‘Tis the Season… to offset your plastic footprint
We generate 25% more waste during the holiday season. The boxes will arrive. The tape will pile up. The gift wrap will get tossed. While we strive to make sustainable choices, use recycled gift bags, and shop local, the increase in waste at this time feels inevitable.
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How much plastic is hiding in your holiday gifts?
Get an estimate of the plastic waste behind your gifts’ packaging and shipping materials + a quick way to make up for it.
Takes under a minute.
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How many gifts are you buying this holiday season?
In many high-income countries, the average person throws away over 100 kg (about 5,000 bottles!) of plastic waste every year.
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How many of those gifts will be shipped or delivered, instead of handed over in person?
Roughly 4 out of every 10 pieces of plastic waste are just packaging and shipping materials.
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Most of your gifts are about this size (optional):
Around the holidays, the average household’s trash goes up by about 25%, mostly from extra shopping, packaging and food.
Your estimated impact
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Your gifts’ packaging and shipping equals approximately 0 plastic bottles.
1 kg of plastic waste is roughly 50 plastic bottles.
Join us to recover 50 bottles for free.
Plastic Bank is the largest global bottle deposit movement in history, recovering more than eight billion bottles to date. You support collectors in the areas where it matters the most. They earn secure income in exchange. It all gets verified immediately in our blockchain-backed system.
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Shipping
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This is a simplified, educational estimate based on global-average packaging and shipping data, not a precise life-cycle analysis.
How Plastic Bank works
Together, we empower people in vulnerable areas to exchange discarded plastic for money.
Your contribution funds dignified work for collection communities
Collectors gather and exchange plastic for extra income and access to social benefits
Plastic is transformed into recycled plastic feedstock to be used again in products and packaging
Every plastic exchange is tracked on Plastic Bank’s app, backed by blockchain technology
A worldwide movement of individuals empowering 62,774 collectors
Offset your plastic footprint
3 simple steps to balance your plastic usage and create positive impact:
- Calculate your footprint: Use our simple calculator below to see how much plastic you use.
- Choose your offset: Decide how much plastic you want removed from the environment.
- Make an impact: Fund plastic collection and put income in the hands of collectors turning waste into worth for their families.
Choose your impact
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What is a plastic footprint?
A plastic footprint is the amount of plastic an individual, business, workforce, or family uses and disposes in a specific period of time. The average plastic footprint of an individual is about 84 kilograms each year.
How can I reduce my Plastic Footprint and contribute?
The first step is to start where you are with what you have. Here are some recommendations to get you started:
- Find out how much plastic you consume through our Plastic Footprint Calculator, then take steps to reduce your footprint with one of our Impact Certificates. Begin with small changes that can make a big impact.
- Avoid single-use plastic. Choose reusable containers and bottles instead.
- Buy groceries in bulk to reduce plastic packaging waste.
- Talk to your local grocers and look for products that are helping to restore the damage that’s been done to our environment.
- Check out our Partnership Programs to find out how your business can get involved.
Can Plastic Bank share some general sustainability facts we can leverage?
Check out the Plastic Bank blog to learn more about poverty, plastic pollution, and how humanity can overcome both.