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Sam Bencheghib

Co-FounderSungai Watch

Biography

Sam Bencheghib is a French entrepreneur living in Indonesia, passionate about finding solutions to plastic pollution and our world’s waste problems. He is the co-founder of Sungai Watch, a non-profit organization dedicated to stopping plastic from going into the ocean, and Sungai Design, a design company turning waste into furniture products. In 2020, Sam co-founded Sungai Watch with his two siblings, Gary and Kelly. Today, Sungai Watch has a team of 150 full-time river warriors on a mission to stop plastic from going into the ocean by cleaning rivers, using floating trash barriers and the power of community. Since starting Sungai Watch, Sam and his team have removed 2.5 million kilograms of plastic and operate in 10 Indonesian regions. Sungai Watch is now expanding its cleanup efforts to Indonesia's most polluted regions, including Surabaya and Bekasi, Jakarta in late 2024.