Repurpose works in coastal areas where there isn’t the infrastructure to properly manage waste. This means that most waste is either burned or dumped somewhere where it will leak into nature. Repurpose uses a gig-economy style collection where anyone in the community can get involved and make money collecting plastic.
The two types of plastic we collect are ocean-bound and ocean plastic. Ocean-bound plastic is plastic that is within 50 kilometers of the ocean and is mismanaged. This means that it is at high risk of entering the ocean.
Ocean plastic is plastic that is either in the ocean or has been in the ocean and washed back up onto land.