Osotspa Extends “Bottle to Bottle” Project after Collected Waste Bottles Increased
As a leading manufacturer of consumer products in Thailand, Osotspa has included a reduction of waste packaging and promotion of a circular economy in its 2025 sustainability goals. In order to achieve these goals, the Company has developed sustainable packaging and has established an effective waste packaging management model, in collaboration with various parties, including the communities which are the important force. This model is operated under the “Bottle to Bottle” project, which promotes waste separation, especially used glass bottles, in communities around Osotspa’s offices and plants. The project has been further extended to partners of the Stock Exchange of Thailand, including office buildings, residential buildings, and the Bang Krachao community.
Osotspa initiated the “Bottle to Bottle” project last year to promote green power within the community through providing equipment for waste separation and volunteer employees to give advice on how to properly separate waste. In addition, the project records the amount of waste received and contributes 50 satangs for every 1 kg of waste glass bottles for public benefit. The project has been piloted with communities surrounding the head office in the Hua Mak area with more than 200 participating households. Furthermore, in collaboration with the Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET), the project has been extended to other areas in Bangkok through partners of SET’s Invisible Waste project, including the Bang Krachao community with a population of over 40,000 population and 13,200 households, as well as 13 buildings (office and residential buildings) located on Ratchadapisek Road. Those buildings agree to encourage their tenants and residents to separate waste glass bottles and drop them at the collection points in their buildings.
The green power of the communities participating in the project is getting stronger. The amount of recyclable waste the community has collected is increasing. The latest data shows that the project was able to collect and bring back waste to the recycling process up to 2 times more than it did in the past. From the beginning until the end of the year 2022, the project was able to collect recyclable waste in a total amount of 70 tons: 33 tons of waste glass bottles and 37 tons of others. As Osotspa can use waste glass bottles as raw materials to produce new bottles, the project reduced the amount of carbon dioxide emitted into the atmosphere by 8,067 kilograms of carbon dioxide equivalent (kgCO2e). Moreover, each community may accumulate the number of waste glass bottles collected and redeemed for Osotspa products. The Wat Chak Daeng community and the Stock Exchange of Thailand use redeemed products in charitable works and Buddhist activities. The company also transformed the waste glass bottles received from the community around the Osotspa factory (Hua Mak) into the community’s sports ground.
Ms. Sutida Siamharn, Head of Corporate Communication and CSR, Osotspa Public Company Limited, said, “Osotspa sees that waste separation at its source is the key to reducing waste. The increasing amount of waste that the communities handed over to the Bottle to Bottle project reflect the efficiency of the project’s model. Therefore, Osotspa continues to expand the model to other communities to save the environment, to enhance life, and to grow with Thai society sustainably.”
Communities are important forces to protect the environment. Making a habit of waste separation is a simple way to save the earth. Osotspa is proud to bring waste back into the recycling process, especially waste glass bottles as they can be recycled over and over again. The Company is also proud to build green power among communities and encourage them to care for the environment. Osotspa would like to invite Thai people to separate household waste in order to reduce the amount of waste for the future of the next generations.
