The Plastic Bank
Plastic bank is a social enterprise committed to stopping ocean plastic while providing opportunities for brands to have environmental social impact.
The plastic bank. The plastic bank also gives locals access to 3d printers and plastic extruders to help them create useful things like water filters and wrenches and become micro entrepreneurs. The plastic bank continues on its quest to create a currency for the. The company is hoping to expand to indonesia ethiopia and india.
Plastic bank which tallies her deposits and sends her texts updating her balance my salary is not enough says the 60 year old speaking cheerfully about the extra 100 000 rupiah about 7. At exchange banks collectors can choose items such as sustainable cooking fuels 3d printed products access to wifi and solar power to charge their mobile phones. In the philippines the plastic bank has worked with the oil company shell to create plastic bank markets at 1 000 gas stations around the country.
Social plastic is the valuable recycled plastic that collectors crush into pellets. Plastic bank has the vision to set up recycling systems in economically disadvantaged parts of the world that would enable local citizens to monetize plastic pollution. Plastic bank monetises plastic collected by turning it into a currency that can be exchanged for cash services or a menu of goods.
A new platform for the indigent using blockchain technology a plastic offset program an audience with the vatican. The plastic bank has programs in haiti the philippines and brazil. Plastic collected through the plastic bank is recycled and sold at a premium as social plastic.
Plastic bank is a global social profit enterprise that strives to stop ocean plastic while improving lives and empowering people.