Clean your home and protect the sea
Ocean-bound plastic: turning waste into useful product
Eight million tons of plastic pollution pour into our oceans every year. And it's now known that 80% of marine plastic comes from land. So, we’ve collected a heap of that ocean-bound plastic waste and turned it into useful product. This helps stop plastic before it reaches the sea, especially when choosing ocean-bound plastic bags.
Made from trash
These rubbish bags are made from ocean-bound plastic that has been recovered from coastlines and waterways. Every roll of our 60% ocean plastic bin liners saves the equivalent of 4x 1L plastic bottles from washing out to sea. By choosing recycled ocean plastic rubbish bags, you actively support the removal of coastal waste.
The ocean needs our help
Plastic waste is choking our oceans, killing marine life and threatening eco-systems. And experts estimate that, without drastic action, the amount of plastic trash flowing into the seas will triple by 2040.
Together we can ebb the flow of plastic pollution and help save our oceans and marine life. Each and every one of us can make a difference in the fight against ocean plastic by:
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picking up litter
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taking part in beach cleans
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being selective in what we buy, including ocean plastic garbage bags or ocean-bound plastic bin liners
Sourced to improve livelihoods
Our current range uses ocean-bound plastic collected from Surabaya. Surabaya is Indonesia’s second largest city and has a serious plastic pollution problem. By using plastic recovered from here, we’re contributing to improved livelihoods and helping empower coastal communities.
Discarded plastic is collected by ‘pemulung’ (plastic collectors). Waste shops then buy the material from pemulung to aggregate and bale, and on-sell it to larger ‘pengepul’ (scrap aggregators). Volume is consolidated at a Greencore factory in East Java and then manufactured into secondary raw material ready to be shipped to our factories where the bags are made. This ensures a SEArcular-verified ocean plastic supply chain.
Useful product from post-consumer waste
Discarded plastic waste within 50 km of the shore is collected, baled, and processed into usable recycled plastic. This system ensures consistent use of SEArcular-certified ocean plastic throughout the supply chain.
There's a range of Ecopack ocean plastic bin liners to cater to all bin sizes in home and commercial applications. Everything from small 18L bags right up to big 240L wheelie bin liners. And there are two ranges – the more premium consumer range and a low-cost, bulk-packed commercial range.