Project STOP
Project STOP, co-founded by Borealis and SYSTEMIQ in 2017, works with cities to create effective waste management systems that eliminate plastic leakage. Rather than building traditional systems, STOP aims to create circular systems where the majority of hard-to-recycle waste is recycled into new products and the resulting economic value lowers the financial burden of the waste system on the city.
Project STOP has three key objectives:
- Zero leakage of waste into the environment
- Increased resource efficiency and recycling of plastics
- Social benefits for the local community
Project STOP uses a “system-enabler” approach in which a team of experts help a city design and implement a low-cost waste management system in which all households and institutions benefit from collection, and plastics are kept out of the environment. The team supports cities with investment, technical expertise, waste system design, project management, financing, skills transfer, behaviour change and recycling/reprocessing valorisation. STOP aims to be a catalyst of change that ultimately paves the way for investments in new plastics recycling capacity and system financing models.
Co-founders: Borealis, SYSTEMIQ
Strategic partners: Borealis, Nestlé, Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, NOVA Chemicals, and SYSTEMIQ
Supporting & technical partners: Borouge, Schwarz Group, Sustainable Waste Indonesia (SWI), Veolia
Government partners: Indonesian Ministry of Environment and Forestry and the Banyuwangi Regency; the Coordinating Ministry of Maritime Affairs, BAPPPENAS and the Ministry of Public Works play a supportive role.
