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Project Title Second Life Thailand: Ocean-Bound & Land Plastic Recovery, Recycling and
Reuse
Project ID 2513
Version 1.1
Contact 233 Moo 4, Muang Kaew, Mae Rim, Chiang-Mai 50180, Thailand
(+66) 82 7633307
contact@secondlife.earth / www.secondlife.earth
VVB Contact Miranda Rienstra, mrienstra@controlunion.com
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1 PROJECT DETAILS
1.1 Summary Description of the Implementation Status of the Project
Second Life is a plastic waste reduction program to recover and recycle ocean, ocean-bound
and land plastic waste. It does this by:
a) Incentivizing the formal and informal waste collectors and recycling agents of islands
and remote coastal areas, including municipalities, schools, and volunteers, and
b) Connecting corporate partners with industrial recycling supply chains to ensure reuse
and upcycling of plastics recycled, in a fully circular and locally integrated economy.
d) Engaging with collectors and communities about waste management and its impacts
and teaching them how to mitigate future waste by raising awareness on waste
management, collection, and recycling activities.
The ‘Second Life’ project was initiated by PUR Projet, a Social Enterprise founded in 2008.
Currently operating in 40 countries, PUR Projet specialises in ecosystem regeneration and
conservation activities and engaged in sustainable and circular supply chains setup.
Plastic recovery and recycling are done through the Second Life network of aggregators and
informal collectors. Each collector willing to join receives a premium per 1 kg of plastics
collected of 3,00 THB / kg ($US 0.1) + 2 THB / kg for transport, and 1 THB / kg to the regional
collector (aggregator) for monitoring the volumes collected and recycled. This is in addition to
the baseline 7 THB / kg of the market price, which makes previously unprofitable recovery and
recycling operations (e.g., on remote islands) now profitable. Local collectors are trained as well
on health and safety stakes of waste collection and recycling and monitored throughout the
duration of the program.
The project is developed with a longevity of 7 years with the target to cover all Thai Island areas
and remote coastal areas by 2027 (project renewable 2 times for a total period of 21 years
according to PWRM0001 Plastic Waste Collection Methodology and PWRM0002 Plastic Waste
Mechanical Recycling Methodology).
Second Life has been operating since January 2nd, 2020, which is the Project Start Date.
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This monitoring report covers the period 1st June 2021 - 31st December 2022. This follows on
consecutively and exclusively from the previous monitoring period that was verified of 2nd
January 2020 – 31st May 2021.
• The total project amount collected during the monitoring period is 3264 tons
• The total project amount recycled during the monitoring period is 246 tons
Second Life manages the following types of plastic waste which are all eligible for the Plastic
Program, including but not limited to:
● PET
● HDPE
● PVC*
● LDPE
● PP
● PS*
● EPS*
● Other
○ Nylon
○ Polycarbonate*
○ Polylactic acid*
○ ABS
*Materials are not currently collected or processed at significant scale as of time of writing
document, however these may be included within the following years.
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4. Project configuration
Second Life has been designed as a grouped project. The Second Life project covers 4 main
regions, the high-income coastal areas, low-income coastal areas, high-income inland and low-
income inland areas.
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Within these 4 main regions, current operations of Second cover 3 provinces namely:
(3) Inland – Higher Income: Chiang Mai area (Asia Green Roads partner).
With expansion planned to other provinces that fall within the 4 main project areas of high-
income coastal areas, low-income coastal areas, high-income inland and low-income inland
areas. Namely, the following provinces (including island areas located within these provinces):
• Gulf of Thailand
• Andaman Coast
Title Founder
Second Life, 233, Moo 4, Don Tun, Muang Kaew, Mae Rim, Chiang-Mai 50
Address
180, Thailand.
Telephone + 66 82 76 333 07
Email tristan.lecomte@purprojet.com
Roles / responsibilities: Second Life is the project developer that started the project on the field
with local partners, conducted the public appraisal meetings, designed the project, set-up the
activities, monitoring processes and built-up the local management team. Its two main
activities are:
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1. Contracting and monitoring: Second Life forms contracts with the regional recyclers,
supports activities such as beach clean-ups, and monitors the volumes traded under
the incentive program, which are recorded by regional recyclers and monitored along
the supply chain by Foundation J&O, PCM and Tide when transformed into PET pellets.
Second Life manages the service part of these activities, not the product, but ensures
full compliance of program activities, traceability, and chain of custody of the plastic
waste collected and plastic credits generated via the recovery and recycling activities
along the supply chain. Second Life monitors the economic, social, and environmental
impacts generated by project activities and organizes qualitative gatherings to regularly
survey the satisfaction of local projects stakeholders.
2. Maintaining the registry: Second Life manages the unique global registry of all the
projects, consolidating, auditing, and monitoring volumes per type (PET, PP, PE...),
Methodology (Recovery / Recycling), origin (Ocean, Ocean-bound, Land), Regional
Recycler (Wongpanit Krabi, Ranong Recycle, Asia Green Roads), and local recyclers
(registries), schools and volunteers. The Unique Registry managed by Second Life is a
guarantee of traceability and avoids any risk of double counting or double claim on
volumes collected and recycled.
Clarifications of ‘Second Life’ brand: Second Life is a brand operating under the legal entity of
PUR Development Pte. Ltd., registered at 336 Smith Street #07-302 New Bridge Centre
SINGAPORE 050336 (Company Registration: 201432906C). The brand "Second Life" is under
registration at INPI in France by the local entity of PUR Projet there "The Pure Project ",
subsidiary of PUR Alliance, the Holding company. PUR Development Pte. Ltd. is also a
subsidiary of PUR Alliance, the Holding company.
As of January 1st 2023, Second Life shall be operated under Second Life Pte. Ltd. (UEN No.:
202243077D)
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Caudalie is committed to recover 100% of its plastic footprint for the next 10
years.
Second Life is about creating a circular economy ecosystem, from companies
supporting recyclers to companies buying the recycled materials to reuse
them.
Caudalie is already involved in the reduction of its packaging and plans to
reuse more recyclable materials in the production of its cosmetic containers.
Title Founder
Telephone --
Email contact@caudalie.com
Plastic waste aggregator. Located in the Ranong region that works with
Second Life plastic to supply plastic waste collected and recycled by local
collectors.
Switzerland (Lausanne) based Jan & Oscar Foundation was founded in
memory of 2 Swiss children who lost their lives in Thailand when a
devastating tsunami hit Asia in 2004. Since then, their mother Laurence Pian
Role in the project
has implemented more than 40 projects, building schools, and creating jobs.
Dr. Michel Pardos joined the non-profit organization in 2016. Before
managing projects in Thailand, he had already worked in Singapore, Canada,
and Switzerland as a scientist in the management of aquatic ecosystems as
well as in the financial industry. Dr. Michel Pardos will continue to support the
charity while establishing #tide Thailand. www.fondationjan-oscar.ch
Telephone +66801214609
Email michel.pardos@fondationjan-oscar.ch
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Email snanthasarut@yahoo.com
IUCN has been funding the Ranong Recycling centre developed by Foundation
Jan&Oscar. IUCN is not funding Second Life activities, but is helping in
Role in the project
identifying new collection areas, and connecting Second Life to these
communities for project development.
Email siriporn.sriaram@iucn.org
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Life projects and participates in the control of the whole supply chain for
Ranong Recycle centre plastics, traceability in the first place.
Title Founder
Telephone +66801214609
Email michel.pardos@fondationjan-oscar.ch
Title Owner
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Email seksanu@gmail.com
Asia Green Roads, is a social enterprise, composed of Pr Pow and his family
members (his brother and father are shareholders of the company),
incorporated in Lamphun, Chiang Mai province. Over the last 10 years, the
company has been implementing various plastic recovery and recycling
projects of which the construction of a 1km road in Chiang Mai with plastic
waste, and the production of the Pow Machine, designed at Chiang Mai
Rajabhat University, by Professor Pow, to recycle plastic and glass waste into
Role in the project recycled products. Asia Green Roads serves as the implementing body of the
innovations developed by Pr Pow at the University.
Pr Pow is very much involved in training and national outreach campaigns in
Thailand to raise awareness on plastic recycling. Pr Pow already receives
yearly more than 30 tons of plastics sent from all over Thailand by schools
and civil society, to be recycled by his machine into recycled products, which
are then offered to temples, schools, national parks or sold on the local
market.
Title Professor
Address 202 Changphuak Road, Chang Phueak, Muang, Chiang Mai 50300
Email wechsawan.lakas@gmail.com
As the place of employment for Professor Pow (of Asia Green Roads). Chiang
Mai Rajabhat University also serves to engage Professor Pow as the lead
consultant for the Asia Gren Roads project, whom has been granted the rights
to lead operations for the project with support from the National Ministry of
Role in the project Innovation of Thailand. Further details can be found in additional appendix
documents.
Professor Pow is leading the Civil Engineering department of the University
where he has developed with his students among others the Pow Machine,
and the University places at his disposal a space and tools to develop and
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Title Professor
Address 202 Changphuak Road, Chang Phueak, Muang, Chiang Mai 50300
Email wechsawan.lakas@gmail.com
Corporate sponsor.
Role in the project Clarins is a French-based Cosmetics company, engaged with Second Life for
the recovery of 100 tons of ocean-bound plastics / year from 2021 to 2025.
Address --
Telephone --
Email Guillaume.Lascourreges@clarins.com
The PUR Projet team supports the launch of Second Life activities, and the
Second Life methodology is directly derived from PUR Projet’s tools for carbon
projects. Plastic Recovery and Recycling and Carbon Offsetting are very
Role in the project
similar standards, and hence Second Life benefits from the learning curve of
PUR Projet both on methods and project implementation, resources, and
know-how, which strengthen the chances of success of the project.
Title Founder
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Telephone + 66 82 76 333 07
Email tristan@purprojet.com
Telephone 0033 6 85 17 99 37
Email bob.vrignaud@plasticodyssey.org
Tide is processing some of the ocean-bound plastic coming from Second Life
Thailand projects (100 tons estimated in 2020 and 400 tons in 2021). Tide
receives the PET flakes from PCM, washes them and processes them into PET
Pellets, which are then sold to manufacturers in Europe for producing
products (watch bracelets), and plastic containers (for cosmetics and food
products).
Role in the project
#tide ocean SA, is a company based in Basel, Switzerland. #tide collects
plastic waste threatening our oceans and transforms this into sustainable
products. In cooperation with scientists from the Swiss University of Applied
Sciences in Rapperswil, #tide has found a solution to fix the damaged
molecules and turn them into a valuable raw material. For its quality granules
and yarns #tide ocean material was awarded with the Materialica Award
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2019 and the Swiss Plastic Expo Award 2020. By using what already exists,
#tide is closing the circle of plastic production and saving fossil energy such
as petroleum. #tide is compounding with solar power and all transports are
carbon neutral. Still in its first operational year, #tide has already processed
150 tons of ocean bound plastic. www.tide.earth
Email mkrebs@tide.earth
Email dominic.thomson@ejfoundation.org
Title CEO
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Telephone +82225623773
Email jbk@cerpd.com
Title Various
Address Various
Telephone Various
Email Various
A) the effective start date of Second Life’s contract with one of its project operators (Ranong
Recycle) which details commencement of activities related to plastic recovery and recycling
under Second Life’s incentive model. This start date is January 2nd 2020.
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B) The collection registry from project operators indicates the first volume of collected waste
received by the project operator (Ranong Recycle) was on January 2nd 2020, of a total 480
kg of plastic.
The project takes place in the Kingdom of Thailand, in the provinces of Chiang Mai, Ranong and
Krabi, with extensions scheduled from 2021 in Rayong, Trang, Phuket, Surat Thani, Bangkok,
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Kanchanaburi, Kon Ken and Trat. The exact locations including geodetic polygons are provided
in a KML file attached.
The complete list of collection areas as part of the project is available in the Second Life Areas
Registry. 90% of the areas are public areas with strong deficiencies in waste collection and
recycling. 10% (Koh Kham, Lao...) are private areas (islands purchased by private investors)
with deficiencies in waste collection and recycling.
13.7563° N,
Bangkok 100.5018° E
13.6904° N,
Chachoengsao 101.0780° E
12.6113° N,
Chanthaburi 102.1039° E
13.3611° N,
Chonburi 100.9847° E
10.4930° N,
Chumphon 99.1800° E
8.0863° N, 98.9063°
Krabi E
8.4325° N, 99.9599°
Nakhon Si Thammarat E
6.8695° N,
Pattani 101.2505° E
8.4501° N, 98.5255°
Phang Nga E
7.6167° N,
Phattalung 100.0740° E
16.3017° N,
Phetchabun 101.1193° E
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7.9519° N, 98.3381°
Phuket E
11.8124° N,
Prachuap Khiri Khan 99.7973° E
9.9529° N, 98.6085°
Ranong E
12.7074° N,
Rayong 101.1474° E
13.5954° N,
Samut Prakan 100.6072° E
13.5498° N,
Samut Sakhon 100.2741° E
13.4098° N,
Samut Songkhram 100.0023° E
6.6238° N,
Satun 100.0674° E
7.1756° N,
Songkhla 100.6143° E
9.1382° N, 99.3217°
Surat Thani E
7.5594° N, 99.6110°
Trang E
12.2428° N,
Trat 102.5175° E
6.4255° N,
Narathiwat 101.8253° E
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14.5896° N,
Ang Thong 100.4551° E
15.1852° N,
Chainat 100.1251° E
18.7883° N,
Chiang Mai 98.9853° E
19.9072° N,
Chiang Rai 99.8310° E
16.4314° N,
Kalasin 103.5059° E
16.4810° N,
Kamphaeng Phet 99.5249° E
14.1011° N,
Kanchanaburi 99.4179° E
16.4322° N,
Khon Kaen 102.8236° E
18.2855° N,
Lampang 99.5128° E
18.5745° N,
Lamphun 99.0087° E
17.4860° N,
Loei 101.7223° E
14.7995° N,
Lopburi 100.6534° E
16.0132° N,
Maha Sarakham 103.1615° E
14.2069° N,
Nakhon Nayok 101.2131° E
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13.8140° N,
Nakhon Pathom 100.0373° E
17.3920° N,
Nakhon Phanom 104.7696° E
14.9799° N,
Nakhon Ratchasima 102.0978° E
15.6930° N,
Nakhon Sawan 100.1226° E
18.7756° N,
Nan 100.7730° E
17.8783° N,
Nong Khai 102.7413° E
13.8621° N,
Nonthaburi 100.5144° E
14.0208° N,
Pathum Thani 100.5250° E
19.2154° N,
Phayao 100.2024° E
12.9649° N,
Phetchaburi 99.6426° E
16.2741° N,
Phichit 100.3347° E
17.0364° N,
Phitsanulok 100.5835° E
18.1446° N,
Phrae 100.1403° E
14.0421° N,
Prachinburi 101.6601° E
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13.5283° N,
Ratchaburi 99.8134° E
16.0538° N,
Roi Et 103.6520° E
13.8222° N,
Sa Kaeo 102.0660° E
14.5270° N,
Saraburi 100.9130° E
14.8936° N,
Sing Buri 100.3967° E
15.1186° N,
Sisaket 104.3220° E
17.0056° N,
Sukhothai 99.8264° E
14.4745° N,
Suphan Buri 100.1177° E
16.8840° N,
Tak 99.1258° E
15.2448° N,
Ubon Ratchathani 104.8473° E
17.4138° N,
Udon Thani 102.7872° E
15.3835° N,
Uthai Thani 100.0246° E
17.6201° N,
Uttaradit 100.0993° E
6.5411° N,
Yala 101.2804° E
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15.8657° N,
Amnat Charoen 104.6258° E
18.3269° N,
Bueng Kan 103.6884° E
14.9951° N,
Buriram 103.1116° E
15.8068° N,
Chaiyaphum 102.0315° E
16.5696° N,
Mukdahan 104.5231° E
17.2218° N,
Nong Bua Lamphu 102.4260° E
17.1546° N,
Sakon Nakhon 104.1348° E
14.8829° N,
Surin 103.4937° E
15.7926° N,
Yasothon 104.1453° E
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o ● Clean Development Mechanism (2012). Methodological tool 01: Tool for the
demonstration and assessment of additionality, version 07.0.0
o ● Clean Development Mechanism (2012). Methodological tool 01: Tool for the
demonstration and assessment of additionality, version 07.0.0
No commercially sensitive information has been excluded from the public version of the project
description.
Further Information
● Public beaches, open for leisure and waste collection from registered collectors
● Public areas, open for waste collection from registered and non-registered collectors
Socio-economic impacts of the project have been assessed by Second Life during the project
design to ensure integrated benefit for communities, and ecosystems.
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The proposed activities have no significant negative social impacts. The project involves around
200 collectors & recyclers. To be successful, project activities were designed to respond to the
local challenges and development perspectives of these collectors & recyclers.
Meeting with Municipalities and Communities leaders on Koh Klang and Koh Pu
Meeting with Municipality, regional and local recyclers on Koh Lanta, & gathering with
Wongpanit Krabi, Foundation J&O & PUR Projet.
To maximize the socio- economic benefit and minimize the risks of conflicts, the project is using
a participatory approach inviting all stakeholders of the communities in relations to waste
management, prior to each project start. This includes municipalities, collectors and recyclers,
schools, volunteer groups and the public. Interviews of recyclers households, consulting, and
training in small groups were undertaken to understand the recyclers and communities’
preferences, wishes and concerns. The proposed project activity was designed to respond to
their desires for livelihood development. All of them ask for a premium on plastic purchases to
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make-up for the low market prices. Hence the priority of the project is on giving an incentive /
kg of plastic waste collected.
The recyclers are fully part of the project activity such as site identification, collection,
transport, sorting, bailing, washing, and shredding. They’re also the first beneficiaries of the
project.
Each recycler may give his suggestions and opinions on the project and its progress, at
semesterly meetings, through his representative or directly to Second Life. All
recommendations, advice or criticisms are considered and integrated to improve the processes
and impacts of the project.
Socio-economic benefits
● An Island / remote area local collector can collect about 10 to 20 kg per hour of plastic
waste on a public area, of which 70% recyclables and 30% non-recyclables in average
we can consider 10 kg / hour including the sorting and transport and delivery to the
regional recycler. With an incentive of 5 THB / kg (3 kg for collection 2 for transport),
this means an additional income of 400 THB / day with 8 hours of work, on top of what
he receives for the purchase of his recyclables (70 %) from the regional recycler.
Hence, the incentive given by Second Life has the capacity to double the revenues of local
collectors, from a baseline of 392 THB to 792 THB / day, for 8 hours of work and 80 kg
collected, sorted, and transported to the regional buyer.
The legal minimum salary is at 350 THB / day in Thailand. With current market prices, a daily
revenue of 392 THB / recycler, means, after deducting transport costs, a net revenue of 250 to
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350 THB / day, depending on remoteness of local recycler. Hence, the informal recyclers barely
hit the minimum salary level. Collectors and recyclers are among the poorest of the Thai
population.
Thanks to the Second Life incentive, they can gain 792 THB / day of revenues, of which a net
revenue of 500 to 600 THB after deducting transport expenses (gas + vehicle depreciation).
So, the Second Life incentive allows to give a decent revenue to collectors and recyclers, above
the minimum legal salary in Thailand, hence raising the attractivity of this activity for
disadvantaged populations.
● At Krabi landfill project, recyclers open the trash bag to sort recyclables with non-
recyclables. They earn on average 350 to 500 THB / night (work is performed mainly at
night). Thanks to the Second Life incentive, they get 3 THB / kg of additional revenues,
hence a potential of 240 to 500 THB additional / night of work. This significantly raises
their revenues, allowing them to improve their living and working conditions. Conditions
at work are extremely tenuous in the landfill, with hazards, heat, and smells, so quite a
challenging environment. The recyclers are informal but are all registered and
authorized by the local municipality.
(2) Employment: The proposed project activity generated in 2020, more than 3 million THB
(100K USD) of additional revenues to collectors, for 600 tons of plastics collected throughout
the year. This is the equivalent of 28 Full time equivalent employees for the year 2020 for
collecting activities.
(3) Most employment opportunities are being taken by the local collectors and recyclers
involved in the proposed project activity and beyond (volunteers, municipalities,).
(4) Local economic development: as the project generates additional incomes, it triggers a local
economic development, most of all in the local chain of waste and recycling.
(6) Technical training and demonstration: Interview with local communities indicated that local
communities are usually short of access to information and equipment and lack skills to
manage the waste management issue in their community with proper health, safety, and
hygiene standards.
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Second Life invites local and regional recyclers (core target of the program), municipalities,
schools, and volunteers together around a partnership to collect additional quantities of ocean-
bound & land plastic waste.
Second Life and its partners, in particular Foundation J&O and Wongpanit Krabi, invest in
training and campaigns to schools, municipalities, and the public about waste management, as
it is key to involve local communities on this dimension of the issue too. (proper collection,
value of recyclables, reuses potential, issues linked with burning plastics, ocean-plastic issue,
etc.).
The process by which stakeholder groups are identified are detailed within Second Life’s
‘Stakeholder Management’ documentation, an excerpt of which is detailed below:
“Before starting a project or opening a new collection area for a project, the Second Life Project
Manager (PM) fulfills the following Stakeholders Management Relations steps.
I) Stakeholder Identification
III) Project Area validation and agreement made with Stakeholders > See as well Eligibility
Criteria for opening new project area)
IV) Stakeholders’ relations follow-up and feedback on projects updates: calendar of meetings
and follow-up visits
I) Stakeholders Identification
Preliminary
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-Department of Marine and Coastal Resources (DMCR) -Ministry of National Resources and
Environment (MONRE) -Forestry Department of Thailand
How to identify and qualify all the Stakeholders of a new project area?
-the status of the area: is it a national park or municipality, protected area or only private lands?
-main stakeholder is the national park Chief Ranger and National Parks Office in Bangkok
-check if there are communities nested within the National Park, such as Native communities,
and or other people living within the National Park or on boundaries. If yes, check the legality of
their settlement.
-list other potential organization present in the area: NGO, Major Company, Public or private
Institution, project in relations to wastes management.
-Check in priority for most disadvantaged ones: list all informal collectors of the area (asking
questions on who is usually collecting the area).
-Identify who is in charge of consolidating volumes collected (if any) and transporter
I.II) If a coastal area (beach, coast, island coast) and / or protected coastal area:
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-check if there are communities nested within the protected area or living on the coast-line,
such as Native communities, and or other people living within the boundaries of the protected
area. If yes, check the legality of their settlement.
-list other potential organization present in the area: NGO, Major Company, Public or private
Institution, project in relations to wastes management.
-Identify who is in charge of consolidating volumes collected (if any) and transporter
-Check in priority for most disadvantaged ones: list all informal collectors of the area (asking
questions on who is usually collecting the area).
I.III) If a municipality:
-list other potential organization present in the area: NGO, Major Company, Public or private
Institution, project in relations to wastes management.
-Identify current informal and formal collectors and supply chain for wastes management,
-Check in priority for most disadvantaged ones: list all informal collectors of the area (asking
questions on who is usually collecting the area).
-Identify who is in charge of consolidating volumes collected (if any) and transporter
-Ask persons and organizations contacted each time for any other stakeholder who could be
directly or indirectly affected by project activity.
Deliverables:
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The project employs a participative approach, involving the recyclers in the development and
management of the project, as well as in project implementation and follow up.
Prior to commencement in any area, Second Life representatives hold an initial meeting with
the community to explain the project, including benefits, costs, and potential risks. All
participation is voluntary by collectors, and they are paid upon delivery of collection. After this,
Second Life follows a standard follow up process regularly throughout the year:
1. Second Life holds regular meetings both at the local and regional level
3. For smaller issues, Second Life attempts to resolve issues or clear misunderstandings
in the meetings
4. Second Life takes notes of the meeting and meeting minutes are signed by all
participating
5. Second Life reviews key takeaways and adjusts larger issues by reviewing overall
methodology in annual review.
As many of these collectors may be marginalised or vulnerable, Second Life Project Managers
work closely on the ground year-round. This means developing close relationships with key
leaders of each community on the island, as well as contact details of the Second Life project
manager given out to collectors should there be any direct concerns and queries.
With Second Life’s network of key regional collectors that process and recycle the collected
plastic, Second Life operates on an open discussion policy. This means that Second Life is
always available for email, and regularly visits operation sites throughout the year to meet with
the regional collectors directly.
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In addition, the business model of Second Life was developed in joint consultation with the
regional collectors after learning that they had trouble collecting enough volume from the
ocean due to low market prices.
Meeting are noted under Second Life Project Management procedures; below details on
meeting dates and locations of previous meetings held with stakeholders
September 16, 2021 (09.45 – 12.15 Koh Libong Municipality Office, Trang
hrs.)
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Second Life continues discussions in the field through on-site visits and visits by in-field partner
projects (e.g. project officers of Wongpanit Krabi for islands and areas in Krabi region, and
likewise for Ranong Recycle in Ranong region, etc.). These do not differ from the methodologies
outlined in the section above.
Images below are from recent field visits in March 2023 by Second Life.
Second Life operates on a strict anti-discrimination policy. For further details, please find our
anti-discrimination policy attached in appendix as part of the Second Life Joint Project
Description & Monitoring Report (v4.12) published on the Verra registry under the Second Life
project.
As part of our feedback and grievance redress procedure, all stakeholders involved in the
project can give feedback directly to representatives of Second Life via any of our contact
details shared publicly with them. This is usually in the form of email or phone, and all contact
details are shared publicly on Second Life website.
For feedback directly related to Second Life operations we endeavor to answer any feedback
and queries within 10 working days.
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The feedback and grievance redress procedure is made accessible to relevant stakeholder
through project partners. Second Life uses communication channels to those stakeholder
groups via announcements of the local village chief or headman, telephone calls, letters to the
entities involved in the project, emails and website of Second Life Thailand. If a stakeholder
would like to provide feedback, they can follow the following process which is communicated to
the stakeholders via in-field project partners and project officers that meet regularly with the
collectors:
1. Call, message or meet with the project officer. The project officers work as part of the
project partners of Second Life (e.g. Asia Green Roads, Wongpanit Krabi or Ranong
Recycle) and meet often at least once a month with the collectors, and are also in
contact via social messaging services via mobile as they exchange numbers and
contact details once registered and regularly deliver waste.
Example of project officer from Wongpanit Krabi regular feedback meetings with local collector
communities in 2022
2. Discuss directly with the project officer the issue at hand. The project officers are
trained, local Thai representatives of the program and project partners. The officers
seek to understand and address the issue in accordance with Second Life policies.
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a. If an issue is within the power of the officer to correct (e.g., to do with the
frequency of communication with the officer) then this will be resolved at-hand
b. If an issue is not within the power of the officer to correct (e.g., it concerns the
larger set up of the program, such as the year’s current quota on low-value
plastics), then this will be noted and communicated with the Second Life
management team. The issue will be discussed between Second Life
management team and project partners, to see if changes to the program can
be made.
3. If the issue is not resolved, then direct contact with the collector is established via the
project officers (emails and/or contact information are re-shared to the collectors) as
needed to discuss with the collectors on possible routes forward, and future
considerations and plans to integrate their feedback within the program as is
reasonable and would not change the core operations/operating principles of the
program.
We share all documents with stakeholders including all local, regional partners and corporate
partners including the project description documentation and annual/bi-annual monitoring
reports on plastic collected and quantities registered.
Second Life uses communication channels to those stakeholder groups via announcements of
the local village chief or headman, telephone calls, letters to the entities involved in the project,
emails and website of Second Life Thailand. The project documentation can be accessed
publicly at the website of Second Life Thailand (http://secondlife.earth) and VERRA
(https://registry.verra.org/app/projectDetail/PWRP/2513), including the project description
and annual monitoring reports. All documents are operated with a transparent policy following
the procedure and Plastic Standard.
All relevant stakeholders have already been informed verbally and/or in writing about the
upcoming verification and validation process used by the Plastic Program, and all relevant
stakeholders have agreed to provide information and be co-operative in this process.
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No public comments have been recorded at the time of publishing of this monitoring report.
● Potential health impacts as a result of the project activity in the project boundary.
Potential hazards and safety risks associated with the implementation of the project
activity.
○ Hazardous waste is the main danger on this project, collectors must wear
gloves for waste collection in the public areas and landfills. Regarding on beach
clean-up activity, collectors need to avoid the dangerous and/or risk wastes,
such as glass, metal cans. Exposure to toxic substances are avoided at all
costs, as collectors are instructed not to collect hazardous waste.
○ Regarding on the recycling processing unit in Chiang Mai, workers must have
the protective gears signage prescribing safety shoes, gloves, and glasses.
○ Wongpanit Krabi must have the warning signage, fire extinguishers, safety
training, protective gears and gloves.
● Labor and human rights in the implementation of the project activity. Provide details on
compliance with relevant laws, compensation to project actors and child labor in the
project activity.
○ All collectors must be checked before working, such as legal contract with
minimum social security under the Labor Act 2541 of Thailand. Local collectors
must be checked the identity with ID cards and photos and must be of
minimum working age under the Labor Act 2541 of Thailand.
○ All entities and organizations are shown the signed contracts and/or
agreements with the project activity. In addition, it is made clear that all
collectors who deliver waste to project operators do so voluntarily and are
under no contractual obligation to engage in the project as no employment
contracts are signed with these collectors
○ All project operators that work with collectors have signed Second Life’s Code
of Conduct which addresses in particular:
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■ All project operators and project actors do not employ forced labour or
child labour
■ All labour employed under the project operators are treated ethically,
without discrimination and compensated with at least the minimum
legal wage for all employees employed under the project operators
● Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions of the project. Provide details on GHG emissions from
the project activity and if applicable, energy recovery in the project boundary.
● Air quality impacts as a result of the project activity in the project boundary.
o All waste collected as part of the project activity is stored, shredded and
recycled, or if not recyclable then it is properly landfilled in a legal landfill, or
incinerated in a controlled environment as part of energy recovery activities
o No open burning as part of the project, project activities indeed divert waste
from being open burned on the islands as they are transported back to the
mainland
● Water quality impacts as a result of the project activity in the project boundary.
o Wongpanit Krabi has a waste treatment process installed in the factory during
recycling processing to treat water and effluents to meet regional water quality
standards before release into the environment
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o Other recovery and recycling activities implemented in Asia Green Roads and
Ranong Recycle do not use water as part of the process
● Soil quality impacts as a result of the project activity in the project boundary.
o Minimal impact on soild; stored plastic waste is stored on concrete land whilst
awaiting recycling processing
o Collection of plastic waste from the environment improves soil quality due to
less plastic polluting the soil
o At regional recyclers (Wongpanit Krabi and Ranong Recycle), waste is baled and
stored on concrete floors to prevent leakages of plastic waste into the soil;
additionally, areas are on private and fenced land and therefore there is
minimal risk of outside contamination to the environment
o Processed and shredded plastic are kept in sealed containers, and are also
stored on concreate flooring in private and fenced land to prevent risk of
contamination to the environment.
● Biodiversity and ecosystem health impacts as a result of the project activity in the
project boundary.
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Waste in biodiversity hotspots avoids at-risk areas (such as coral beds), and collects on
beaches thus preventing ingestion of waste by wildlife. Surin Islands, 2021
Impact on threatened and endangered species as a result of the project activity in the project
boundary.
3 IMPLEMENTATION STATUS
3.1 Implementation Status of the Project Activity
The project has been implemented and in operation since January 2nd 2020.
During the monitoring period, Second Life representatives were in constant contact with
partners (Wongpanit Krabi, Ranong Recycle, chiang Mai etc.) to monitor events that impacted
waste collected and recycled. In particular:
• Wongpanit Krabi: Covid-19 reduced the baseline amount of waste collected in 2020
and 2021.
• Ranong Recycle: Covid-19 reduced the baseline amount of waste collected in 2020 and
2021.
• Chiang Mai (Green Roads): Covid-19 reduced the baseline amount of waste collected in
2020 and 2021.
Changes that occurred during the monitoring period since the initial validation of the project:
• Chiang Mai (Green Roads): Recycled volumes are excluded as part of this monitoring
period at the discretion of the project proponent. Collected volumes are still included as
part of this monitoring period.
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The first verification was conducted as part of this joint plastic validation and verification and
completed in August 2021. Further verifications are scheduled for once every 1 years, with this
being the second verification. A next verification is expected to take place in March 2024.
Material managed by project partners, once outside the scope of Second Life’s boundary, is
under discretion of partners, and therefore contractual documents are not privy to Second Life.
In the Chiang Mai project instance, the collected waste material is made into building materials
for roads. The materials are sold to be used in construction, and the leftover waste from the
recycling machine is discarded to an experimental landfill of the Rajabhat University of Chiang
Mai.
Ranong Recycle sells collected ocean waste to Tide Ocean, a Swiss-based company to undergo
chemical recycling and sale on the market. This is not sponsored by Second Life. In addition,
collected fishnets are transported to Wongpanit Krabi project instance for recycling. Any waste
that is non-recyclable is either stored on site awaiting future processing or transported to a
landfill.
Wongpanit Krabi sells mechanically recycled plastic to local plastic processors and industrial
suppliers, to be used again as recycled plastic within the supply chain. Sale of plastic materials
and material inventory is not sponsored or managed by Second Life. At present, most ocean
plastic waste is stored on the property as operators of the Wongpanit Krabi instance await
buyers willing to buy ocean and ocean-bound plastic at more premium prices relative to the
market. Operators of Wongpanit Krabi are also exploring new ways of processing and adding
value to the ocean and ocean-bound plastic, by finding follow-up uses such as transforming this
plastic into new products that can be sold on the market. There are very low risks for plastic
waste leakage back into the environment, as the collected plastic is either baled and stored
securely on-site, or shredded and placed into sealed containers.
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3.2 Deviations
4 QUANTIFICATION OF COLLECTED
AND/OR RECYCLED PLASTIC WASTE
4.1 Data and Parameters Available at Validation (3.12)
For collection:
Unit tonnes/year
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Comments -
For Recycling
Unit tonnes/year
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Justification of choice of Average annual recycling rate of material type i over the three-
data or description of year period prior to the start of the project activity;
measurement methods
and procedures applied
Comments -
Others:
Unit KM
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Quality
Assurance/Quality Weigh bridges are calibrated according to the equipment
Control (QA/QC) manufacturer’s specifications or at least every three years
procedures to be applied
Comments -
For recycling during monitoring period 1st June 2021 – 31st December 2022:
Unit tonnes/year
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Comments -
All the collected volumes are monitored regularly by Regional Recyclers and checked by Second
Life, in order to monitor the project boundary, quantities collected and recycled and to assess
the good development of the program.
All data recorded in the Areas and Collectors Registries, are stored in a database, and reviewed
twice a year by all parties, during semesterly meetings to monitor and update on the program.
The organizational structure, responsibilities and competencies of the personnel that will be
carrying out monitoring activities.
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Moreover, the responsible staff member for monitoring evaluates the data gathering team to
identify errors in field techniques, verify measurement processes and correct any identified
problems before they carry out measurements.
Monitoring of areas, volumes collected and identity of collectors, is done by trained project
personnel, understanding the importance of accurate data collecting. Frequent training assures
that all technicians have a similar approach to the gathering of the necessary data. Moreover,
the responsible staff member for monitoring evaluates the data gathering team to identify
errors in the field's techniques, verify measurement processes and correct any identified
problems before they carry out measurements.
After all visits to the project of the Project proponent, and yearly report of progress, lessons
learned and suggested corrections are made, discussed, and approved by the Project
Proponent and the Partners. teams. These reports lead to the adaptation of project procedures
to constantly improve quality of the project.
All the collected volumes are monitored regularly by Regional Recyclers and checked by Second
Life, in order to monitor the project boundary, quantities collected and recycled and to assess
the good development of the program.
The procedures for handling non-conformances with the validated monitoring plan.
All the procedures described in the documents are already the results of recurrent corrections
and adaptations of precedent procedures. More generally, the project has an adaptive
approach, in which the project proponent and the local management team regularly document
the lessons learned from previous experience and identify improvements to the project
procedures.
Non-conformances are recorded as separate events and excluded from the registry if the
quantities collected are not within the boundaries of the Second Life project. In the instance
where there are repeated non-conformances, then Second Life follows an adaptive approach
where the event is handled by operational staff and recorded for annual review of the project
methodology.
Any sampling approaches used, including target precision levels, sample sizes, sample site
locations, stratification, frequency of measurement and QA/QC procedures.
● Target precision level accurate to within 1kg for each quantity of plastic.
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● QA/QC by trained representatives of Second Life regional partners upon data collection
and regular monitoring. Monitoring frequency several times per month each time upon
collection.
5 QUANTIFICATION OF COLLECTED
AND/OR RECYCLED PLASTIC WASTE
5.1 Baseline Collected and/or Recycled Plastic Waste
Where:
𝐵𝑐𝑜𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑒𝑑,𝑖,𝑑,𝑦 = Amount of material type i collected in the absence of the project activity and
transferred to destination d in year y (tonnes), where d is an appropriate end destination.
Where material collected is not identified by type, this represents the total plastic waste
collected in the absence of the project activity and transferred to destination d in year y
(tonnes).
• For Second Life (Coastal-Higher Income) beach clean-ups: new activity, 𝐵𝑐𝑜𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑒𝑑,𝑑,𝑦
=0
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o Project operator separates out waste collected as part of the Project under a
separate code, as Wongpanit Krabi has registered collectors that deliver waste
specifically from islands that are part of the Project;
§ Therefore, all waste coming in as part of the Project under this new
code to Wongpanit Krabi facility is considered a new activity
o The project does not count quantities delivered to the facility that come from
‘normal operations’ that were operating in the baseline scenario i.e. from
normal mainland collection activities
• For Chiang Mai (Green Roads) (Inland-Higher Income): capacity addition activity.
o Since the existing waste collection system is less than three years old, then
data from a minimum of one year of operation was used to determine baseline
collection
o The previous year of 2019 prior to Second Life incentives was used as the
baseline (as it was the maximum), which was ~39 tons
o The previous year of 2019 prior to Second Life incentives was used as the
baseline (as it was the maximum), equal to roughly 39 tons / year collected
(rounded up); this was based on the maximum of the following collection
capacity:
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According to the PWRM0002, Baseline for Second Life will be calculated as:
Where:
𝐴𝐹𝑖 = Adjustment factor for composite material i; for non-composite materials, this factor is
equal to 1.
• For Wongpanit Krabi (Coastal-Higher Income): new activity, Baseline recycling equals
zero, 𝐵𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑦𝑐𝑙𝑒𝑑,𝑖,𝑦= 0
o Poly ropes and fishnets were being collected by Wongpanit Krabi, but not being
sorted and therefore could not be mechanically recycled. Therefore, with
Second Life incentive helps incentivise the sorting of plastic waste to enable an
increase in mechanical recycling, with baseline of 0 tons / year.
• For Chiang Mai (Green Roads) (Inland-Higher Income): capacity addition activity
o The baseline recycling, based on the stated calculation, is 3 tons / year, taken
as the average over a two-year period.
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o During this monitoring period, this project instance recycling volumes are
EXCLUDED and no longer reported for certification at the discretion of the
project proponent.
o As the facility has been operational for between one and three years, use the
average annual recycling rate of material type i for the period from the
operational start date of the existing facility until the start of the project activity
o Second Life 100% funded the purchase of a new large scale recycling machine
to process low-value plastic materials into recycled products. Therefore, all
material reprocessed by this machine is additional, as this machine is the
direct result of Second Life investment.
Where:
𝑃𝑐𝑜𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑒𝑑,𝑑,𝑦 = Total plastic waste collected by the project activity and transferred to
destination d in year y (tonnes), where d is an appropriate end destination
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𝑃𝑐𝑜𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑒𝑑,𝑖,𝑑,𝑦 = Amount of material type i collected by the project activity and transferred to
destination d in year y (tonnes), where d is an appropriate end destination. Where material
collected is not identified by type, this represents the total plastic waste collected by the project
activity and transferred to destination d in year y (tonnes).
In summary, across all project instances, the total collected plastic waste collected during the
monitoring period 1st June 2021 – 31st December 2022 was 3264 tons (rounded down),
corresponding to
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NOTE ON Adjustment Factor AFi: Second Life partners recycle and count only non-composite
materials as there is a pre-sorting process. This means that AFi = 1 for recycling activities of
Second Life partners.
The net plastic waste collected is the amount of plastic waste collected by the project activity
that would not have been collected without project implementation. Net plastic waste collection
is calculated as follows from PWRM0001:
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NOTE: All project volumes are rounded down, and baseline volumes are rounded up, on the
guidance of Verra (February 2021). This is to produce conservative values for net collected and
recycled plastic.
Breakdown by material type for 1st June 2021 – 31st December 2021 period
Flexible
0 796 796
material
Composite
0 0 0
material
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Breakdown by material type for 1st January 2022 – 31st December 2022 period
Flexible
0 456 456
material
Composite
0 141 141
material
2021 Jun-Dec 0 78 78
Breakdown by material type for 1st June 2021 – 31st December 2021 period
Rigid material 0 53 53
Flexible
0 25 25
material
Composite
0 0 0
material
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Total 0 78 78
Breakdown by material type for 1st January 2022 – 31st December 2022 period
Rigid material 0 90 90
Flexible
0 13 13
material
Composite
0 0 0
material
2021 Jun-Dec 23 56 33
2022 39 102 63
Total 62 158 96
Breakdown by material type for 1st June 2021 – 31st December 2021 period
Rigid material 0 0 0
Flexible
23 56 33
material
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Composite
0 0 0
material
Total 23 56 33
Breakdown by material type for 1st January 2022 – 31st December 2022 period
Rigid material 0 6 6
Flexible
39 48 9
material
Composite
0 48 48
material
Total 39 102 63
Breakdown by material type for 1st June 2021 – 31st December 2021 period
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Flexible
23 877 854
material
Composite
0 0 0
material
Breakdown by material type for 1st January 2022 – 31st December 2022 period
Flexible
39 517 478
material
Composite
0 189 189
material
The project proponent has decided to no longer include volumes from Chiang Mai project
instance under net recycled volumes. Therefore volumes from Chiang Mai project instance are
excluded from this monitoring period for net recycled volumes.
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2021 Jun -
0 170 170
Dec
2022 0 76 76
Breakdown by material type for 1st June 2021 – 31st December 2021 period
Material Baseline recycled plastic Project recycled plastic waste Net recycled plastic waste
type waste (tonnes) (tonnes) (tonnes)
PET 0 0 0
HDPE 0 0 0
PVC 0 0 0
LDPE 0 0 0
PP 0 0 0
PE 0 0 0
Composites 0 0 0
Breakdown by material type for 1st January 2022 – 31st December 2022 period
Material Baseline recycled plastic Project recycled plastic waste Net recycled plastic waste
type waste (tonnes) (tonnes) (tonnes)
PET 0 0 0
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HDPE 0 0 0
PVC 0 0 0
LDPE 0 0 0
PP 0 0 0
PE 0 0 0
Other 0 76 76
Composites 0 0 0
Total 0 76 76
2022 0 76 76
Breakdown by material type for 1st June 2021 – 31st December 2021 period
Material Baseline recycled plastic Project recycled plastic waste Net recycled plastic waste
type waste (tonnes) (tonnes) (tonnes)
PET 0 0 0
HDPE 0 0 0
PVC 0 0 0
LDPE 0 0 0
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PP 0 0 0
PE 0 0 0
Composites 0 0 0
Breakdown by material type for 1st January 2022 – 31st December 2022 period
Material Baseline recycled plastic Project recycled plastic waste Net recycled plastic waste
type waste (tonnes) (tonnes) (tonnes)
PET 0 0 0
HDPE 0 0 0
PVC 0 0 0
LDPE 0 0 0
PP 0 0 0
PE 0 0 0
Other 0 76 76
Composites 0 0 0
Total 0 76 76
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