SCGP has encouraged communities to turn paper bands, byproducts from industrial operations, into wickerwork designs. Instead of being sold just for a few baht per kilo, these scrap materials can support the production of new wow items for many!

Based on Circular Economy Principles, SCGP has accorded importance to the SCGP Community Enterprise Development Project. Under the project, participants add value to paper bands by turning them into wickerwork products with the aim of generating income for locals. The project started through a study, which SCGP conducted in collaboration with local communities and Kanchanaburi Rajabhat University’s lecturers. The study prepared wickerwork and design methods to increase the value of paper bands, which are not only durable but also anti-fungal. Then, vocational training was provided to locals around SCGP plants. 

Wickerwork items that are made of paper bands
•    Baskets  
•    Trays
•    Saucers
•    Trigger Finger Devices
•    Camphor sets 
•    Handbags
•    Bags with straps 
•    Net bags 
•    Flower baskets
•    Gift boxes

Community Benefits
•    Communities around SCGP plants have bigger potential. 
•    Locals make good use of their free time. 
•    Locals have got a new means of livelihoods. 
•    The project can pave the way for the establishment of communities’ learning centers.  
Also, SCGP has developed design courses, community identity, new dyeing techniques, marketing tactics, and branding from the project in pursuit of product differentiation and competitiveness. Such efforts have gone on for communities both in Ratchaburi and Prachin Buri. 

Paper-Band byproduct from SCGP 
= Raw Material for Communities’ Income-Generating Wickerwork Items

Success-Guaranteeing Accolades 
The “Ban O I Khiao Farmers’ Product Community Enterprise” in Ratchaburi and the “Ban Tha Takhro Wickerwork Community Enterprise” in Kanchanaburi won second prizes at the “Ploi Dai Pha Suk” Business Model Competition. Held by the Department of Industrial Works, this contest aimed to create added value for industrial byproducts. The accolades underline SCGP’s success in empowering communities in its plant’s neighborhoods and fostering their sustainable self-reliance. 

List of Paper Band-Wickerwork Community Enterprises
•    Ban Tha Takhro Wickerwork Community Enterprise 
59 Mu 1, Ta Takhro subdistrict, Tha Muang district, Kanchanaburi 71130
Contact: The Community Enterprise via Tel: 09-8914-9245, 08-7033-9616 and 09-7958-6592 
•    Ban O I Khiao Farmers’ Product Community Enterprise 
90 Moo 2, Krap Yai subdistrict, Ban Pong district, Ratchaburi 70190
   Contact: Khun Long Tel: 08-1736-1130 and 09-2495-6454
•    Ban Nong Chorakhe Occupational Group
62 Mu 9, Bo Thong subdistrict, Kabin Buri district, Prachin Buri 25110
Contact: Khun Suchin (Kin) Tel: 06-3103-8739
•    Ban Kud Pla Wi Wickerwork and Processed Food Sufficiency Farming Community Enterprise 
42/2 Mu 4, Bo Thong subdistrict, Kabin Buri district, Prachin Buri 25110
Contact: Khun Buapaeng Tel: 08-7618-8298v