Myanmar Recycles (Accelerator)

Company Description: Since 2017, Myanmar Recycles has been providing an industrial scale solution to Myanmar’s plastic pollution problem with support from Yangon City Development Committee (YCDC) through a partnership at Myanmar’s largest landfill. MR is the leading recycler in Myanmar with a vision of a zero plastic waste future. We focus on plastic film that is simply too dirty for other companies to recycle: Myanmar Recycles collects, sorts, washes, and recycles traditionally unrecyclable, valueless post-consumer plastic film that is significantly contributing to our global plastic waste crisis. MR has developed a scalable collection model that works in countries with little to no plastic collection infrastructure. We work with marginalized and low-skill communities to collect plastic, while providing transparency and fair wages and creating a value for plastic waste that will make it more likely to be collected and recycled.