8 million tons of plastic enters our oceans annually. 700 species are affected by plastics, 1 credit card worth of microplastics is consumed every week by each adult, 80% of the population has microplastics in their blood. 

It’s important to note where the vast majority of the world’s plastic pollution is coming from right now. 90% of all plastic waste entering the oceans through rivers, comes from just ten rivers in Asia and Africa. 

Emerging countries industrialized at an impressive pace in the last few decades, transforming the lives of billions of people. This development was so fast, that the garbage disposal infrastructure couldn’t keep up with collecting and recycling all the new waste. 

If organizations and individuals in western countries want to help address this issue, investing in infrastructure in developing countries is just as important as fighting plastic pollution at home with campaigns and redesigning products to minimize unnecessary plastic production. 

If we do not address plastic pollution from a global perspective, we will not solve it. 

Imagine a world where every bit of plastic has a first name and a last name. Imagine a world where we would know for sure how much plastic we are actually producing and recovering from the environment. 

There is a lot of plastic data in the world, about production, recovery and where plastic ends up. But do we really know? Since plastic is not really being tracked or verified, it is impossible to know what plastic is being accounted for. 

Introducing Plastiks, the ecosystem where everybody can take verifiable action to support recovery projects committed to fight plastic pollution, and reward transparency in the plastic economy. 

Upload and certify your invoice data as Plastic Recovery Guarantees on the Plastiks Marketplace. 

• Give companies and individuals the opportunity to support plastic recovery. 
• Promote transparency in the plastic economy. 

Plastiks is partnering up with recovery projects around the world, with a focus on developing countries where pollution is the most difficult to manage. 

With the Plastiks Marketplace, recovery projects around the world can create recovery guarantees from data related to their activity of collecting plastic waste in the environment. 

Generate new incomes to leverage your activity of recovery, improve workers conditions and equipment, empower more people with low job opportunity in your workforce. 

• Get more equipment and better infrastructure. 
• Improve workers conditions and create new job opportunities. 
• Empower more women in the workforce in underprivileged countries. 

• Provide education about plastic circularity and recycling to local communities. 

The Invoice Data: 

The invoice serves as the foundation of data information about the type and amount of plastic that has been recovered, who did the job and where did they do it. 

If you are collecting plastic waste in the environment and returning it to collection points or to recyclers who in turn is creating the prime resource and generating invoices for selling that waste (mixed plastic also accepted), as long as you can get access to an invoice for collecting and returning that plastic waste, you are eligible to create plastic recovery guarantees on the Plastiks Marketplace. 

Connect with companies and individuals around the world that are looking to support your activity and fight plastic pollution. 

• Create awareness for your project by demonstrating your impact. 
• Show to the world the importance of your work in your region. 
• Share your impactful story and let others show it to the world. 

 Each user on Plastiks.io has a Sustainability Dashboard, showing the amount and type of plastic recovered, from where in the world it has been recovered and when. 

Each recovery project on Plastiks.io, has a social account, where they can display their Plastic Recovery Guarantees for sale, demonstrate their impactful story and generate fundings for their cause.