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Trash for Trade is a Plastic Upcycling Social Enterprise.It is a social innovation idea developed from an open-source community, ‘Precious Plastic’ with the support of DreamSpace Academy. We have taken upon this initiative using the upcycling machinery our team has built.

Vision

A future free from plastic pollution

Mission

Trash for Trade community provides innovative, economic, efficient, reliable, eco-friendly upcycling technology to Sri Lanka along with spreading awareness about its environmental and economic benefits.

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Facts

2000

Polyethylene Terephthalate
(PET or PETE)

400

High-density Polyethylene
(HDPE)

100

Polyvinyl Chloride
(PVC)

40

Low-density Polyethylene
(LDPE)

60

Polypropylene
(PP)

60

Polystyrene
(PS)

240

Other Types Of Plastic

Features

We Stand For

Marine Conservation

Reduce the plastic waste ending up in inland water bodies and ocean, thus preventing ocean pollution

Eco-friendly Plastic Usage

Opportunity to eliminate plastic waste and reduce the demand for virgin plastic

Community-oriented Goals

A strong community of similar-minded, passionate individuals who support and uplift the cause by creating awareness among locals for a better livelihood

What We Are

An Integrated Workspace


An integrated, individual workspaces for plastic waste collection, machinery-building, and upcycling processes

Upcycling Machinery Production

Machineries hand-built by the team along with local partners using easily-available raw materials

A Social Enterprise on the Rise

A social enterprise-oriented business model for the prolonged sustainability of the project

Services

Our Products – Processed & Upcycled

Shredded Plastic

Shredded Plastic is the reusable raw material derived from the collected plastic waste, used for manufacturing plastic containers, PET bottles, and PVC products

Plastic Pellets

Plastic pellets are tiny, disc-shaped granules of plastic that provide the required uniformity of components required for the plastic recycling process.

Upcycling machines

Building machineries for upcycling processes as Shredding, Injection, Extrusion, Sheet press, and Compression to create upcycled products

Construction materials

Upcycled plastic has the capability and potential to replace the conventional and wasteful construction materials such as hollow blocks, roofing sheets, etc

Furniture

The opportunity to manufacture chairs, stools, shelves and several more with the elegance and classic style to suit everyone’s interior designing preferences

Custom Design Plastics

Create custom plastic designs with the Injection Molding process for mass and niche manufacturing

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Contact

Get In Touch With Us

Address

372/2, Government quarters road, Kallady, Batticaloa,
30000, Srilanka.

Email

trashfortrade@gmail.com


Phone

+94766646404

+94652226302