Muncar

Launched in 2017 at the Our Ocean conference in Malta, the first Project STOP city partnership was in Muncar, a coastal fishing community in Banyuwangi, Indonesia. With minimal waste services in place, the majority of citizens were forced to dump their waste directly into the environment. Muncar was chosen as the first STOP location due to the seriousness of the challenge, coupled with strong leadership and environmental commitment at national, regency and local levels.

According to community surveys, households here generate roughly 40 tons of waste per day, while before Project STOP commenced 90% of the community was without waste services. Through Project STOP, an increasing number of Muncar households and business received waste collection and recycling processing, some for the first time.

In February 2022, Project STOP Muncar was handed over to the local government and community.