two organizations working to stop ocean plastic
Overview
4Ocean is an organization that works in a few countries around the world to collect ocean plastic. 4Ocean primarily funds their work through selling bracelets. Every bracelet that 4Ocean sells they remove 1 pound of plastic from the ocean.
Tidey is very similar to 4Ocean. Tidey is a newer organization, and our model is to focus on stopping plastic from going into the ocean in the first place. We also have a big focus on creating economic opportunities for people in poverty.
Bracelets
The bracelets that 4Ocean sells fund the collection of 5 pound of ocean plastic.
The Tidey bracelets fund the collection of 10 pounds of ocean/ocean-bound plastic.
Where we work
4Ocean and Tidey both have operations in Guatemala. In addition to Guatemala 4Ocean also works in Indonesia, Florida, and Hawaii.
Plastic Offsetting
Tidey and 4Ocean offer another way to stop plastic pollution by offsetting your plastic use. This means that you can pay to fund the collection of plastic without purchasing any products.
4Ocean is more expensive than Tidey and while Tidey uses a gig-economy style collection method 4Ocean hires fulltime captains and crews to collect the plastic.
Tidey focuses on collecting and recycling plastic. This means that when you fund the cleanup of 1 pound of plastic with Tidey you are funding the collection AND recycling of that plastic.
Other Cleanup Organizations
The Ocean Cleanup
CleanHub
Seven Clean Seas
rePurpose Global
If you want to support our cleanup work check out the businesses that partner with us!