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Lessons learned from years of collecting, sorting and processing plastics. Streamline your processes and make your operations safe and efficient.

Collecting plastics

Work with your local community to establish fair and efficient plastic collection processes. Understand how to overcome transport challenges in remote and coastal areas.

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Sorting plastics

Learn how we sort plastics at The Flipflopi Project, using sight, sound, density tests and colour, and how we manage the plastics that cannot be recycled.

} 16 minute read

Processing plastics

Plastics can be processed in different ways to prepare them for recycling. See how we process and store plastics, the machines we use, and how we track and reduce loss.

} 13 minute read

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