Project Stop, a programme co-founded by polyolefin producer Borealis (Vienna; www.borealisgroup.com) and environmental group Systemiq (London; www.systemiq.earth) to design, build, implement, and scale circular waste management systems in Indonesia, has announced further progress in the expansion of Project Stop Banyuwangi Hijau located in Songgon municipality in Banyuwangi, East Java.

Borealis said it will fully finance the construction of a second material recovery facility (MRF), following the September 2023 inauguration of the first materials recovery facility in Banyuwangi. 

The first plant, which has a daily processing capacity of 84 t of waste, has started collecting and sorting waste from local households and is already providing access to waste services to more than 13,500 individuals in twelve villages.

The second facility is set to expand roll-out waste services to an additional 250,000 people in the region, the companies said.

The project expansion aims to create 1,000 full-time jobs and to collect 230,000 t/y of waste, including 25,000 t of plastics.

Project Stop is constructing the waste management system together with government and non-government partners, handing full operation of the systems over to local units of the government. 

Since the programme’s inception in 2017, Project Stop has, through the end of 2023, provided waste collection to almost 400,000 people, collected more than 60,000 t of refuse – of which nearly 9,000 t is plastics waste – and created close to 300 full-time jobs, according to the co-creators.