Plastic Positive

A global effort to rid the world of plastic waste

In parallel to building Empower's traceability tools, we have dedicated money, time and effort to raise funds and redistribute them to smaller, often community-based waste collectors in our subscriber base.

We're utilising our software to provide sponsors with unrivalled documentation and body of evidence - while donated funds improve conditions and pay of informal waste pickers who are the MVPs in efforts around the world when it comes to removing plastics from the environment.

Our overarching (some say, ludicrous) goal is to help enable the clean-up of the abandoned 79% of 8.3 billion metric tons of plastic ever produced while positively impacting people's lives.

What is
Plastic Positive?

Plastic Positive is a global movement to tackle plastic waste at its source while empowering the communities most affected. The term "Plastic Positive" is a divisive one, we know. There's little postive about plastic pollution. However, in our experience enabling NGOs and entrepeneurs with tools and resources to start organising and tackling plastic pollution from the ground up has many positive effects, hence the name.

In other words, Plastic Positive is providing communities affected by pollution and under-developed waste-infrastructure with funds and tools to formalise and monetise waste management.

Our core focuses:

Removing plastic waste, including non-recyclables
Provide extentensive evidence collection
Enabling fair wages to cleanup workers
Funding impactful environmental projects
Verified certificate for sponsors

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"As a Chairman and founder of Better and Clean Future Tanzania, an NGO founded in 2019 in Arusha, Tanzania to cater for plastic waste collection across Tanzania mainland but in particular Arusha region. Collaborating with Empower.eco has been transformative and life changing for our Organisation, Community and the Environment. Through their innovative approach to circular economy and sustainability we have witnessed tangible improvements in waste management, economic opportunities, and environmental awareness. Before collaborating with Empower.eco, our community and in particular the streets of Arusha Municipality struggled with plastic wastes and clean ups were very rare, it led to environmental degradation and health challenges. In turn their strategic support has turned these challenges into opportunities. Beyond the benefits economic and environmental, it has instilled a sense of pride and responsibility in our community where we have not only as a group of plastic waste collectors improved our immediate surroundings but also contributed to global sustainability goals.”

Chairman Cuthbert MTUKU

Better and Clean Future Tanzania

“The plastic cleanup program with Empower is a core part of VALLON's mission to offset our material consumption during production. We want to ensure that even though we create plastic waste, we are recycling more material than we generate, and Empower has been the perfect partner to enable this. As a company that encourages athletes and outdoor enthusiasts alike to spend quality time in nature, this value proposition has been warmly received by our community who are keen to see where their purchase has helped clean up plastic waste worldwide. We look forward to continuing our partnership with Empower as we grow, helping to clean up the environment, and providing a sustainable living to local communities.”

Richard from Vallon

Verbier, Switzerland

“Since the beginning, we set the standards of our hashtag #Impact measurement is quite high at Plastic Fischer GmbH. In 2021, we started tracking our collection with CleanHub's services to make sure, we could understand the performance of our collection sites in India and Indonesia from Germany. We then switched to the tracking-tool of Empower.eco and worked closely together with their team to tailor the software to the needs of a plastic collection and management company like Plastic Fischer.”

Plastic Fischer

Cologne, Germany

From Donations to Impact: A Simple Journey

Empower your impact with a seamless process—your donation funds plastic cleanup, supports waste workers with fair wages, and delivers verified reports showcasing the difference you’ve made.

Every dollar yields a net donation of 80% for our collector community with the remaining 20% being spent on international payment fees, tools for our collectors, admin and reporting.

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Donate

Choose your contribution—
every dollar cleans 1 kg of plastic.

Support Communities

Your funds provide fair wages
to waste workers in underserved regions.

Receive Impact Reports

Get photos, metrics, and
certifications of the projects you supported.

Mumbai, India

Our first international beach cleanup with Bija Organization and Sunflower Welfare Foundation. The great efforts of 35 volunteers resulted in a total of 2500 kg waste collected.

Isobe, Cameroon

Empower and ICENECDEV’s partnership has mobilised more than 200 community members actively involved in the Plastic Collection campaign along the West Coast of Cameroon.

Phonsavath, Laos

Together with Phamai, we have collected 51 029 plastic bottles filled with 10 tons of soft plastic waste in the deep jungle of Laos! Anyone can deliver ecobricks in exchange for a financial reward.

Arusha, Tanzania

The pilot clean-up started here in 2019 with the users collecting a significant amount of waste from the region. Since January 2021 they focused on cleaning up around water bodies nearby.

Cairo, Egypt

Every year 570,000 tons of plastic ends up in the Mediterranean Sea. On the Nile, independent fishermen are also striving to make a living from the scarcity of fish in the river, plastic clean-up provides them with improved fishing waters and additional income.

Ibeju Lekki, Nigeria

Trash users have quickly adapted to use of the digital registration platform and already registered tons of plastics. The collected plastic comes from both beach and land based sources.

Transparency
You Can Trust

Blockchain-backed proof for every cleanup effort.

Community
Empowerment

Support fair wages for waste workers worldwide.

Global
Impact

Contribute to initiatives across Africa, Asia, and beyond.

Corporate
Partnerships

Align your brand with sustainability through co-branded cleanups.

Become Plastic Positive Download

A step-by-step guide to integrating impact into your brand.

GPS Tracking

Photo Verification

Offline Mode

Instant Syncing

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Live Impact Dashboard Preview

See real-time data on plastic removal and community impact.

Organization Setup

Data Logging

Ongoing Compliance

Credits Approval

Plastic Offset Calculator

Estimate the plastic offset for your donation.

Input # Processed

Accurate Calculations

Choose Credits Type

See Revenue Potential

Fair Questions around Plastic Positive

Being Plastic Positive means that an individual or organization removes more plastic from the environment than they contribute, resulting in a net positive impact on reducing plastic pollution.

You can participate by donating to initiatives that fund plastic waste collection and recycling efforts, thereby offsetting your plastic footprint and contributing to environmental sustainability.

Contributions are allocated to support waste workers in underserved regions, providing fair wages for collecting and recycling plastic waste, and funding community-led cleanup projects.

The program focuses on collecting various types of plastic waste, including single-use plastics, packaging materials, and other non-recyclable plastics that commonly pollute the environment.

The program provides impact reports with photos, metrics, and certifications of the projects supported, ensuring donors can see the tangible results of their contributions.

Yes, businesses can participate by assessing their plastic footprint and contributing to offset programs that remove an equivalent or greater amount of plastic from the environment, enhancing their corporate social responsibility initiatives.

Becoming Plastic Positive helps reduce pollution, supports recycling efforts, promotes sustainable practices, and contributes to the health of ecosystems affected by plastic waste.

The program calculates the amount of plastic removed based on the weight of collected materials, ensuring that for every dollar donated, a specific quantity of plastic waste is extracted from the environment.

Participants may receive certifications acknowledging their commitment to offsetting their plastic footprint, which can be used to demonstrate environmental responsibility to stakeholders.

Donors receive regular updates and detailed impact reports showcasing the progress and outcomes of the projects they have supported, including metrics on the amount of plastic removed and the benefits to local communities.

Plastic Positive

A global effort to rid the world of plastic waste

Kilograms of Plastic
Removed Globally

What is
Plastic Positive?

Real Change, Real Stories.