Plastic Oceans
Our Mission is to inform, inspire and incite action to solve plastic pollution.
Plastic Oceans International is a nonprofit organization raising awareness about plastic pollution to inspire behavioral change.
Our origins date back several years, as part of the team that helped distribute the award-winning film A Plastic Ocean, but our current status has been as a fully independent nonprofit organization since 2016.
More than 300 million tons of plastic are produced annually, yet more than 90% of all plastic is not recycled.
At least eight million tons of plastic are dumped into the ocean each year—equal to a garbage truck per minute.
Studies find plastic pollutes the air, water and entire food chain, threatening human health, wildlife and the planet.
Through solutions-focused films and digital content, Plastic Oceans promotes a global movement to rethink plastic.