Denpasar, Bali. Indonesia’s plastic waste challenge is enormous. Every day, thousands of tons of waste make their way toward landfills, rivers, oceans and other parts of the environment. But behind the problem is also an overlooked network of people — waste pickers, collectors, processors and recyclers — who keep discarded materials in circulation and give them economic value.

Impact Artifacts, a subsidiary of Ancala Project, is taking a different approach to the challenge. Rather than simply producing environmentally friendly goods, the company is building a circular-economy ecosystem designed to connect the entire plastic-waste chain, from collection to processing and, ultimately, the finished product.

At the center of that model is supply-chain traceability, allowing materials to be tracked from the moment they are collected by waste pickers, sorted by collectors and processed into new materials, through to their transformation into consumer products.

For Impact Artifacts, a product is not the end of the manufacturing process. It is evidence that a circular economic system can work in practice.

Building Impact, Not Just Products
The journey began with a simple question: What if plastic waste could be recycled while also creating social and economic value for the people involved in the process?

That question led to Coaster, Impact Artifacts’ first product, a drinking coaster made from recycled polypropylene (PP) plastic sourced and processed in Bali.

The product was an early demonstration that recycled plastic could be transformed into a premium consumer product without sacrificing quality or aesthetics.

But Coaster was only the beginning.

The company wanted to demonstrate that recycled Indonesian materials could be used in products that were more complex, precise and integrated into everyday life.

That ambition led to The Wave, a lightweight pair of glasses made from recycled PP derived from plastic waste processed in Bali. Weighing about 22 grams, the frames are designed to be lightweight, durable and comfortable, with an emphasis on sports and contemporary lifestyles.

Impact Artifacts aims to eventually position The Wave beyond sports and into Indonesia’s growing streetwear culture, creating another pathway for recycled materials to enter consumers’ daily lives.

Giving Every Product a Story
Unlike conventional recycled products, each pair of The Wave begins its journey long before it reaches a consumer.

Its story can start with a waste picker collecting discarded plastic, followed by a collector sorting the material so it can retain economic value. The material then moves to a local processor in Bali, where the waste is transformed into new raw material before eventually becoming a finished pair of glasses.

Impact Artifacts says its supply-chain traceability system is designed to make that journey visible and accountable.

The approach is intended not only to reduce the amount of plastic reaching landfills and the environment, but also to strengthen the economic value created throughout the recycling chain.

“We believe sustainability is not enough if it only talks about environmentally friendly products,” said Rizyan Angga, founder of Ancala Project. “What matters more is how a product can create real impact for the environment and for the people who have been working behind the waste-management system.”

That includes consumers, waste pickers, collectors, plastic-pellet manufacturers and other local industry players, he said.

2nd Wave: When a Product Never Becomes Waste
For Impact Artifacts, circularity does not end when a product is sold.

In June 2026, the company launched 2nd Wave, a take-back initiative designed to give The Wave eyewear another life after it has been damaged, has a manufacturing defect or is simply no longer wanted by its owner.

Under the program, used frames are collected and returned to the production cycle, where they can be processed into new material and eventually become part of the next generation of products.

The concept is intended to challenge the traditional linear model of “make, use and dispose.”

Instead, materials are kept in circulation for as long as possible, with products given opportunities to return, change form and become something new.

That makes The Wave more than a product made from recycled material. The company says it is designed from the outset to participate in a continuing circular economy.

Measuring the Impact
Impact Artifacts’ model is built around benefits that extend beyond the finished product.

For the environment, every kilogram of PP plastic returned to the production cycle represents material that has the potential to avoid landfill or environmental pollution.

For communities, the system creates economic value for the people working throughout the recycling chain, from waste pickers and collectors to processors and local manufacturers.

For consumers, each purchase becomes a way to participate in extending the useful life of materials and supporting Indonesia’s recycling ecosystem.

The company’s ambition is to demonstrate that sustainability can be measured not simply by the recycled content of a product, but by what happens to its materials before and after it reaches the consumer.

A Different Future for Plastic
Impact Artifacts believes the future of manufacturing should not be defined solely by how many new products companies can produce, but by how long existing materials can remain within the economic system.

Through Coaster, The Wave and the 2nd Wave program, the company is seeking to demonstrate that plastic waste does not have to be the end of a material’s story.

With innovation, collaboration and traceable supply chains, discarded materials can be transformed into new products while generating economic opportunities and reducing pressure on the environment.

For Impact Artifacts, sustainability is therefore not simply about making more environmentally friendly products.

It is about ensuring that materials do not lose their future.

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