The Circular Life of Coffee Grounds and Plastic Bottles
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Plastic bottle slippers bring three main effects on the environment. First, petrochemical materials were used before, which led to the increased speed of global warming. Regarding this global issue, Ccilu patented new technology "GreenPlax®" that replaces petrochemical materials with recyclable raw materials to buffer global warming problems. Second, the recycling of plastic bottles can solve the problem of sea plastic waste. Humans dump 8 million tons of plastic waste into the sea every year. Thus, when we travel or clean the beach by ourselves, we will find the seriousness of sea plastic waste and how it can cause a series of damages to the entire ecological chain. Ccilu established "Lab-22 Sea Waste in Luzhou, Taipei. Relay station”. Ccilu International cooperates with professional beach cleaning organizations to lead the public and enterprises to clean the beach and use plastic bottles to make slippers to decrease the amount of unnecessary garbage flow in the ocean and help to raise awareness on sea protection. Last but not least, their activity’s main objective is to help the scavengers, who are disadvantaged on the street. Ccilu established the first scavenger education and recycling site in Taiwan "Lab-22" in Wanhua, Taipei. The price Ccilu buys plastic bottles from the scavengers is three times the market price, which also decreases the amount of garbage on the street while helping scavengers earn a living and provide a sustainable source of raw materials for Ccilu, achieving a win-win effect. In addition, Ccilu’s activity also provides scavengers an opportunity to promote the importance of the correct recycling process for the public and how it can actually lead to direct positive effects on the environment.
