Project STOP partners with cities and government to build sustainable waste systems that eliminate leakage of plastics into the environment and ocean. 

Nearly 80% of plastic waste in aquatic ecosystems comes from land sources. About 50% of this comes from emerging countries like Indonesia, China, Philippines, Vietnam and Thailand. Project STOP aims to assist countries like Indonesia who have pledged to reduce the country ocean levels by 70% by 2025. This is to be done by helping establish an effective waste management system in the country. 

Project STOP consists of a group of experienced waste management, plastic recycling, organics management, behavior change and program governance experts. The team works in a simple system:

• Scoping: Assessing cities for ocean pollution and government involvement.
• Preparation & Design: Stakeholder agreements to build an effective waste management system.
• Implementation: Equip the community to operate the waste management system economically.
• Scale Up: Expanding to new regions to establish change. 

Project STOP helps build low-cost reliable waste management systems with zero leakage, measurable impact, long term implementation, transparency and supply chain quality. 

STOP has executed notable projects in the cities of Jembrana and Muncar. 

SystemIQ and Borealis created Project STOP in 2017. Nova Chemicals, Nestle and the Alliance to End Plastic Waste are also part of this partnership.