Shu

- Own your plastic - shu - Mongolia - rural population - waste management - plastic use of nomads

1. Ecosoum Project (startup)

Sum (administrative division) (сум; also spelt "soum") of Mongolian inhabited areas, both in Mongolia, in the People's Republic of China (Inner Mongolia), and in Russia

  Ecosoum has set its mission to strengthen the resilience and sustainability of rural Mongolia by promoting the protection of the environment, social equity, and economic development consistent with restrained and sustainable lifestyles in the soums jointly. 

(https://www.ecosoum.org/)

  Ecosoum project built the same shredder based on the methods of precious plastic. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=spCmg2v8VHU 

2. Nomads and Plastic

Nomadic people in Mongolia used metal, clay, wood, and leather liquid containers for centuries. Today the modern nomad uses plastic containers for their water and dairy production. Only in recent years people have become worried as the containers which are not suited for food, made them sick. Nomads are used to having 3-PVC, 7-Other, and 6-PS containers in their daily life. Researchers found out that just having liquid in such plastic containers can make the liquid extremely contaminated. They found large amounts of chemicals such as lead, nitrate, ammonia, etc. Today this issue is being widely discussed and raised awareness on social media platforms all over Mongolia. Deadly containers are cheap and even found as trash, while nontoxic containers are sold at a high price, which makes the rural population have not many choices.

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