
BuyFoodwithPlastic
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Through our events, at which the local population exchanges plastic bottles for hot meals, we enable the communities around El Astillero to be more aware of plastic and raise their awareness of the consequences of plastic pollution through fun workshops. Since there is no adequate infrastructure for plastic recycling in Nicaragua, Buy Food with Plastic built the first factory in the region, where plastic bottles are upcycled into new products. We can put these products back into the production chain to cover some of the costs ourselves. In this way, we want to generate a sustainable cycle and create new jobs and opportunities for the communities. In the long term, our goal is for factory to be self-sustaining.