Indonesia: Malang, waste recycling allows the doctor to pay


Exchange their recyclable waste against medical care when you have a low income. This is the idea developed by a young doctor in Malang on Java island, Indonesia. It was implemented in 2013, after having been applied in 2010 for 6 months. Five clinical dubbed "Waste Insurance Clinics" in this program.


"We set up a business that aims to have a social impact, said last week the young doctor, Gamal Albin. We seek to make a profit, but not for personal enrichment. The benefit proceeds are used to ensure the sustainability of the program. "


Teams of "Waste Insurance Clinics" roam the villages to explain and propose this system.


Recyclables are to provide both organic non-organic garbage like plastic bottles whose degradation time is estimated at several centuries.






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