One+One
LEAVE NOTHING BEHIND
One+One
LEAVE NOTHING BEHIND
Be a market leader in Environmental Responsibility.
Be a market leader in Environmental Responsibility.
One+One is a plastic responsibility program that helps companies shift from a selective collection of recyclables to inclusive collection, ensuring responsibility from the sourcing stage by leaving nothing and no one behind.
One+One is a plastic responsibility program that helps companies shift from a selective collection of recyclables to inclusive collection, ensuring responsibility from the sourcing stage by leaving nothing and no one behind.
The problem with Selective Collection
Industry demand for recycled plastic leads waste pickers to collect only high-value materials like PET water bottles and HDPE, leaving low-value, non-recyclable plastics behind. This selective collection, called “Cherry Picking”, leaves villages, nature, and oceans with no solution for the remaining plastic waste.
Industry demand for recycled plastic leads waste pickers to collect only high-value materials like PET water bottles and HDPE, leaving low-value, non-recyclable plastics behind. This selective collection, called “Cherry Picking”, leaves villages, nature, and oceans with no solution for the remaining plastic waste.
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Collecting PET Plastic bottle
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Collecting PET Plastic bottle
What can your brand do?
When using plastic, our responsibility as brands and manufacturers is to leave nothing behind. This means collecting the plastic bags next to the plastic bottles when waste pickers collect recyclable plastic for us.
Move beyond selective collection by supporting the inclusive collection of non-recyclable plastics in equal amounts to the plastic you are using.
When using plastic, our responsibility as brands and manufacturers is to leave nothing behind. This means collecting the plastic bags next to the plastic bottles when waste pickers collect recyclable plastic for us.
Move beyond selective collection by supporting the inclusive collection of non-recyclable plastics in equal amounts to the plastic you are using.
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Ocean Bound Plastic Certified
The One+One program incentivizes waste pickers to collect the non-recyclable next to the recyclable plastic.
Without One+One, these mismanaged plastics would remain in the environment.
TONTOTON’s collection and treatment system is certified under the Social+ Ocean Bound Plastic Protocol and audited by a 3rd party Control Body. The certification ensures verified collection quantities backed by Plastic Credits, a strict code of conduct, providing fair and transparent compensation for all waste pickers, safe working conditions, and adherence to environmental standards for treatment and recycling. Every contribution is registered in a public registry on the Zero Plastic Oceans website
The One+One program incentivizes waste pickers to collect the non-recyclable next to the recyclable plastic.
Without One+One, these mismanaged plastics would remain in the environment.
TONTOTON’s collection and treatment system is certified under the Social+ Ocean Bound Plastic Protocol and audited by a 3rd party Control Body. The certification ensures verified collection quantities backed by Plastic Credits, a strict code of conduct, providing fair and transparent compensation for all waste pickers, safe working conditions, and adherence to environmental standards for treatment and recycling. Every contribution is registered in a public registry on the Zero Plastic Oceans website
One+One x Carnival Tote bag
Carnival Cruises Tote Bag is joining the One+One responsibility program and takes responsibility for the environment from the material sourcing stage by leaving no one and nothing behind!
Collection
Your support aids in collecting non-recyclable plastic from highly polluted coastal villages in Cambodia, facilitated by TONTOTON’s community network.
Non-recyclable plastic has traditionally not been collected by informal waste pickers because it has no market value and therefore is at high risk of leaking to the oceans.
We gather mismanaged non-recyclable plastics from the open environment and encourage household segregation at the source. This prevents plastic leakage into the natural environment and the ocean.
Waste pickers are financially compensated for every kilogram they collect, providing additional income and support for their families.
What Can We Do With Hard-to-Recycle Plastic?
Sorting and Processing
At TONTOTON’s Material Recovery Facility (MRF), materials are sorted into three categories: recyclable sent to recyclers, hard-to-recycle processed at TONTOTON factory, and commercially non-recyclable used as waste to energy.
Hard-to-recycle materials are cleaned, shredded, and transformed through a unique heat and press process into strong recycled plastic boards. These are utilized for building classrooms, furniture, and impact products.
To date, we have collected over 3,000 tons of non-recyclable plastic!
Community Projects
A classroom was constructed in the M’lop Tapang community center using 1,585 kg of plastic.
A classroom was built at the Allkids daycare center using 1,875 kg of plastic.
Join us! Be a market leader in Environmental Responsibility by Leaving Nothing and No one behind.
More questions
What is the One+One program?
One+One is a plastic responsibility program run by TONTOTON. It funds the collection of low-value, non-recyclable plastic in equal amount to the plastic a company uses, so that the waste with no resale value is collected alongside the waste that has some. Companies join it to take responsibility for plastic that no recycling market would otherwise pay to remove.
What problem does inclusive collection solve?
Waste pickers are paid by material value, so they collect PET bottles and HDPE and leave everything else behind. That is selective collection, sometimes called cherry picking, and it is why villages, rivers and coastlines still fill with plastic bags and film even where collection is active. Inclusive collection pays for the low-value plastic to be taken too.
How is the collection verified?
TONTOTON's collection and treatment system is certified under the Social+ Ocean Bound Plastic Protocol and audited by an independent third-party Control Body. Verified collection quantities are backed by Plastic Credits and every contribution is registered in a public registry on the Zero Plastic Oceans website, so the claim is auditable by anyone rather than self-reported.
What is ocean-bound plastic?
Plastic waste that is mismanaged within a defined distance of a coastline or waterway and is therefore likely to reach the sea if it is not collected. It is not plastic recovered from the ocean. The distinction matters for what you can claim, because collecting ocean-bound plastic prevents pollution whereas ocean recovery remediates it.