One of the global sustainable packaging leaders Berry Global Group, Inc. has partnered with Brookfield Drinks for the launch of a new spring water range in a first-to-market bottle made completely from Prevented Ocean Plastic™ (POP). It is estimated, that every 500ml bottle of NEO WTR, made using discarded plastic that has been collected along coastlines at risk of ocean plastic pollution, stops the equivalent of approximately 1.7 plastic bottles entering the ocean.2 In addition to the POP bottle, both the label and cap are fully recyclable to offer a complete…
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Prevented Ocean Plastic Enters East Africa To Collect Thousands Of Tonnes Of Plastic From The Tanzanian Coast
Prevented Ocean Plastic™ East Africa has announced the opening of a new plastic collection centre in Dar es Salaam, the largest city in the United Republic of Tanzania. The new centre is the first Prevented Ocean Plastic™ centre in the region and is the first of its scale in Tanzania, which currently lacks adequate waste management to deal with its growing quantities of plastic waste. The centre has been built with the support of Alliance to End Plastic Waste. It is estimated that 29 kilotonnes of plastic waste enter the…
Read MoreDanone And Prevented Ocean Plastic Partner To Open First Major Plastic Collection Centre In Borneo, Indonesia
Prevented Ocean Plastic™ Southeast Asia announces the opening of its new recycled plastic aggregation centre in Samarinda, in the Indonesian province of East Kalimantan on the island of Borneo. The centre is opening in partnership with consumer goods company Danone, through its Indonesian bottled water brand AQUA, and is part of the wider efforts of the internationally recognised Prevented Ocean Plastic™ programme. AQUA funded the centre’s construction and will be a major customer for the recycled plastic processed there. According to the National Waste Management Information System (SIPSN) in 2022, the…
Read MorePrevented Ocean Plastic teams up with rugby legend Marlie Packer to raise awareness of ocean plastic crisis
Prevented Ocean Plastic™, a pioneering recycling programme that stops over 1000 tonnes of plastic from entering the ocean every month, has signed an 18-month brand partnership deal with Saracens & England Women’s Rugby captain, Marlie Packer. The agreement sees Packer become the latest in POP’s Athlete Ambassador programme where she will promote the recycling brand until the end of 2025 and support their ‘Better Plastic Choice’ positioning in the UK and abroad. The Prevented Ocean Plastic™ programme incentivises the collection of waste plastic- helping people around the world to clean their coastlines,…
Read MorePrevented Ocean Plastic And USAID Open High-Capacity Plastic Collection Centre In Makassar, Indonesia To Mark World Oceans Day
Last month, on UN World Oceans Day 2024, Prevented Ocean Plastic™ celebrated the grand opening of a new high-capacity waste plastic collection centre in Makassar, Indonesia. It is the seventh centre established by Prevented Ocean Plastic™ since the launch of its mission to open 25 collection centres on coastlines at-risk of plastic pollution worldwide by 2025, with seven more breaking ground. Each year, at least 8 million tonnes of plastics leak into the ocean – the equivalent of one garbage truck being dumped into the ocean every minute. UN World…
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