Fund your school through recycling household plastic.
Launch your program in the app, invite families to bring household plastic, and generate funding for student programs and activities.
How it works.
Launch your school’s program for free with the Plastic Bank app
Register your school
Download the app, create your school profile, and launch your program.
Invite your community
Share your school’s unique referral link with families and students so they can participate.
Collect plastic and earn funding
Your community donates their used plastic for you to sell to fund school programs and activities.
Active in schools and communities across Southeast Asia.
Every bottle collected helps create cleaner communities and new opportunities for students
- 537
- Participating schools
- 75,038
- Registered households
- 10.3B
- Bottles recycled
What can schools buy with this extra funding?
Sports
Club activities
Technology
Classroom supplies
Trips and events
Scholarships
Everything you need to run a successful school recycling program.
Plastic Bank gives your school free tools, support, and rewards to build a program that engages your entire community.
Simple to launch
Guided setup and ready-to-share materials help your school launch quickly.
Track your impact
Follow collections, participation, rewards, and verified impact in one place.
Earn extra funding
Earn the material value of collected plastic plus bonus rewards, then cash out through the app.
Engage your community
Invite families and students by link or QR code. They join online for free while your school manages everything in the app.
Frequently asked questions.
Yes. We accept schools even with a 20-student population.
Any public or private schools are accepted.
We encourage schools to recycle as much as they can. The Plastic Bank team will review the nearby recyclers.
Yes. The Plastic Bank team will help identify a nearby collection branch to sell your plastic.
Only used beverage cartons and plastics sold to recyclers are rewarded.
No. Ideally, the tokens should be cashed out within 90 days and used for school programs.
Using the Plastic Bank app, the rewards can be transferred to GCASH in the Philippines and GoJek in Indonesia.
Yes, we encourage recycling champions from each school.
Yes, we encourage recycling champions from each school.
The Plastic Bank team will first assess the school to ensure it meets the necessary requirements. If everything is in place, Plastic Bank and the school will enter into a written agreement to formalize the partnership.
Ready to start?
Join schools across Southeast Asia transforming everyday plastic into opportunities for students.