GOT BAG Sustainability - SustainabilityTracker.com

What do our labels mean?

GOT BAG presents itself as a brand built around the collection and processing of plastic waste, with a supply chain centred on its clean-up programme in Indonesia and the use of recycled materials. Its main material, RE:PET, is produced from PET bottles collected through community clean-up work and processed through recycling partners. The company also sources recycled polycarbonate and recycled nylon, and states that it reviews social audits and fair working conditions within its supply chain. The website also refers to education, waste management expansion, and partnerships connected to ocean plastic pollution and clean-up work.

About GOT BAG

Status
Unverified

Website
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Employees
5 - 25

Country
Germany

GOT BAG Sustainability Actions

Clean-up programme in Indonesia

Our partner foundation Yayasan GOT BAG Indonesia operates a clean-up program where plastic waste is collected. In addition, the foundation focuses on education and the expansion of the waste management system to comprehensively address the problem of ocean plastic pollution. We are in regular exchange with the eight full-time employees of GOT BAG Indonesia.

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Expanded collection regions

The clean-up program was started in Demak on the north coast of Java. GOT BAG Indonesia has now expanded its program to the regions of Jepara in the north and Bantul on the south coast. The clean-up program includes fishers and other collectors who gather plastic from the sea, mangrove areas, and coastal regions such as river deltas.

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Sorting and baling plastic waste

All recyclable types of plastic (e.g., PET, PP, HDPE, LDPE) that have been handed in by collectors in the communities are then brought to the foundation's warehouse in Bantul or Jepara. There, employees manually sort the material by specific plastic types and colors and remove labels and caps. The sorted and processed plastic is then pressed into cube-shaped bales in a machine.

PET recycled into RE:PET

PET bottles collected and processed by GOT BAG Indonesia's collection communities are sent to our recycling partner in Surabaya. Here, the material is shredded, washed again, dried, melted, filtered, and extruded into rPET pellets. In addition to the PET bottles collected by the clean-up program, we also source Ocean Bound Plastic certified PET through our recycling partner on Java.

Recycled materials sourcing

RE:PC is recycled polycarbonate material made from discarded water dispenser containers. We source these materials from our recycling partner in Indonesia, who collects the containers within a maximum radius of 50 km from the coast from restaurants or companies that use water dispenser stations. RE:NYNET® is a recycled nylon fabric made from discarded fishing nets. We source this material through our partner and yarn spinner Formosa Chemicals & Fibre Corporation in Taiwan.

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GOT BAG Sustainability Commitments

2030

Reduce ocean plastic pollution

The foundation focuses on education and the expansion of the waste management system to comprehensively address the problem of ocean plastic pollution.

2025