GC and Partners Turn Plastic Waste into Smiles for Children
PTT Global Chemical Public Company Limited (GC), a global leader in the chemical industry, is driving the Circular Economy in a practical, impactful way through GC YOUTURN, its comprehensive platform for managing used plastics. In collaboration with Sansiri, WasteBuy Delivery, Punpun Playground, and Plus Property, GC has developed a prototype “Waste to WORTH” model, designed to transform today’s plastic waste into tangible benefits for the community—most notably, eco-friendly playgrounds for children within Sansiri residential projects.
This initiative represents more than a recycling program; it embodies a full-cycle approach to sustainability, ensuring that every plastic bottle and container collected has a purpose, creating real value while educating and inspiring the next generation.
Building a Strong Foundation: The Circular Economy in Action
The first step toward transforming vision into reality is establishing a robust system to manage plastic waste efficiently. GC and its partners have designed a comprehensive management structure that connects every stakeholder along the entire value chain—from residents to recycling facilities. Each piece of plastic is tracked, processed, and repurposed, ensuring it reaches its fullest potential in a safe, responsible manner.
This approach exemplifies the Circular Economy, where every stage—collection, transportation, recycling, and repurposing—creates value, not waste. It’s a model that proves sustainability can be both systematic and tangible.
Sorting Waste: The First Step Toward Value
The journey begins with sorting plastic waste at the community level. Residents in T77 Community, recognized as a green urban model, are the first link in this chain. By properly separating their clear and opaque plastic bottles, residents actively contribute to the sustainability cycle.
In Phuket, this initiative is extended to The Society Phuket, Sansiri’s first social-focused residential project located in the heart of Bang Tao – Choeng Thale. Plus Property, an expert in residential management, provides a disposal system to ensure that every bottle is properly separated and collected.
Sorting is more than just waste management—it’s an educational step that raises awareness about the value of recycling. By engaging residents, Sansiri encourages responsible living while highlighting the tangible impact of proper waste segregation.
Smart Transportation: Connecting the Supply Chain
Once plastics are sorted, WasteBuy Delivery takes the lead in transporting the collected waste to the processing stage. Using a professional recycling transportation management system, WasteBuy records the weight of each batch and tracks its journey to the correct recycling plant.
This ensures that no plastic ends up in a landfill and that all materials are processed correctly. By managing the supply chain efficiently, WasteBuy Delivery plays a crucial role in closing the loop of the Circular Economy.
Recycling and Upcycling: Turning Waste into High-Value Resources
The collected plastic bottles are sent to GC YOUTURN, Thailand’s first integrated plastic waste management system. Here, cutting-edge technology transforms used plastics into high-quality recycled plastic pellets.
These recycled pellets are more than just raw materials—they represent a new opportunity to create value, surpassing the original purpose of the discarded bottles. Through this innovative process, waste is transformed into a resource that can be used in a variety of creative and functional applications.
Creativity Meets Sustainability: Designing Playgrounds
With recycled plastic pellets in hand, Punpun Playground transforms these materials into functional and eco-friendly playground equipment. The design process prioritizes strength, safety, and aesthetics, ensuring that each playground not only meets high standards but also becomes a visually appealing space for children to play and learn.
This step embodies the concept of “waste to WORTH”—where discarded plastics are not just recycled but creatively repurposed to enrich society. By turning waste into playful learning spaces, the project demonstrates that sustainability can be both practical and imaginative.
Bringing Joy to Sansiri Communities
The final stage of the process is installing the playgrounds in Sansiri residential projects, including Anasiri Ratchaphruek-Tat Mai, Maple Ratchaphruek-Tat Mai, Siri Place Ratchaphruek-Tat Mai, and Anasiri Well Pa Khlok (Phuket). These playgrounds offer children safe, enjoyable spaces to explore while showcasing the tangible outcomes of the Circular Economy in action.
By providing these spaces, Sansiri and GC highlight that sustainability is not an abstract concept—it creates real, visible benefits for communities and families. Children can play, families can gather, and the entire community can witness how plastic waste can be transformed into a source of joy.
Education and Awareness: Beyond Recycling
A key element of the “Waste to WORTH” model is community education. By involving residents from the start—sorting, tracking, and witnessing the transformation of waste—Sansiri ensures that sustainability becomes a shared responsibility.
Residents learn firsthand that responsible disposal and recycling can directly contribute to creating spaces for children. This educational approach strengthens community bonds while reinforcing the importance of environmental stewardship in everyday life.
Milestone for Sustainable Living
The project is set to be completed by the third quarter of 2026, marking a significant milestone in the journey toward sustainable residential communities. The eco-friendly playgrounds will not only provide recreational spaces but will also stand as proof that Circular Economy principles can generate tangible social and environmental benefits.
Sansiri’s commitment goes beyond reducing waste. It sets a new benchmark for the Thai real estate industry, demonstrating that discarded materials, when properly managed, can create new value and positively impact communities.
Creating a World Where Waste Becomes Worth
Through this collaborative initiative, GC, Sansiri, and their partners exemplify how sustainability can be practical, innovative, and socially enriching. Plastic bottles and containers, once considered waste, are transformed into playgrounds where children can learn, play, and thrive.
This project is more than a recycling effort—it is a vision for a world where every resource is valued, reused, and given new purpose. By turning waste into functional, eco-friendly spaces, GC and Sansiri are creating not just playgrounds, but a legacy of tangible, impactful sustainability for future generations.
The “Waste to WORTH” model proves that with creativity, collaboration, and commitment, sustainability can move from concept to reality—delivering smiles, environmental benefits, and a lasting positive impact on society.
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