Wide panoramic view from inside a plastic recycling facility in Baghdad — sorted plastic bales stacked floor to ceiling on the right, a worker in a high-visibility vest moving material in the middle distance, corrugated metal walls and natural daylight streaming through a high window on the left. Documentary framing, no studio lighting, the industrial environment is the entire backdrop.
Wide panoramic view from inside a plastic recycling facility in Baghdad — sorted plastic bales stacked floor to ceiling on the right, a worker in a high-visibility vest moving material in the middle distance, corrugated metal walls and natural daylight streaming through a high window on the left. Documentary framing, no studio lighting, the industrial environment is the entire backdrop.
— Operational results — Iraq

Logged numbers. Not projections.

Every kilo in this report was collected, sorted, and recorded by our team on the ground in Baghdad. These are operational outputs, not modeled estimates.

/ Cumulative through Q1 2025

The numbers that matter

14,800 kg

34

11

9.2 t

Active partner organizations — universities, restaurants, and businesses — running scheduled collection with us.

Plastic collected and logged across active collection routes in Baghdad and surrounding districts.

Distinct communities and neighborhoods reached through direct collection runs and awareness sessions.

Tonnes of plastic diverted from open dumping and processed through verified recycling channels.

+ Operational history

How the operation scaled

March 2023
September 2023
Q1 2025

First collection route launched

University network activated

Processing facility operational

Six partner restaurants in Al-Karrada district. 480 kg collected in the first operational month. Routes logged manually; every pickup documented.

Three Baghdad universities onboarded with dedicated collection points. Monthly volume crossed 1,200 kg. Partner count reached 14 organizations.

In-house sorting and processing now handles 1,800 kg per month. Model is documented and replicable across other Iraqi cities.

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