Get Involved
Be Part of the Movement
IPPIN invites changemakers from across the region and beyond to join an ecosystem of innovation, collaboration, and impact.
Whether you’re an entrepreneur, researcher, policymaker, or funder- there’s a place for you in our network.
Who Can Get Involved?
How You Can Contribute
✔ Develop and scale innovative solutions to plastic pollution
✔ Collaborate on research and generate policy-relevant insights
✔ Co-design programs and integrate evidence into national strategies
✔ Support scalable innovations and unlock co-funding opportunities
✔ Drive grassroots engagement and support local implementation
Ways to Participate
Tailored support for startups and innovators to scale deep-tech and circular economy solutions.
Demo Days, policy dialogues, and innovation showcases across Southeast Asia and the Pacific.
Partner with CSIRO and IPPIN teams to co-develop insights, tools, and scalable models.
Sponsor innovation and work with IPPIN to deliver impactful, science-led solutions to end plastic waste.
Success Stories
Gaining commercial traction in Thailand
Like Wake Up Waste designing trucks to collect and compact waste, working with building managers of high-end residential developments. They now service 550 buildings across the country, reducing waste while also creating employment opportunities after completing IPPIN’s Accelerator+ Program.
Revitalising one of the worlds’ most polluted rivers
Over 25 million people depend on the Citarum river in Indonesia for water supply, agriculture, hydropower generation, and livelihoods. Through the Citarum Action Research Program (CARP) initiative, in part funded by IPPIN, 1.6 tonnes of combined plastic and organic waste are removed from the river every week.
Driving inclusive change in Viet Nam
This women-led venture, UpGreen Viet Nam, who completed IPPIN’s Accelerator+ Program in 2024 has created 5000 jobs in the plastic waste management industry and in the traditional Vietnamese lacquer craft sector. Based in the Binh Duong province, their workforce is 80 per cent women, and 12 per cent of their employees are people with disabilities.
Stay Connected
Have a proposal or question? Reach out via IPPIN@csiro.au
Get updates on funding opportunities, events, and innovation highlights?
This October, join an IPPIN Demo Day in Bangkok, Ho Chi Minh City or Jakarta as solutions are showcased live on stage.
The Indo-Pacific Plastics Innovation Network (IPPIN) is supported by the Australian Government and implemented by CSIRO
