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Plastic Reduction Strategy Template for Your Brand

This quick template can help you get started on mapping out an effective, comprehensive and realistic plastic reduction strategy.

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The Plastic Waste Crisis: Examining Global Responsibilities and Solutions

Discover actionable strategies for businesses to combat plastic pollution. Understand how plastic reduction and recovery are both important tools while mapping a holistic sustainability action roadmap.

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Tackling the Plastic Pollution Crisis: Understanding Causes and Impact

Plastic pollution is a global crisis that threatens ecosystems, wildlife, and human health. With millions of metric tons entering our oceans annually and ineffective waste management systems in place, it's crucial for businesses to understand the complexities driving this issue. This article delves into the multi-faceted challenges of plastic pollution and the urgent need for action.

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Strategies for Reducing Plastic Use in Packaging: From Elimination to Recyclability

This blog outlines actionable ways brands can reduce plastic use, including packaging innovations and supply chain adjustments, to create sustainable practices that resonate with environmentally conscious consumers.

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Why Plastic Reduction is a Strategic Business Move

Reducing plastic usage is no longer just about following a sustainability trend—it's about making smart business decisions that align with environmental responsibility, regulatory compliance, and consumer expectations. This blog explores why brands should reduce their reliance on plastic, covering its environmental and health impacts, the evolving regulatory landscape, and the business advantages of adopting plastic reduction strategies.

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Driving Environmental and Social Impact Through Verified Plastic Recovery

rePurpose Global drives Impact through 13 projects spread across Colombia, Cameroon, Kenya, India, and Indonesia. These projects address local plastic waste challenges, empower communities, and improve waste management while ensuring ethical recovery and transparency in data tracking.

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Plastic Reduction Strategy Template for Your Brand

This quick template can help you get started on mapping out an effective, comprehensive and realistic plastic reduction strategy.

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The Plastic Waste Crisis: Examining Global Responsibilities and Solutions

Discover actionable strategies for businesses to combat plastic pollution. Understand how plastic reduction and recovery are both important tools while mapping a holistic sustainability action roadmap.

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Tackling the Plastic Pollution Crisis: Understanding Causes and Impact

Plastic pollution is a global crisis that threatens ecosystems, wildlife, and human health. With millions of metric tons entering our oceans annually and ineffective waste management systems in place, it's crucial for businesses to understand the complexities driving this issue. This article delves into the multi-faceted challenges of plastic pollution and the urgent need for action.

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Strategies for Reducing Plastic Use in Packaging: From Elimination to Recyclability

This blog outlines actionable ways brands can reduce plastic use, including packaging innovations and supply chain adjustments, to create sustainable practices that resonate with environmentally conscious consumers.

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Why Plastic Reduction is a Strategic Business Move

Reducing plastic usage is no longer just about following a sustainability trend—it's about making smart business decisions that align with environmental responsibility, regulatory compliance, and consumer expectations. This blog explores why brands should reduce their reliance on plastic, covering its environmental and health impacts, the evolving regulatory landscape, and the business advantages of adopting plastic reduction strategies.

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Driving Environmental and Social Impact Through Verified Plastic Recovery

rePurpose Global drives Impact through 13 projects spread across Colombia, Cameroon, Kenya, India, and Indonesia. These projects address local plastic waste challenges, empower communities, and improve waste management while ensuring ethical recovery and transparency in data tracking.

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How Brands Can Combat the Global Plastic Waste Crisis with rePurpose Global

There are many ways brands can address the global plastic waste crisis, even if they're based in North America or Europe. By financing projects elsewhere in the world, they can create quantifiable reductions in plastic pollution. This article highlight how rePurpose Global connects brand financing to verifiable action, leading to plastic recovery, social benefits, and environmental improvements.

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Verified Plastic Recovery: Impact Beyond Plastic Action

rePurpose Global’s Verified Plastic Recovery (VPR) initiatives extend beyond mere plastic recovery to create meaningful social and environmental impacts. This article highlights VPR's role in empowering communities, enhancing waste management systems, and ensuring transparency in recovery efforts. Discover how your brand can make a tangible difference while advancing sustainability goals.

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Navigating the Plastic Pollution Crisis: Why Reduction and Recovery Matter

Plastic reduction and recovery are both essential to make meaningful change in the global plastic crisis. Verified Plastic Recovery (VPR) empowers businesses to act now by recovering plastic waste, protecting ecosystems, and supporting communities.

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BASE: Evaluation (Part 4/4)

In this last of the 4-part blog on rePurpose Global's impact creation framework (BASE), we consider how the 'E' for 'Evaluation' works. This involves building the capacity of partners and workers, using bespoke technology, and structuring internal and external audits to generate completely transparent, robust, and reliable data.

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BASE: Solution (Part 3/4)

rePurpose Global's impact creation framework (BASE) sets out how plastic recovery impact is created. In this In this part 3 of 4 of the introduction to BASE, we look in more detail at 'S' for 'Solution': how Impact Projects are designed, and how they run on a day to day basis to ethically recover plastic waste.

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BASE: Baseline and Additionality (Part 2/4)

In this part 2 of 4 of rePurpose Global's impact creation framework (BASE), you can find more detail about the Baseline and Additionality elements that underpin our action.

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BASE: A foundation for impact on plastic waste (Part 1/4)

In this article we introduce rePurpose Global's BASE framework for creating infrastructure and driving impact on nature-bound plastic. In this part 1 of 4, explore our unique impact project model, and how BASE (Baseline, Additionality, Solution, Evaluation) underpins the work that we do around the world.

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Enzymes and boats: secret weapon against plastic pollution or eye-catching distractions?

From enzyme-based plastic breakdown to advanced ocean-cleaning technologies, scientists have made significant strides in tackling plastic waste. The blog explores these innovations, their current impacts, and their potential long-term effectiveness in mitigating the global plastic crisis.

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Outcomes-Based Financing can fight plastic pollution

Outcomes-Based Financing as a modality for waste prevention stands out as a promising solution, demonstrating success in adjacent impact sectors such as health, biodiversity, and education. By linking financing to the achievement of measurable, verified reductions in plastic leakage, outcomes-based mechanisms are designed to mobilize and channel resources effectively and with more accountability from varied sources — companies in the value chain, governments, DFIs, philanthropies — towards solutions across the plastic pollution lifecycle, including both scaling reuse and refill implementation and financing critically lacking waste management infrastructure in underserved regions.

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rePurpose Global Annual Report 2023

Uncover the power of purpose-driven action with rePurpose Global's 2023 annual report. Download the report from the link in the post. Highlights include passing 25 million kg of nature-bound plastic recovered, our work to shape international policy and create new financial mechanisms to bridge the finance gap in waste management, and other innovations and upgrades to accelerate an end to plastic pollution.

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rePurpose Global Launches $1M Reuse Outcomes Fund

Reuse Outcomes Fund is a first-of-its-kind, $1M prototype fund aimed at scaling reuse and refill solutions especially serving low and middle-income communities, in order to accelerate both measurable environmental outcomes and equitable access to waste reduction solutions worldwide. Learn why we need reuse and refill for all, and how do we get there?

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What is rePurpose Global's Impact Code?

rePurpose Global’s Impact Code is designed to put waste workers and communities at the forefront of our work to bring an end to the plastic crisis. It outlines a comprehensive set of guidelines and principles that define the nature of collaboration with our impact partners. The code goes beyond compliance with the law, and builds on internationally recognized standards to drive life-changing opportunities for communities worldwide.

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rePurpose Global's Verified Plastic Recovery Protocol: A Framework To Address Plastic Waste

rePurpose Global’s Verified Plastic Recovery Protocol (VPRP) is a comprehensive framework designed to address the global plastic waste crisis. It provides a detailed and robust framework for designing and implementing credible impact projects. You can download the VPRP in the post. By building on best practice and ensuring effective project design and implementation, the VPRP creates an industry-leading example for stakeholders in how to effectively run plastic waste recovery projects.

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7 highlights from rePurpose Global in 2023

In 2023, rePurpose Global recovered over 14.6 million kilograms of plastic waste from nature and empowered over 2,300 waste workers. Read on to journey through seven highlights from 2023 and see how we’re making progress on our mission to end waste and drive more circular solutions.

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Video: The Urgent Need For Action On Plastic Pollution

At Sustainable Brands’ Brand-Led Culture Change Conference (BLCC) 2023, our co-founder and Chief Impact Officer Aditya Siroya delivered a presentation highlighting the magnitude of the plastic waste crisis. Watch this talk to hear mroe about the need for brands to to action to move towards sustainable and circular solutions, and explore how brands and consumers can work together to bring an end to plastic waste. 

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Photo Essay: rePurpose Saaf Samudra

rePurpose Global's project Saaf Samudra recovers ocean-bound plastic waste in Goa, India. Azadé, the Digital Brand Manager at rePurpose Global, spent a day with workers on the project and shares her experiences and insights through this photo essay.

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How does a brand funding plastic recovery actually lead to environmental benefits?

Is it possible for a brand in North America or Europe to address the global plastic waste crisis by supporting a project elsewhere in the world? The short answer, is 'yes'! Read on to see how brands funding waste recovery, as well as committing to reduction strategies, leads to quantifiable action on plastic pollution.

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Plastic Action in Rural India with the Alliance to End Plastic Waste

In 2022, rePurpose Global joined forces with the Alliance to End Plastic Waste (AEPW) to build a project to ethically manage neglected low-value plastic waste in rural India. The project ensures end-to-end plastic waste management across 8 villages along the coast of Kerala, India. Read on to find out how our intervention succeeded in providing waste management services to over 32,000 households and diverted over 1,000 tonnes of plastic waste from nature.

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rePurpose Global's Social Safeguards for Verified Plastic Recovery Projects

rePurpose Global's impact projects support waste workers and their communities. They are designed to overcome many of the injustices faced by waste workers, and to provide new and better opportunities for workers and their communities. Read on to see how rePurpose Global has enshrined this in a guiding set of safeguards for projects, workers, and communities.

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rePurpose Global: Impact in 2022

There's no doubt that 2022 was our biggest yet. rePurpose Global recovered over 23 million lbs of plastic waste from nature in 2022, and engaged with around 2,000 waste workers. Read on to journey through three of our impact projects, and see how our growth is resulting in impactful nature-bound plastic recovery.

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Why the plastic pollution crisis is your problem - wherever in the world you are

We are producing and wasting plastic at unprecedented rates. Wealthier countries that produce the most are recycling little plastic waste, and incinerating or exporting more: contributing to global environmental problems. Though solutions are available, action is happening too slowly. Read on to find out why we are all responsible for what's happening, and how we can all be part of the solution.

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rePurpose Global's traceability and verification protocols for plastic recovery

How can you be sure that your plastic recovery is tracked and verified? This article provides an overview of the processes that rePurpose Global has put in place to make sure that impact on plastic pollution is measured, trackable, and verifiable – as well as beneficial for the environment and waste workers.

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4 ways to tell if a Plastic Recovery Program is responsible

Many organizations today help companies to access plastic recovery projects in ways that create social and environmental change. But, as always, some programs are more robust, more impactful, and more responsible to the people and communities they are working with. Knowing what to look for will help you understand your options and find the most appropriate plastic action partnership for your business.‍ This article will lead you through four important pillars of a responsible plastic recovery program.

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‍Plastic Reality Project - Impact in India

rePurpose Global launched the Plastic Reality Project to inspire sustainability leaders and spark more effective action to tackle plastic pollution. Our inaugural cohort kicked off in fall 2022 with a week-long trip to Tamil Nadu and Kerala in India. This photo essay below walks through some of the highlights from the experience

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What are the best end destinations for plastics?

Almost 80% of plastic products end up in landfills or the environment. Through the appropriate end-of-life management of plastic, we can moderate its leakage into the environment.

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Insights from India: The scale of the plastic problem

Plastic waste: out of sight shouldn't mean out of mind. A visit to a facility in Kerala provides a window into the scale of the plastic waste crisis, while the solutions on show also provide a vision of hope for the future.

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What is a plastic footprint? A quick guide for businesses

‍A plastic footprint is the total weight of plastic used or produced over a defined period of time. Measuring our plastic footprint helps us to manage our plastic use more effectively.

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5 Reasons To get certified for plastic action

Getting certified for action on plastic waste and funding plastic recovery can help you create meaningful, impactful, and reportable impact - and communicate action to customers.

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Empowering Communities: How Plastic Recovery Makes a Difference

By leveraging plastic recovery financing from brands, we can work together to provide dignified employment for waste workers, reduce social ostracization, and empower women — all of which has transformative impact on communities around the world.

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Carbon and Plastic Footprints: Scaling Our Impact

Carbon and Plastic footprints are increasingly alarming indicators of our growing environmental impact. Fighting climate change begins with reducing these footprints, but how?

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How Does Verified Plastic Recovery Tackle Ocean Plastic?

Verified Plastic Recovery (VPR) is an innovative financing tool that enables organizations to directly fund immediate recovery of ocean-bound plastic waste. Read more about how this works - incentivizing action; and funding infrastructure, systems, and innovations.

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4 ways that funding Verified Plastic Recovery energizes brands

Verified Plastic Recovery (VPR) involves the ethical collection, sorting, and recovery of plastic waste. This blog defines VPR, considers why VPR is needed, and looks at four different ways that brands funding VPR can communicate their action.

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6 reasons why brands preventing plastic pollution will increase revenues

Businesses taking action on plastic pollution can generate a return on investment by increasing sales and revenues, taking advantage of unique and impactful marketing opportunities, motivating their employees, and meeting retailers' sustainability criteria. The alternative - failing to act - means missing out on these advantages, and continuing to contribute to the plastic waste crisis.

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Case studies: 9 rePurpose Global brand partners that we met at NPE West

This provides a snapshot of how we work together to build conscious brands, support waste workers, and take action on plastic waste. Case studies of nine rePurpose Global partner brands that we met up with at Natural Products Expo West, 2023. 

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How consumers are driving action on plastic waste – and what brands should do next

Citizens around the world see the plastic waste crisis as a top environmental concern. Consumer research suggests that consumers are looking to brands to take action on plastic pollution. This article looks at the evidence, and explores how brands can stay ahead as the CPG market adapts to this fundamental shift.

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Preserving the Value of Voluntary Plastic Action as Packaging Regulation Increases

Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) is a promising policy instrument to address plastic waste, but conscious companies are not waiting for regulations: many are already taking action on their plastic footprints. This article explores how EPR may impact these companies, and makes some recommendations for how they can preserve the value of their existing voluntary efforts.

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How 3 CPG Companies Invigorated Their Brands with the Plastic Neutral Certification

Three CPG brands, Farrington Oils, Nature’s Logic, and Safe Catch, have joined rePurpose Global to assess their footprint, and drive action.

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3 Affordable Waste Solutions for Packaged Food Companies

Evolve your brand’s affordable waste solutions to generate product appeal and preserve the environment, both at the same time.

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3 Business Sustainability Case Studies And Why They Worked

Here’s how big industry players like Lyft, Patagonia and Danone took up sustainable initiatives to elevate their businesses while helping the planet.

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Green Manufacturing: The Business Benefits of Sustainability

To reduce the impact the manufacturing industry has on the environment, many facilities are adopting more sustainable, eco-friendly methods. These initiatives are not only beneficial for the planet, but they also help companies improve their bottom line.

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Why Pursue Sustainability During COVID-19? A Tactical Guide for Brand Professionals

While we wait for the pandemic to subside, the planet cannot afford to. Here is a tactical guide on why and how your brand can still pursue sustainability under COVID-19.

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Choosing the Right CSR Initiative for Your Company: A How-To Guide

As a new element of leadership, CSR is an important differentiator of business performance. But, how do you choose the right CSR initiative for your company?

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Innovating Ocean Finance: 4 Capital Providers Accelerating Marine Conservation

In collaboration with the United Nations World Oceans Day official celebration, rePurpose Global brought together an inter-generational panel of 4 leading organizations on Innovating Ocean Finance.

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How Do You Talk About Purpose Without Getting Canceled?

A growing number of consumers around the world are beginning to expect nothing but the best from brands, inspiring stronger accountability and purpose-driven practices. However, these expectations have also triggered the beginning of cancel culture, with many brands facing backlash from watchdogs, consumers, and activists for doing something as harmless as stating their impact goals.

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How to Pick Impact Causes Effectively – Learnings From CBS’ “The Activist” Fiasco

The failure to inject efforts into the right initiatives will exhaust our resources on impact innovations that are not as worthwhile or time-critical right now. That’s why we need to be precise about the initiatives we choose to support.

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Navigating Purpose, Profit, and Impact

For businesses, being purposeful is no longer a luxury. So how do brands amplify their impact journey and build a loyal community of customers?

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‘Sustainable’ Business Has Become Table Stakes — What’s Next?

Every organization was deep in 2022 planning mode, and the same question was on everyone’s mind: if sustainability has become table stakes, then what’s the next frontier? How do we differentiate ourselves in this oversaturated marketplace?

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It’s Time We Face the Climate Movement’s Diversity Problem

With our climate movement predominantly led by white people, we need to face the climate movement’s diversity problem which seems to exclude the people facing the brunt of it: people of colour.

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Moving Beyond Perfection Paralysis

How do we navigate this dilemma of “progress versus perfect”, and move past the psychological gridlocks that are paralyzing a whole generation into apathy?

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Climate hype, and Why The Hero Plot Won’t Save The Day

The climate crisis is complex and ever-changing — it is the coming together of many moving parts that will ultimately make a meaningful impact. Only when we truly internalize this humbling realization can we start to combat Climate Hype.

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Climate Mindfulness: Why Inaction Might Be What Our World Needs Now

Earth Day, Ocean Week, Plastic Free July, Sustainable September — it’s almost as if the invisible architects of the sustainability ‘award season’ made a backroom deal with the Hollywood associations and said “it’s our turn after you finish up”. Every organization (including ourselves!) — from brands and non-profits, to startups and elected officials — line up to profess their love for the planet and vow to do more for it, while onlookers entertain the spectacle.

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The Great Himalayan Cleanup

This Earth Month, join us in fighting plastic pollution in the Himalayas through The Great Himalayan Clean Up. Partnering with over 30 brands, we're cleaning up 8 natural sites across the region. This article will guide you on how you can support our brand partners' efforts.

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Watch how rePurpose Global is tackling plastic waste with the Pet Food industry

At this year’s edition of Impact Unleashed hosted by the Pet Sustainability Coalition, our co-founder and CEO Svanika Balasubramanian delivered an engaging presentation highlighting the urgency of the plastic waste crisis and the need for brands to take immediate action towards more sustainable and circular solutions.

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How a Mananalu bottle cleans up ocean-bound plastic in Indonesia

How does a bottle of Mananalu water help to prevent the damaging impact of plastic waste on Indonesia’s oceans and marine life? Powered by rePurpose Global, Mananalu's 'Drink One: Remove One' promise claims to do just that - for every bottle you drink, Mananalu finances the removal and recycling of the equivalent of one ocean-bound plastic bottle. Let's look at how that really works.

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The wave of change a Mananalu bottle creates for waste workers

Mananalu's Drink One, Remove One impact program with rePurpose Global is not only fighting plastic pollution, but also part of a transformative effort to improve the lives of waste workers in Indonesia.

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What we learned from the Sustainable Packaging Coalition

The packaging industry is constantly evolving to adapt to the needs of our planet. At the Sustainable Packaging Coalition Impact event in April 2023, experts discussed what happens next in the world of sustainable packaging. The event covered packaging design, digital tools, and the controversies surrounding EPR programs.

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WildClean and rePurpose Global - Un-Mucking the World

‍This is a case study on WildClean’s partnership with rePurpose Global that spotlights their ongoing efforts to be a leading environmentally-conscious brand, and how they are ‘walking the talk’ by taking action on plastic pollution.

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rePurpose Global’s Plastic Action Coalition

We often talk about being a coalition: part of a movement to fight plastic pollution. But what does that really mean? At rePurpose Global we have recovered over 18 million kilograms of nature-bound plastic to date but we don't achieve this alone. We partner with Purposeful brands and their employees; Waste innovators and waste workers; Industry leaders and international bodies; and Conscious individuals. Read on to find out more about our Plastic Action Coalition.

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Burt’s Bees and rePurpose Global Launch Landmark Ocean Plastic Prevention Initiative

Burt’s Bees and rePurpose Global announce a multi-year partnership to finance critical recycling infrastructure that prevents plastic waste from flowing into the ocean. The initiative promises to eliminate more than 1.5 million pounds of ocean-bound plastic waste by the end of 2024.

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20 Pet Food Brands Join Forces to Fight Global Plastic Pollution

Certified Plastic Neutral and Plastic Negative brands, including Earth Animal, Nature’s Logic, Pet Finn, and Animal Essentials, are taking action to combat plastic waste, while simultaneously creating a positive socio-economic impact for marginalized waste workers.

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rePurpose Partners with 100 Personal Care Brands to Fight Plastic Pollution

rePurpose Global is now creating environmental impact in collaboration with 100 personal care brands based in over 15 countries. On behalf of this coalition, the social enterprise is removing 4127 tons of plastic waste every year, the equivalent of 208 million plastic bottles in weight.

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Lil Bucks' products are officially Certified Plastic Neutral!

We are delighted to announce that rePurpose Global is partnering with Lil Bucks a sustainable superfood company obsessed with buckwheat and preserving the planet.

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rePurpose Global Joins Palo Alto-Based Pear Ventures’ Exclusive Accelerator Program

We are so excited to be a part of the Pear Accelerator this summer as mentorship from serial entrepreneurs and growth-focused resources will fastrack rePurpose to enable impact on a grand scale.

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Waste Ventures India is Rethinking Solid Waste Management

From impact at grass-roots level to creating green footprints, learn more aout how Waste Ventures India is leading the change in solid waste recycling practices.

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Four trends you might have missed at Natural Products Expo West

The rePurpose Global team roamed the halls of Natural Products Expo West. Here the team share four ‘below-the-surface’ insights from the event – including opportunities for brands to make more of an impact.

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Burt’s Bees is Reducing Waste and Elevating Livelihoods

Burt’s Bees uses 50% post-consumer recycled content in its packaging and aims to reduce its reliance on virgin plastic and fiber by another 50% by 2030. Learn what’s next for the brand from Matt Kopac: Associate Director, Health and Beauty Sustainability at Burt’s Bees.

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Which is better for the environment - glass or plastic?

Which is a more sustainable material for drinks bottles? Glass or plastic? rePurpose Global support brands to move away from plastic packaging - especially when it's non-recyclable - and towards more circular solutions. But this blog - through the lens of glass vs plastic - provides a quick introduction to why it's not always a straightforward environmental decision.

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What is Low Value Plastic?

Low Value Plastic (LVP) is any plastic where the costs of collecting and processing the plastic waste are higher than the revenue generated from sales of the recovered plastic. LVP can therefore be any plastic, depending on the geography, but often refers to hard-to-recycle plastics such as Multi-Layered Plastic (MLP), and other soft, flexible plastics. This blog looks at why these plastics are deemed 'low value', why they are hard to recycle, why they are such a challenge in the fight against plastic pollution, and some potential solutions.

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5 Ways to Tell When Brands Are Greenwashing

In this guest post from Karma Wallet, they break down 5 ways to help you to tell when brands are greenwashing – and look at one way to find better brands to shop with.

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3 Lessons Quarantine Can Teach Us About Environmental Stewardship

COVID-19 has changed everything, from the way we shop to how we jog down the street. Reflecting on this global shift in human behavior may teach us a thing or two about how to treat the planet.

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5 Underrated Climate Change Leaders

Our generation is a huge part of the climate change movement, we have seen students hit the streets, politicians stress the urgent need for green policies and other young leaders rise to fight the global crisis and emerge as climate change leaders.

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Here’s Why Recycling Doesn’t Work

Recycling doesn't work at a level that we need today – only 9% of plastics actually get recycled; the other 91% of plastics are landfilled or incinerated.

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US Waste Exporting Explained

What’s the dark side of waste processing? Learn more about how the plastic products and packagings used by you affect someone on the other side of the world.

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Will Plastic Bag Bans Work?

Most sustainability platforms and organisations say that reducing your plastic waste is the best and most effective way to combat plastic pollution and the various impacts associated with it. But as a consumer, it is hard to change your habits if you don’t feel like you are affecting the eventual outcome in a significant way. So will these country-level bans ever work?

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Waste Freakonomics: How the Rules of Economics Apply to Garbage

Learn more about how the economics of waste plays a vital role in India’s ecosystem and how it has turned our garbage probelm into such a mess.

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A 3-Step Guide to Recycling Well

We want to help our readers avoid “aspirational recycling” and instead engage in effective recycling. We have put together a quick 3-step guide to recycling well and not just recycle. Nowadays, recycling is commonplace nearly everywhere. From recycling cans on street corners to recycling bins in schools and office buildings, to household recycling, there are […]

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How Southeast Asian Nations Are Bearing the Brunt of Our Plastic Problem

Southeast Asian Nations have been importing the Global North’s plastic waste since decades. But, now they’re beginning to fight back.

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Plastic Bag Bans Across The World

Take a look at the various plastic bag bans and taxes across the world to understand their challenges and the impact they have created in their communities.

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4 of the World’s Most Successful Beach Clean-ups

From being ridden with trash to being trash-free areas, these successful beach clean-ups have created long lasting impact on local beaches.

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5 Non-Profits Fighting Ocean Plastics Today

The ocean plastic epidemic is growing quickly and costing us marine lives. But, these 5 non-profits fighting ocean plastics today might just save us.

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Recycling Facts from Around the World

Recycling is a $200 billion industry and countries are making progress. Learn more about the latest recycling facts from around the world.

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Air Pollution by Burning Plastic: How is it Caused?

With over 300 million tons of plastic being produced every year, plastic is very much part of every aspect of our lives. Incarcerated a lot of times, air pollution by burning of plastic affects millions today. Bus, how is it caused?

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Why Are We Facing A Plastic Dependency Crisis?

It’s clear that we are facing a plastic dependency issue that seems to pose more problems than any of the materials in our everyday lives, but what about the material makes it so harmful? Turns out, exactly what made it so popular in the first place.

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Harmful Effects of Plastic Pollution on Human Health

How much plastic can you see? Food containers, plastic bottles, pens, even your phone cover, the list is endless. Despite its ubiquity, the effects of plastic pollution on human health remain mostly unknown to the majority of people. Have you ever thought about the negative effects of the plastic pollution that we’re increasing day-by-day on your health?

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What is the Effect of Plastic in Forests and Wildlife?

The impact of plastic in our forests is monumental. From its sand to its inhabitants, everyone is negatively affected, but how?

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How Do Plastics Enter our Oceans?

We often see harrowing images circulating throughout the media: a picture of a beached whale whose stomach is filled with plastic bags, or of sea turtles whose necks are wrapped in plastic rings of soda cans. But how do our plastics enter our oceans? The plastic straws, bottles, and cups that we see littering our […]

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Which Plastics are the Major Contributors to Plastic Pollution?

Since more than half the plastic we consume is discarded after one use, they cause severe degradation to our planet. But which of these plastics are the major contributors to plastic pollution?

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Waste Freakonomics: How the Rules of Economics Apply to Garbage

Learn more about how the economics of waste plays a vital role in India’s ecosystem and how it has turned our garbage probelm into such a mess.

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5 important facts about recycling

Reduce. Reuse. Recycle. We see the logo. We hear the tagline everywhere. Yet, only 9% of plastics get recycled and the rest goes to landfills, oceans, and dumpsites.

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Effect Of Microplastics on Human Health

With the impact of plastic pollution becoming clearer by the day, it is important to understand what microplastics are and the effect of microplastics on human health.

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Ocean Pollution Solution: A New Approach to Tackling Plastic

Governments and private companies alike have been trying to find ocean pollution solutions since years in order to tackle this problem. But, we have a new approach!

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The Problem With Plastic Plates and a Possible Solution

A huge portion of single-use plastic in our collective footprint comes from plastic plates which is threatening our environment. But we have a solution that can help solve this problem.

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Why is most plastic not recycled?

Did you know that 91 percent of plastic isn't recycled? Learn the factors that prevent higher rates of recycling and why some plastics are not recyclable.

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The Dangers of Greenwashing in Advertising

Often, environmentally-conscious consumers pay a premium for sustainable goods, hoping that the missions purported by businesses mean we, as individuals, are taking individual steps towards a better future. But, are those ads true or just greenwashing?

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How Corporate Lobbying Campaigns Derail Advancements in Plastic Alternatives

Legislation against plastic is necessary for a more sustainable economy. But corporate lobbying can be a powerful tool for standing in the way.

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Small Scale Recycling and its Huge Scale Impact

With over 90.5% of plastic waste going unrecycled, guerilla or small scale recycling can create a huge impact in the space, and YOU can contribute.

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5 Ways to Start your Sustainable Lifestyle Journey

Learn what it means to live a sustainable lifestyle and our tips for getting started. We can all take small steps and go green.

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Our 8 Favorite Zero Waste Bloggers

Our list of zero waste bloggers, speakers and influencers around the world who we think will inspire you at every stage of your zero waste journey.

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Zero Waste Essentials for Beginners

Inspired by the zero waste movement, some easy zero waste essentials you can switch to and use to start your sustainability journey today!

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What Does It Mean To Be A Conscious Consumer?

Who is a conscious consumer? What is the conscious consumerism all about? Learn more about its impact and how you can become a conscious consumer today!

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Difference between Composting, Biodegradability and Recyclability

With key green concepts like composting, biodegradability and recyclability getting used increasingly day by day, it’s important to understand their difference both in use and impact.

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6 Eco-friendly Clothing Brands for Your Next Adventure

With consumers becoming increasingly wary of fast fashion brands’ greenwashing, these 6 eco-friendly clothing brands are setting the trend!

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What is the effect of ocean plastics on marine life?

Plastic bottles can last for 450 years in marine environments. Learn how plastic affects ocean life to uncover the importance of plastic waste management.

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Top 10 Zero-Waste Skincare Brands

With the world moving towards sustainable living and products for a greener future, here are some brands that will help you incorporate the same in your daily routine.

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5 Simple Tips for a Zero Waste Christmas

‘Tis the season to protect the planet! Follow this handy set of tips and tricks to celebrate a zero-waste Christmas this year.

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Sustainable New Year Resolutions to Save the Planet

You can help the planet while helping yourself this new year by taking these sustainable new year resolutions to heart and vowing to not break them all year.

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Powerful Tips to Keep Up With Your Sustainable 2020 Resolutions

We know that your sustainable resolutions are important to you and will do all we can to keep you from hitting that roadblock. Here are some powerful tips to help you achieve your sustainable living goals in 2020.

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6 Ways To Go Green While Shopping Online

The increasing popularity of online shopping is raising environmental concerns. So, what are some ways to go green while shopping online to make sure our purchases don’t hurt the planet?

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10 Best Zero Waste Kitchen Tips from your Favorite Eco-Influencers

As one of the household’s largest waste creators, the kitchen is a great place to start your zero-waste journey. Check out these easy tips and combat the waste in your kitchen today!

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Online Shopping Returns Hurt the Planet: 4 Tips to Maximize Purchases

Are free online shopping returns really as free as advertised? We might not be paying for them but the environment sure is.

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Sustainable Grocery Shopping: A Tactical Guide

Planning where to shop is the first step to reduce. The common grocery store is the largest creator of waste, especially plastic.

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5 Ways Marine Plastic Pollution Threatens Wildlife

Marine plastic pollution is increasing daily. Immediate action is needed to take a stand and begin to address the plastic epidemic threatening our oceans.

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How does plastic cause air pollution?

Many factors contribute to air pollution: burning of fossil fuels, the release of chemical pesticides, and now plastic pollution. But how does plastic cause air pollution?

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5 Environmental Non-Profits Fighting Climate Change Today

From helping our marine life to working on clean tech, learn more about these international non-profits who are changing the world.

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Climate Change Through The Lens of The 2010s

Over the past decade, climate change has been unveiled for the dangerous reality that it is. Our planet is imbalanced and we are witnessing the effects of it firsthand, today. Here’s a timeline tracing the trajectory of climate change through the 2010s.

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Your Addictions are Hurting The Planet

In today’s consumerist world, we have all fallen prey to two major polluting industries: fast fashion and fast food. Let’s take a look at the extent of our impact and how we can be better.

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6 Must-Watch Environmental Documentaries

We all know that our planet is going through some drastic changes that need to be acted upon now. But do we understand the reasons behind these issues? This compilation of must-watch environmental documentaries can help break it down for you.

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What Sustainability Can Learn From the Trump Era

In this article, I will dissect the economic, social, and psychological intricacies of the Trump era in an attempt to offer insights and recommendations for how we can reshape the climate movement towards a more inclusive and impactful future.

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Crypto for Climate: Ponzi Scheme, Fever Dream, or The Next Big Thing?

Crypto has promised to disrupt so many other industries: why wouldn’t it find another home in the climate movement? In this article, we scratch beneath the shiny surface of blockchain as a tool to advance climate action and question whether it justifies the hype.

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7 Types of Plastic: How do they Impact our Environment?

What are the 7 types of plastic? These are plastic categories that vary in their chemical composition, purpose, recyclability, and hazardous nature.

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4 Learnings from Ellen MacArthur Foundation’s Progress Report

The Ellen MacArthur Foundation in collaboration with the UN Environmental Program is leading the New Plastics Economy Global Commitment.

What out partners say

“rePurpose Global’s impact model accelerates the scale-up of solutions protecting our ocean from plastic waste.”

Daniela Fernandez

Co-Founder, Sustainable Ocean Alliance