About
Plastfree Ocean
Plastfree Oceans founders Bettina and Martin were born and raised in Denmark close to Copenhagen. We have a long life passion
towards nature and the Sea. We love sea life, snorkelling and kayaking.
We have been traveling around the world and explored how the plastic pollution in the oceans rises every year, and we got more and more concerned about the worldwide plastic pollution problem. We decided to work towards finding solutions to help the plastic crises.
Knowing that every Ocean in the world suffers from plastic pollution. We discovered that the Mediterranean Sea is among the most plastic polluted oceans in the world.
34.000 plastic bottles end up in the Mediterranean Sea each minute 365 days during the year.
Unfortunately the bottles are a small part of all the plastic produced that ends up in the Mediterrenean Sea, A recent IUCN report (Marine plastic footprint methodology 2020) finds that an estimated 229,000 tonnes of plastic is leaking into the Mediterranean Sea every year, equivalent to over 500 shipping containers each day. Unless significant measures are taken to address mismanaged waste, the main source of the leakage, this will probably at least double by 2040.
Spain only recycles only about 40 % of all plastic waste and less than 8 % of ocean waste plastic. It means that up to 60% of the wasted plastic ends up in landfields, with a huge possibility to turn into micro plastic which harms the environment more than regular plastic.
We discovered that only a few organisations and companies have activities to reduce the ocean plastic waste in the mediterranean sea around Spain.
It seemed a natural place for us to get started.
Plastfree Ocean is not a non profit organisation, we will create our results by selling recycled oil from pyrolysis plants. The recycled oil is used to produce recycled plastic.
We also sell solutions to clean up beaches and the environment nearby beaches, rivers and lakes.
Vision
Our vision is to protect the environment by committing to work against less plastic pollution in the mediterranean by picking up plastic from the sea, beaches, rivers, lakes and nearby areas. And most importantly Secure that waste plastic is recycled.
Mission
We ensure solutions that Secure recycling of waste plastic.
So it is not incinerated or placed in landfills. To reach that goal we are also working with mobile and stationary pyrolysis plants which are able to recycle most plastic to renewable plastic.
We work together with municipalities, private companies and companies like us.
Plastfree Ocean is not a non profit organisation, we will create our results by selling recycled oil from pyrolysis plants. The recycled oil is used to produce recycled plastic.
Our model
We Are continuously working on connecting with companies in Spain and Europe to cooperate with us to secure solutions to pickup and reuse the ocean waste plastic.
We plan to extend our activities over time to countries all over the Mediterranean area and in time over the rest of the world.
We do hope other organisations like us will get inspired from our work and copy our concept in order to solve the ocean waste plastic crise worldwide.
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