Plastic Credits & Plastic Neutrality, Stop Plastic Waste - Plastic Collective

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How Plastic Credits Enable Plastic Neutrality


We work with plastic recycling projects around the world that collect and recycle plastic waste on behalf of consumer brands.

Brands partner with projects by purchasing from them a volume of plastic credits equivalent to their plastic footprint.  The project collects and recycles this volume of plastic waste for the brand so they can claim to be Plastic Neutral. The projects use the funding from the sale of plastic credits to expand their recycling activities, build infrastructure and capacity.  

Creating High Impact Project Partnerships

Our portfolio of project partners are carefully vetted, monitored and independently audited.

All projects operate in compliance with the globally recognised Plastic Waste Reduction Standard which provides a strict operational, safeguard and accounting framework. This ensure the high integrity project partnership that brand can rely upon.

How your Brand is Certified Plastic Neutral

We support brands throughout their Plastic Neutral journey, providing extensive advise and guidance on how to use plastic better, mitigate plastic waste and source recycled plastic content.

We certify brands as Plastic Neutral by ensuring their compliance with the globally recognised Corporate Guidelines for Plastic Stewardship.  We guide and support brands marketing and communications with claims, media materials and best practises.

The Global Plastic Problem

"Only 9% of Global Plastics are Recycled"

When China banned the importation of plastic waste, recycling rates globally  declined.
US rates dropped to 5%.

–’Plastic Recycling facts and statistics, World Economic Forum (2022) & Recycling rate of plastic products in China (2020)   

"Decomposition of plastic in the marine environment can take up to 600 years"

Nylon fishing line and nets will take 600 years to breakdown, while PET drink bottles and disposable diapers take 450 years. And thin plastic bags take 20 years to decompose.

– ‘Decomposition rates of marine debris’ (2018) US National Administration Marine Debris Program

"99% of plastic in the ocean is going missing"

Research studies have shown that much of the plastic waste that enters the ocean is disappearing into the water column, deep trenches and embedded into the sea floor. As plastics sink, they smother coral reefs and other habitats spreading pathogens and causing death of marine life. 

– ‘Ninety-nine percent of ocean plastics has gone missing’  Science (2020)

"A plastic bag is the deepest known piece of discarded plastic found in the Mariana Trench at 10,975m (36,000 ft)"

Recent studies in the deep ocean found that plastics were the most prevalent material identified and plastic bags make up the largest source of plastic trash. 

–’Plastic Bag Found at the Bottom of Worlds Deepest Trench, National Geographic (2022) 

The benefits of becoming Plastic Neutral

Address Your Plastic Waste

Remove plastic from the environment

Make Immediate Impact

Partner with active plastic recycling projects now

Send Clear Consumer Message

Show your consumers that you care

Case Study:

Pacifica Beauty Cosmetic Company

Pacifica Beauty has built its successful cosmetic range around the principle of doing the right thing for the environment.

 As a brand we’ve been very focused on reducing the amount of plastic we use, plus incorporated recycled plastic into our packaging at every opportunity. But sometimes we just can’t avoid using virgin plastic and this really concerns us, so we wanted to do more.

Since 2021 we have partnered with the Asase Project in Ghana Africa to help them expand their activities to collect and recycle plastic waste from this high leakage area. Through Asase, we support their team of female waste pickers who have been lifted out of poverty and stop plastic waste entering the oceans. Through our partnership, every year we support the collection and recycling of plastic equivalent to the amount we use as a brand.

Brook Harvey-Taylor

Founder and CEO, Pacifica Beauty

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