Turning plastic recovery into verified environmental impact

Using Cardano to deliver trusted data that supports policy, compliance, and the circular economy

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Plastic waste accumulates across all regions of the world, yet the data needed to understand recovery activities remains deeply fragmented.
Plastiks identifies a structural issue affecting governments, enterprises, and multilateral institutions alike: plastic is everywhere, yet reliable information on what is collected, processed, or recovered is almost nonexistent.

Billions of tons of plastic enter the environment each year, yet most recovery activity is never measured or verified in ways that support policy or compliance. Informal waste pickers perform a significant share of global recovery work, but their contributions remain largely invisible within formal systems, limiting recognition, compensation, and data accuracy.


Governments and UN programs face growing pressure to demonstrate environmental progress without access to auditable datasets, which creates uncertainty and increases the risk of greenwashing. Plastiks addresses this gap by providing a reliable, verifiable measurement infrastructure that transforms plastic recovery into trusted public value.

Challenge
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Data obscurity
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Informal exclusion
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Policy uncertainty
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Greenwashing risk
Solution

Plastiks delivers a measurement, reporting, and verification (MRV) system that converts plastic recovery into trusted digital records.

Built on the Cardano blockchain, the platform secures every kilogram of recovered plastic as immutable data, enabling transparent reporting for governments, Fast-Moving Consumer Goods (FMCGs) companies, Non-Government Organizations (NGOs), and impact investors. This replaces manual reporting with verifiable evidence that supports environmental policy, procurement, and sustainability commitments.


By connecting formal and informal recycling networks, Plastiks ensures waste pickers receive recognition and fair compensation while providing accurate, auditable datasets. Verified recovery data can be converted into Plastic Credits, unlocking private capital for circular-economy initiatives, while real-time dashboards support reporting aligned with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for responsible consumption and climate action.

Cardano enables verifiable environmental data at a global scale

How Plastiks generates trusted impact data

A streamlined process that creates transparency from local recovery operations to national and global reporting frameworks.

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Data input and verification

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Recovery activity is captured digitally, validated, and prepared for immutable storage.

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Trusted blockchain registration

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Cardano secures every recovery entry as tamper-proof data.

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Plastic Credit creation

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Verified recovery becomes a financial instrument that supports circular economy programs.

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Transparent reporting and compliance

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Dashboards supply governments and private partners with measurable and auditable progress indicators.

Results

Plastiks delivers measurable results that support environmental policy, community inclusion, and sustainable finance.

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Community empowerment
Plastiks connects informal and formal recycling systems, enabling fair compensation and recognition for waste pickers who were previously invisible in environmental reporting frameworks.
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Strengthened compliance
Governments and enterprises receive auditable datasets that support EPR enforcement and sustainability reporting.
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Transparent dashboards
Real-time dashboards display verified progress toward SDG 12 and SDG 13, creating clarity for public and private stakeholders.
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Reduced greenwashing
Immutable records convert environmental claims into verifiable impact, increasing institutional trust and accountability.
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Circular finance activation
Plastic Credits enable recycling initiatives to access private capital, reducing reliance on donor aid and accelerating global impact.

There is no future for recovery and recycling without data on-chain. And there is no trustworthy on-chain data unless it is verified against international standards before it is recorded.

André Vanyi-Robin
CEO and Founder of Plastiks
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