Delterra


Mission and objectives

Redesign human systems, developing innovative, scalable solutions that benefit people and the planet. Delterra focuses on the world’s most complex systemic environmental challenges, where incentives, information, and infrastructure are misaligned, making them appear too hard, too complex, or too costly to fix. They’re tackling the broken recycling system in the global South.

Their story

In 2021, having reached an inflexion point where they were ready to accelerate our impact further, Rethinking Recycling transitioned out of McKinsey.org to become the flagship initiative of Delterra, a new independent environmental nonprofit. McKinsey & Company continues to support Delterra’s work and remains their Founding Partner. In 2022, they are rapidly scaling our work in Indonesia and Argentina. Their flagship program, Rethinking Recycling, is on track to reach 1.5M people with recycling and waste management services. Meanwhile, with their second program, Plastic IQ, they are helping companies in Indonesia and Brazil rethink their packaging strategies with circularity in mind.

Current management

43 members in the Indonesia region.

Use of digital tools

Have their own website, very active on Instagram.