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My 2010 journey: a Brief Description about Surabaya Waste Bank

Our foundation is called Bina Bhakti Lingkungan or in English it means devotion and services for the sake of the environment. We are based in Surabaya and were born in 2010 but legalized in 2017. Our program is Bank Sampah Induk Surabaya (Surabaya Central Waste Bank), which has been known as the biggest waste bank in Surabaya. We currently have 25 employees, 346 drop points to collect waste, and more than 5,500 registered participants.  Our mission is to Build Economic Independence and Sustainable Environmental Welfare through the Waste Bank Program, educate people in terms of managing their waste (such us categorizing and cleaning), and give support to indigent participants in the form of money or skill. With our program we hope the society becomes aware of the importance in protecting the environment especially to not litter. In 2022, We have managed to distribute 427.82 tons of waste to the processing factory with 7,693 transactions having been done. In order to accelerate and multi