Plastic Neutrality

The Fair Earth Foundation and AWdF are collaborating with The Plastic Bank. The Plastic Bank is a global organisation. It is fighting to end plastic pollution and its devastating impact on the marine environment in particular.

Central to its mission is the critical argument that the first thing that needs doing is to cut off the supply of plastic entering our oceans. If a bathtub is overflowing, the first thing you do is not mop up the water but to turn the tap off. The vast majority of plastic entering our oceans is in the developing world and one of the key drivers is poverty. What we do in the developed world is important - reuse and recycling, finding substitutes to plastic. BUT it does not touch the core problem in a global and therefore meaningful way.

Plastic Neutrality is a practical solution. We can change our habits in the way we use plastic BUT to affect real change we need to find ways to finance stemming the flow of plastic pollution in the third world. We can ‘buy’ plastic neutrality by donating a modest sum of money to the Plastic Bank; this calculation is based on the average annual consumption of plastic in the West by individuals.

You can choose to go Plastic Neutral through our Global Citizenship Voucher Scheme. If you simply want to become Plastic Neutral now...

BECOME PLASTIC NEUTRAL NOW

In the UK, over 5 million tonnes of plastic is consumed each year — and yet only 1 quarter of it is recycled.

The three quarters that isn’t recycled enters our environment, polluting our oceans and causing damage to our ecosystem. In less developed countries, the majority of plastic waste eventually ends up in the ocean, meaning that marine animals are especially at risk.

In just one year 400 million metric tonnes of plastic is consumed globally.

That’s an average of 53 kg for every person on the earth.

For just £35, you can offset your 53 kg plastic footprint by making the Pledge to become Plastic Neutral. Your pledge will help fund the setup of plastic recycling micro-enterprises in remote and vulnerable communities struggling with the plastic waste epidemic.

These programmes, run in association with The Plastic Bank, will run their plastic recycling micro-enterprise with the target to remove and upcycle 53 kg of plastic on your behalf, offsetting your plastic footprint and making you Plastic Neutral for the next year.

**If you have a Global Citizen Voucher, please let us know if you'd like any of it to go towards Plastic Neutrality.**

We have beautiful informative awareness posters on plastic neutrality, please ask us and we will send them to you, free of charge to display at your school, house or workplace.