Two Global Brands Are Helping Haiti Turn Its Trash Into An Industry
HP and Timberland will take Haiti's plastic and recycle it.
HP and Timberland will take Haiti's plastic and recycle it.
Walking past some canals in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, all you can see is trash: the water is filled with plastic bottles, bags, and other litter, slowly floating toward the ocean. The city doesn't have a municipal recycling system, and recyclables that make it into trash cans usually go to the landfill. As global oil prices have dropped—reducing demand for recycled plastic—local trash pickers have been less likely to try to collect empty bottles.