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STOP WASTE.<\/h1>

GO CIRCULAR.<\/h1>\r\n\t
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Project STOP partners with cities to design, implement and scale circular economy solutions to stop plastic pollution.<\/p>\n\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n

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December 2025 Impact<\/h3>
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772,485<\/div>
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100,961<\/div>
Tonnes of waste collected<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t
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82,942<\/div>
Tonnes of environmental leakage stopped<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\r\n \t
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14,504<\/div>
Tonnes of plastic collected<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t
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12,053<\/div>
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Collection coverage<\/h4>\r\n\t
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The number of residents who have access to project STOP collection services across Project STOP cities.<\/p>\n\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n\n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\r\n \t

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Number of active full-time equivalent jobs created across all STOP city partnerships. The jobs created consist of waste collection workers, material sorters, waste system management and administration.<\/p>\n\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n\n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\r\n \t

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Waste collection<\/h4>\r\n\t
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Tonnes of waste collected by Project STOP collection operations and hotspot cleanups across Project STOP cities. All collected waste goes to a material processing center for sorting.<\/p>\n\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n\n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\r\n \t

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Environmental leakage stopped<\/h4>\r\n\t
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The additional tonnes of waste collected that would have otherwise leaked into the environment from burning or illegal dumping. Essentially this metric is calculated from waste collection subtracted from the baseline waste collection rate prior to Project STOP start.<\/p>\n\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n\n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\r\n \t

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Plastic Collection<\/h4>\r\n\t
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Plastic Leakage Stopped<\/h4>\r\n\t
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The additional tonnes of plastic collected that would have otherwise leaked into the environment from burning or illegal dumping. Essentially this metric is calculated from plastic collection subtracted from the baseline waste collection rate prior to Project STOP start.<\/p>\n\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n\n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t

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