Plastic-Free Coastlines

07/04/2024

Taking the stage at was an incredible journey and experience. My talk, “What Does It Take to Clean a Village?” began as a journey 4 years ago when I started TONTOTON. Throughout these years, I’ve learned one crucial lesson: there is no one solution that can tackle plastic pollution alone. It requires a systemic overhaul, demanding deep policy changes and a reevaluation of how we consume, produce, and manage our waste.

Plastic pollution disproportionately harms the most vulnerable communities, nature, and wildlife. The greatest challenge in addressing this crisis is the that plastic remains profitable for business and profitability is the first goal of every business.

The bottom line is that “it takes a village to clean a village!” we need an inclusive system from the UN Plastic Treaty to local regulations working with private sector to people responsibility and demand for a change.

02/06/2023

Tackle Plastic Pollution: Our action, Your Impact

12/04/2023

Looking for a COO to join our team in ! As a leading environmental impact company, TONTOTON seeks a driven individual to help take our impact system to the next level. If you're passionate about making a positive impact on the environment, send your CV to
[email protected] or [email protected]

03/04/2023

We are thrilled to share that TONTOTON has been recognized by the Ministry of Environment in Cambodia with the Impact Appreciation Award for our significant contribution to reducing plastic pollution and promoting sustainable communities.

We are proud to dedicate this award to the communities we work with, as well as to our supporters who have joined us in our mission to drive impact and responsibility. We are committed to continuing our efforts to create a positive impact on the environment and society, and we invite you to join us on this journey. Thank you for your continued support!

23/01/2023

TONTOTON'S IMPACT IN 2022

As we open a forward-looking new year, we are very pleased to share with you our key impacts in the last year.

A total of 2,029 tons of post-consumer mismanaged plastic wastes were collected from vulnerable coastal communities just in 2022, with a total of 2,519 tons since we started operations in 2019.

This was made possible by 456 waste collectors who registered in our certified program. From zero-to-little daily income, our waste collectors were able to earn an average of USD14.25 daily, with the lowest earnings from 7.3USD to 19.35USD and the highest earnings from 276.32USD to 708.32USD.

By the end of the year, we were able to mobilize 305 waste segregation units that include households, schools, hotels, and temples -- all properly registered and accredited under our program.

With your help, 2023 will only be more impactful, more communities to be reached, more orphan plastics to be treated, and more innovative solutions to be created.

We leave no plastics behind. We collect ALL types of plastic, bring them back to circularity, or give them a proper end-of-life treatment.

We leave no one behind. We include, first of all, the communities that live in the daily reality of plastic pollution, the different community stakeholders and key players, the government, and private institutions and business to join in our mission to create an inclusive and responsible plastic collection and recycling.

Find out more details of these positive changes that have unfolded in our project locations in Cambodia and Vietnam. Read through our report 👉 shorturl.at/ADFG9

Check out this design designed by SUMU.

09/01/2023

COMMUNITY

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Community participation is a key ingredient to the success of any development-oriented project. While many a time, we see them as mere recipients, the reality is that they have the power to change their own destinies given the proper awareness and tools to do so.

Our daily work is deeply embedded in the daily lives of the communities who suffer from the harmful effects of plastic pollution. With plastic credit, they are now able to find joy in cleaning their own environment, protect their cleaning milestones, and provide more for their families with the stable income they earn from the daily clean-ups.

This photo depicts a sense of belonging and pride for their work. Look out for our upcoming annual impact report to know more about these agents of environmental change and how they are able to turn around their then polluted environment into a sustainable home.

05/01/2023

A LOST RESOURCE

When plastic wastes are mismanaged, we lose the opportunity to recover its value -- more so if it's a valuable plastic like this PET bottle.

They become source of air and land pollution and eventually, they will find their way to the ocean, harming our marine ecosystem.

TONTOTON works daily to remove mismanaged plastic waste in the most vulnerable coastal communities in Cambodia today. Constantly widening our reach to household level where segregation happens at source.

More and more business establishments like resorts and restaurants are also partaking in this community battle of removing and treating orphan plastics.

You can join in our mission to collect and treat ALL types of plastic wastes. Leaving nothing behind while supporting sustainable income to communities.

03/01/2023

WE ARE HIRING!!!

Let's start the season right with an exciting job opportunity! We are looking for our new environmental team warrior. Details below:

You will be working with a passionate team based in Sihanoukville, Cambodia.

To join, you MUST be:
- a native Cambodian, with great spoken and written English
- experienced in Accounting, Admin experience is an advantage
- able to stay in Sihanoukville
- lover of the environment with passion to fight plastic pollution

YOU WILL BE DOING:

- monthly Accounting Bookkeeping, request approval to prepare payroll
- assist all financial matters and cash flow including documentation, file scanning, and recording/reporting
- prepare attendance, all annual leave and stationery
- going outside for fieldwork
- work with the National Social Security Fund of Cambodia (NSSF)

Up for the challenge and a chance to help Mother Earth? Submit your application today!

👉 English CV: [email protected]

👉Khmer CV: [email protected]

🤙 Phone: 069 59 54 53 (Khmer)

30/12/2022

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

By the end of 2022, we are happy to share that we have removed a total of 2,513 tons of orphan plastics from vulnerable coastal communities in Vietnam and Cambodia.

Our humble work that started in Vietnam in 2020 has taught us a lot as a company who continuously evolve and improve when it comes to our processes and operations.

More than anything, we have learned from the communities, individuals, and groups we have met and worked with.

And afterall, we have just begun. With your help, we will be able to do more!

Looking forward to a more productive 2023 with you all!

29/12/2022

NOTHING LEFT BEHIND

is key in creating positive changes in the environment and communities.

is key in making these positive changes put into action.

With TONTOTON's certified system, we have been able to find the most polluted locations by and within waterways. Clean within days, and treat ALL types of plastics following standard classifications.

High value recyclables are returned back to commercial market, semi-value materials are recreated into creative and useful materials for the community, and highly compromised, low-value plastic wastes into co-processing.

You can help us sustain this system and improve even more! Join in our mission to collect all types of plastic and leave no one and nothing behind!

27/12/2022

WHY WOULD YOU CARE?

Hear this, a significant part of a company's environmental impacts occurs when the primary materials for its products, such as polyester, are sourced and produced.

When collecting raw materials such as plastic bottles from community sources, a selective process of material collection takes place. The non-recyclable materials are not collected and remain in open areas in villages and nature. Leaving plastic waste without a solution in the poorest and most polluted places.

As an industry, when we channel our funds only to collect materials useful to our products (and into our image) while ignoring the rest when we are already in the polluted sites, we are more part of the problem than a solution.

Why not extend our care? Maximise our resources by responsible material sourcing? Collect all types and find ways how each of the plastic materials can be treated properly on its end-of-life.

Talk to us: www.tontoton.com

23/12/2022

WE COME BEARING GIFTS!

Our bags are not full of toys but of orphan plastic wastes that now have proper end-of-life destination.

This is our little gift to Mother Nature, the communities, and our children's future.

TONTOTON wishes you all a very Merry Christmas! With your help, our mission continues this holiday season.