Investigative mission

In November 2024 two team members, technical expert Aren Slootweg and Ton van der Lee, will go on an investigative mission to see what the needs and possibilities are. We will investigate where the waste plastic is and in what quantity and what the possibilities are for collecting plastic bottles and glasses from restaurants and bars.

We will also find out what products are popular among tourists and what products are needed by the local population, like for instance, chairs and stools. We will also find out what the interest from local shops is to resell these products; there are a number of small tourist shops and quite a few shops that sell household items to the local population. The idea is to sell our products to the shops at low price or give them in consignation for them to sell, after which they will pay us our basic price back.

We will also implement a test project which is low tech; this concerns the making of tote bags, beach bags and shopping bags from recycled plastic for which only a clothes iron and a sewing machine are needed. We have already found a seamstress willing to work with us and a workspace for rent. We will see how much interest there is among tourists for this product and also approach tourist shops to see their response.

We have already tested and designed a number of products, like these wallets and bags for mobile phones and these chairs

We are also building a prototype of a chair made out of recycled plastic