Lets join waste separation program and change the world with James Jirayu Tangsrisuk in Kon Loh Kor Tum Dee (Good-Looking Guys need to do good things), 12th Annual Activity. James Jirayu will coach the students in targeted school, Rayong, to separate waste accurately including waste classification, weighing and selling for ThinkCycle Bank, waste trading program in school. This program has contributed the students to have the consciousness of waste separation accurately. Also, this can help the students have perceived that trash is treasure so they won’t leave it for granted. Eventually, they have been coached to save their income by using account book.

The “Upcycling, the Oceans, Thailand” project by GC, in collaboration with the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT), Ecoalf Foundation and over 1,000 participants including volunteers, scuba divers, communities and nature enthusiasts, joined together to collect plastic waste from the sea in Rayong. The collected waste was upcycled to produce the project’s first collection of fashionable products such as Upcycling the Oceans, Thailand (UTO) t-shirts and backpacks. The response was overwhelming and the products sold out within minutes after going on sale. This project underscores GC’s success in generating social awareness towards ocean conservation in Thailand and supporting an environmentally-conscious lifestyle that reinforces GC Circular Living. The project is also in keeping with the principles of the Circular Economy which contributes to GC’s mission to build “Chemistry for Better Living.”

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Today, GC has further advanced its research and development by initiating the “Upcycling Plastic Waste” project as a driving force in upcycling Polyethylene (PE) plastic, the most common plastic primarily used in packaging, such as plastic bags, which are unfortunately in abundance everywhere. The project is an important collaboration between GC’s department of Innovation and Research and Development, and Jarupatcha “Pook” Achavasmit, a material designer and professor at the Industrial Design department, Faculty of Architecture, King Mongkut’s Institute Technology Ladkrabang. “Upcycling Plastic Waste” aims to add value to plastic waste, giving it a new life. Additionally, to extend the partnership to include communities and allow residents to earn a supplementary income, GC conducted a training program to produce textiles and apparel from recycled plastics for the Charoen Pattana and Noen Samray 1 communities in Rayong province, with both becoming pilot communities with plans for an expansion in the near future. The project expects to promote environmental conservation and also build a social enterprise model that empowers communities to become more self-reliant.

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For the very first time, waste found in Thai seas are being given a new life with added value by being made into fashionable items as part of the ‘Upcycling the Oceans, Thailand’ project.

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The “Upcycling the Oceans, Thailand” project unveiled its first collection. They include products made from plastic waste found in the seas in Rayong which were upcycled through a creative and innovative process, and subsequently transformed into fashionable products and accessories such as cool t-shirts and backpacks.

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Employees of GC Group are proud to have contributed to the “Upcycling the Oceans, Thailand” backpack project which upcycles plastic waste found in the seas in Rayong. The project received overwhelmingly positive feedback and the backpacks sold out within minutes.

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