student) to make the field trips more accessible to local schools.  
- **Increased Awareness**: Teach students about plastic recycling processes, instilling a sense of responsibility toward reducing waste. 

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## What are the benefits for Nouns?

- **Visibility**: Nouns will be a key partner in educating young minds about sustainability in Bali.  
- **Interactive Presence**: Through the Noggle Wall and student giveaways, Nouns will be visually and interactively integrated into the field trip experience.  
- **Community Impact**: Nouns will be recognized as supporting the next generation’s education on environmental responsibility, helping to drive sustainable change.
  
  ![image alt](https://imgur.com/ayZD5ZY.png) 

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## How will we show our progress?

- **Providing Regular Progress Updates**: We’ll share updates on project milestones and new implementations through official Nouns DAO channels.  
- **Social Media Documentation**: We’ll showcase our work with photos, videos, and success stories on our [X.com](https://x.com/rplastic_bali) and [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/rplastic_bali/), giving everyone a look at the direct impact of their support.  
- **Tracking Key Metrics**: Metrics, like the number of students reached and local school participation, will be shared quarterly to highlight our expanding reach and success. 

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## Ripple effect from field trips

![School Trip](https://imgur.com/3eje6Ye.png)

Our interactive field trips are sparking impactful eco-conscious habits in students, parents, and schools alike. Here are a few examples:

- **School Recycling Programs**: Several schools launched collection points for bottle caps and flip-flops. They now question there waste management behaviour.   
- **Student Projects**: An 10yr old student designed and made a pencil box with us for a school project. He is testing it and wants make them for the whole class.  
- **Parent & Community Projects**: 
  - A students mother began creating sensory tables from recycled plastic.  
  - Another students mother is making meditation stools with us.  
  - A students father is crafting recycled plastic flower pots.  
- **Student Activism**:
  - Three students interviewed our founder for there project after a school trip. There project made it to the finals for an international sustainibility contest.   
  - A student is advocated for segregated waste collection at their school board and its now implemented.   
  - Several students started collecings flip-flops whenever they see them on the beach.  
- **Household Changes**: 
  - Parents report that their children now encourage them to segregate waste at home.  

These field trips are creating a wave of sustainability-focused changes, inspiring projects and habits that spread beyond the classroom. With the project’s expansion, we aim to nurture even more of these community-wide ripples toward a sustainable future.

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## Who am I anyway?

![image alt](https://imgur.com/Stdixc4.png)

I’m Martijn Huizing, founder of [r•Plastic](https://www.r-plastic.earth) and a passionate advocate for sustainability. My journey into recycling began in an unexpected place: the oil industry, where I spent over 15 years drilling for the very material that forms plastic—oil. Now, in what feels like karmic balance, I’m dedicated to transforming plastic waste into something valuable.

A few years ago, my wife and I moved from the Netherlands to Bali with our three boys, seeking a more balanced lifestyle. While captivated by Bali’s beauty, we were confronted with the reality of plastic pollution. This inspired me to start r•Plastic, a company recycling plastic waste into useful products while educating the next generation about sustainability.

Through hands-on field trips and creative recycling projects, I aim to inspire people—especially kids—to see waste as a resource and become changemakers. It’s rewarding to witness the ripple effects of our work and exciting to expand our impact, making sustainable practices accessible to everyone.

Check out [www.r-plastic.earth](https://www.r-plastic.earth) or [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/rplastic_bali/) & [X.com](https://www.x.com/rplastic_bali) @rPlastic\_Bali

**Thank you for taking the time to read and considering this proposal!**

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***How I came to Nouns: A strange sequence of events***

We’ve been living in Bali for four years, while my parents remain in the Netherlands. Recently, my mom’s friend’s son, Jasper, visited Bali and reached out to see my factory. We hit it off, and he expressed interest in supporting my business—though we weren’t sure how.

Later, during his trip across Bali, Jasper found himself at a restaurant where he asked to sit next to a stranger. As fate would have it, that stranger turned out to be Coralorca, a member of the Nouns community. They struck up a conversation, and Jasper shared my work in recycling plastic. Just two days later, Coralorca reached out to me, and here we are, collaborating on a Nouns proposal!

Outcome: DEFEATED