Plastics. It’s everywhere. The common problem that we face in Southeast Asian countries is the lack of school spaces in under-served communities. For example, in the Philippines, 80 students would be learning in a small classroom, squeezed together. Or in a far-west village in Medan, Indonesia the students would not go to school mainly because they do not have a roof over their head to allow them to study when it rains. 

 

Given the plastic waste challenges faced by all Southeast Asian countries, we see the opportunity to create a learning solution that addresses the contents on plastic use that teachers are required to teach with solving a problem of local and regional significance. Instead of focusing on reducing plastic usage, we are proposing a PBL activity that would increase classrooms by upcycling plastic waste. Thus helping students to learn how to deal with plastic waste in an innovative way.