Our Mission
To empower individuals, schools, communities, and nations with the knowledge and technology to solve the worldwide plastic pollution problem.
Vision:
A world where petroleum-based and harmful plastics, especially single-use, are phased out and replaced with smarter, natural, and sustainable materials or circular economies built on reusables or recyclables with recycling rates close to 100% (not the meager 9% that plastics are currently recycled).
Goals
- Recycling existing plastic in efficient and environmentally friendly ways
- Explore the potential of plastics derived from plant and fungi polymers
- Work with conscious businesses to improve their current practices and pollution habits
- Help governments make more educated decisions when it comes to waste management
- Transition people towards bioplastics, circular economies, zero-waste lifestyles, permaculture principles/sustainable living practices
- Help the state of Florida reach it's goal of becoming a circular economy by 2050
Because
We hope to see that plastics derived from fossil fuels that are destroying our world will be going the way of the dinosaur. Our mission is to simultaneously transition people to a zero-waste and circular economy mindset whilst collecting and recycling the estimated 91% of plastic that has been thrown away. We see this as a wasted resource and the answer to more plastic production and pollution entering our world. Although new plastic is on the rise with an estimated $180 Billion dollar investment this year; we also see China closing it's doors to foreign waste.
There is monumental potential for growth in the domestic recycling trade. Right now about 60% of items thrown in blue bins are actually sent to a landfill. This is a waste of a resource that we interact with everyday as well as the petroleum that is used in the transportation of the goods, the energy it takes to operate the facility, and the time of the people involved in the system to do so.
One day, 100 years from now or 1000 years from now plastic will still be here. In what amounts is up to the people of today. The decisions of how that plastic is used and distributed also is up to the people of TODAY. Now, if you could see the world as we see it, in the future, in the positive light of waking up to the solutions to plastic pollution, phasing out single use items, reclaiming and upcycling it into more useful and durable items, creating a fair market price for a material that EVERYONE comes to understand the composition of and how to manipulate it, THEN- would that be something you would want to invest time, resources, and money into?
We think so.
Learn how you can join us today.
Contact us at preciousplasticfl@gmail.com or follow us @preciousplasticfl or Facebook