plastic waste generated in Port-au-Prince
per month
unemployment rate in Haiti
Central Intellegance Agency
Independent Waste Audit
www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ha.html
*
Over 1,300 Haitians participating in
1. Over 1,300 Haitians participate in
the Ramase Lajan program,
the Ramase Lajan program (founded
founded by Executives Without
by Executives Without Borders),
Borders, collect plastic earning
collect plastic, and earn
cash for their effort. effort.
cash for their
haitian owned and purchases, bales
4. Haiti Recycling operated haiti
Recycling purchases, bales and
and stores the bottles in preparation
stores the bottles before they run
for the production line.
through the production line.
number of Haitians that live on $1.25 a day
or less
Office of the Secretary-General’s Special Advisor
http://www.lessonsfromhaiti.org/relief-and-recovery/key-statistics/
The process begins in Haiti...
Plastic is sold by collectors Ramase
2. Collectors sell plastic to 26to 26
Ramase Lajan collection centers
Lajan collection centers
across the country. Each center nonacross the country. Sponsored by ais
sponsored center is and and run
profit, each by a non profitowned and
by a Haitian entrepreneur.
operated by Haitians.
the production line washes and and
5. The production line washes
shreds the bottles into ainto a raw
shreds the bottles raw
materialmaterial called 'flake.'
called 'flake'
Ramase Lajan center owners andand
3. Ramase Lajan center owners
individual collectors transporttransport
individual collectors manage and sell
of the recyclables at Haitian sale at
sorted sorted recyclables forowned and
Haiti Recycling's processing Port-auoperated Haiti Recycling in facility in
Port-au-1Prince.
Prince.
the The resulting flake is packaged into
6. resulting flake is packaged into
large large 'super sacks'sent to the
'super sacks' and and sent to
united States. United States.
the
* Thread's supply chain is the result of great partnerships including the Ramase Lajan program, founded by Executives Without Borders and including
Haiti Recycling. See the 'Partners' section for more information.