What we know - by the numbers
1,000,000
Plastic bottles sold every minute
48 million
pounds of plastics flows into
our oceans each day
315
The average person uses 315 plastic
bottles a year
1,000,000
Plastic bottles sold every minute
48 million
pounds of plastics flows into our oceans each day
315
The average person uses 315 plastic bottles a year
Beyond the numbers
(Plastics crisis untold story)
1,000,000s of containers of plastic waste are shipped and dumped (often illegally) in countries such as India that lack the infrastructure or support to recycle it. It’s from here that plastic finds its way to rivers and waterways and becomes ocean plastic.
Learn our process
For every One Bottle purchased we remove 44lbs/20kg of low-grade ocean waste (equivalent to 2,000 500ml/17oz single use plastic bottles) and turn it into building materials. 1,000 One Bottles purchased builds an entire house.
Our First Project:
Namma Mane project
Namma Mane means "Our Home".
Working with our beautiful partner the Plastics For Change Foundation in India, we fund the removal of plastic waste from waterways, and convert that waste into homes for those cleaning our waterways.
Meet Jayakar
Jayakar Story
Born into a waste-picking community, he was forced into a life of labor at a very young age - having to forgo most of his schooling.
While Jayakar provides an essential service to society and drive the nation’s solid waste management, waste collectors have been subjected to social stigma, a lack of social security and terrible living conditions.
In coastal cities like Mangalore, they’ve been the last line of defence ensuring that plastic waste does not enter our oceans.
Jayakar and His Family
Thanks to your support for the ‘Namma Mane’ shelter project Jayakar and his family now live in house with a toilet, running water and electricity. This was made possible by The One Bottle, and we have big plans ahead.
Together we've removed:
44,982lbs
20,446 KG OF PLASTIC
2,044,626
EQUIVALENT PLASTIC BOTTLES
Our Target:
100,000,000
100,000,000