Your Seismic x RIPL bottle set off a massive ripple effect of positive change
800
The number of employment days provided for RIPL's team of plastic collectors
19,400
The amount of plastic, measured in pounds, that will be prevented from reaching the ocean during that time.
16,102
The number of full kitchen garbage bags that would fill.
Your ripple effect
By focussing on employment and providing a reliable living wage in communities where job options are limited, you're helping to lift families out of poverty, while empowering them to protect their coastal home.
Step 1: Collection
The proceeds from your bottle are being used to fund the employment of plastic collectors in remote coastal communities. Our teams clean beaches and waterways, and collect directly from homes and businesses where previous no collection routes existed.
Step 2: Sorting
The waste is taken to 'impact center', where it's sorted ready for recycling.
Step 3: Tracking
Every item of plastic is weighed and registered to verify collection.
Step 4: Processing
Once the data has been registered, the plastic is divided up to be recycled, repurposed, or transported to a waste recovery facility.
Meet the team
Our collection teams are based in remote coastal communities across Bali (Indonesia), Kerala (India), and the Solomon Islands (South Pacific) – three plastic pollution hotspots, where a high proportion of local people lack access to reliable employment with fair and equitable pay.
With your support we've been able to quickly expand out impact, with future impact projects planned for several more communities in further hot spots, spreading the ripple effect further around the world.
Why we do it
One garbage truck of plastic is discarded into our oceans and 21 acres of rainforest are cut down... every minute of every day.
But despite the scale of the problem, we believe that every action really can make a huge difference.
When we focus our efforts on systemic change – like creating employment and ongoing recycling programs – the impact extends far beyond the initial action, creating a ripple effect of positive change.