Brasserie Star collects millions of plastic bottles in Madagascar

Brasserie Star, a brewery in Madagascar that produces THB beer, collected 179 tonnes of plastic bottles in a six month period from January to July 2026.

The company achieved this through its Kopakelatra program, which gathered six million units during that timeframe. This total exceeded the entire amount of plastic waste collected by the company in 2025. The brewery installed more than 135 collection bins across the country to encourage people to deposit used bottles of any brand.

The company works with local partners, such as the Société municipale d’assainissement, which manages waste in Tananarive. Workers process the collected bottles by grinding them into secondary materials to manufacture furniture and bedding stuffing. Since the start of the Kopakelatra program in 2019, the initiative has collected more than 13.2 million containers of TEP and PE types. These efforts aim to reduce plastic waste and promote a circular economy.