Plastic production has outpaced our ability to recycle it.
Since the 1950s, plastic production has increased exponentially. Plastic is easy to produce in bulk, inexpensive, versatile, and extremely durable. It is used to build cars, planes, computers, bridges, homes and so many of the products we use every day. Strength and durability, the reasons we depend on plastic, are the same attributes that make plastic difficult to decompose.
The amount of plastic produced each year is greater than the weight of 2,500,000 blue whales, the world's largest animal.
Plastic packaging, bags and beverage containers are the largest contributors to single use plastic waste pollution.
An average person could unknowingly be ingesting enough plastic per week to equal the size of a credit card.
In the US, much of our drinking water contains microplastics and comes from sources polluted by mismanaged plastic waste.
Plastic production has increased substantially over the past ten years. Plastic waste disposal and collection methods have improved, but it is our recycling technology that will make the largest impact on our effort to protect the ecosystem.
We share oceans, cities, small towns, rain forests, deserts and mountain ranges. We also share the responsibility to protect them. Mobilizing our state-of-the-art infrastructure, we recycle plastic waste once destined for landfills and create a circular pathway for global plastic reuse.
At Freepoint's recycling facilities, we will increase the recycling rate of global plastic waste. We will reduce the flow of plastic debris to our oceans and environment while decreasing carbon emissions created through new plastic production.
Global demand for plastic will endure. Creating efficient recycling pathways for plastic waste is critical. Join us on this mission to protect our ecosystem while building a successful circular plastic economy.
