Project STOP launches digital app to promote good waste management in East Java, Indonesia.
A collaborative initiative, known as Project STOP, which focuses on the problems of plastic waste and waste management in Southeast Asia, teamed up with Accenture to create a new digital application that will help to enhance waste collection and management systems in East Java, Indonesia. That saw to the creation of the Banyuwangi Hijau App, a mobile app with a view to making all those involved in the processes- particularly those in collecting rural waste because of missing aged waste collection infrastructure. That would be the target by the app in being handy in all aspects from getting timely register in payment up to route optimization. The most important feature the application has is its capability to work in internet connectivity-poor areas, making it the perfect solution for Indonesia’s rural regions since the digital infrastructure and connectivity are often a problem. The applications used for the monitoring of routes in Banyuwangi Hijau, other in-house technologies of its kinds; the activities are clear and waste actually reaches its destination because the waste is well managed not to leak plastic into the surrounding environment.
Introducing the app remains one of the significant milestones toward efficiency in waste collection in the region. Although it has already been piloted in some 30,000 houses, more implementations will be done today and in the next couple of days in 377,000 households. More so, the app features one of the much larger initiatives by Project STOP in curbing waste management and plastic pollution in a vast region that poses monumental environmental challenges because of bad systems of waste disposal. Accenture’s involvement will leverage the company’s experience in innovation through creativity, digital, and sustainability. Banyuwangi Hijau App can be used as a model in solving the various environmental and social issues faced by communities, being deployed in waste management systems within the region. The designers of this app designed for Accenture have used elements of scalability and sustainability and integrated it into other aspects around Southeast Asia.
It becomes more transparent with the recycling process due to the utilization of tracking and tracing technology within the project. Plastic waste is tracked from the recycling chain, and the accountability in the processing and reusing of materials becomes higher. It seeks to reduce plastic waste in the water bodies and environment such that the ecosystems can remain clean and healthy. Systemiq and Borealis launched a new platform called Project STOP in 2017, with the idea of solving plastic waste in Southeast Asia. This program is the product of collaboration, using Accenture to scale up the system enabler approach, an emphasis put on partnerships among sectors with a focus on innovative yet sustainable solutions. The app, Banyuwangi Hijau, will represent a model to replicate on similar waste management projects in different parts of the region.
Conclusion:The app and its features should be so designed that waste collection becomes more transparent and efficient and accessible in the process to reduce the leakage of waste into the environment and increase recycling rates. It is supposed to develop a system that impacts the environment because of plastic pollution but also enhances quality life for communities through smoother, more effective processes that come with waste management. The problem of waste and plastic pollution in Southeast Asia is ever-growing and needs solutions such as the Banyuwangi Hijau App. It is important to understand the root causes of the degradation of the environment. The Project STOP collaboration with Accenture is a great example of how digital innovation and cross-sector partnerships can bring meaningful change. These bring about starting of better and cleaner waste management systems within and across different regions, therefore promoting the community to lesser pollution leading to better health conditions for the communities.
Source: Borealis