波拉斯特！C
一系列采用从东南亚沿海社区回收的海洋塑料垃圾制成的包装材料。
防止塑料污染进入海洋
据估计，每年有 500 万至 1300 万吨塑料进入海洋，预计到 2040 年，这一数字将增加两倍。
超过70%的塑料垃圾经由陆地流入海洋，其中超过80%来自亚洲。因此，我们将回收工作重点放在东南亚沿海社区。
解决塑料污染的社会方案
通过与这些地区的社区密切合作并承担责任，我们既可以改善环境，又能产生积极的社会影响。
当我们承诺购买他们收集的塑料垃圾时，我们就能为他们提供稳定的收入来源，并帮助提高他们的生活水平。
减轻贫困
污染和贫困往往密不可分——而这些社区往往缺乏废物管理基础设施。
塑料垃圾通常被随意丢弃、焚烧或掩埋（堆积成山，供牲畜和狗翻找）。如果我们能提供经济激励措施，鼓励人们捡拾和收集塑料垃圾，就能阻止塑料垃圾流入海洋。
超低碳足迹
独立生命周期分析表明，POLLAST!C 邮寄包装是目前市面上碳排放量最低的包装形式。
它们的二氧化碳排放量远低于传统塑料邮寄袋，也低于 100% 再生纸。
为更大利益带来更佳影响
我们很高兴地宣布，POLLAST!C 邮件实现了联合国 13 项可持续发展目标。
FAQ
We have a zero plastic / plastic free policy – how does this fit?
When you switch to POLLAST!C you’re essentially commissioning beach clean ups in the parts of the world where most ocean plastics come from.
If you’re truly serious about a “Plastic Free” future, then using packaging made out of plastic pollution rescued from beaches and waterways is the BEST thing you can do to make progress towards that vision. To date we have rescued 90 tonnes of plastic and prevented it from going into the ocean by making it into packaging!
When 5-13 million tonnes enters the ocean every year, we’re all too aware that it’s just a drop in the bucket. But, imagine if all packaging globally was made out of pollution instead of new, virgin plastic – now that would be serious impact. We all have to start somewhere and lead together to show the world it can be done.
Won’t this just end up back in the ocean?
Short answer - No. The plastic that tends to end up in the ocean is convenience food packaging (chip packets, carry bags, takeaway containers, water bottles…) particularly in the least developed countries - parts of the world that don’t have any waste management infrastructure (Southeast Asia accounts for over 80% of plastics entering the ocean).
Firstly, the kinds of packaging we make (courier bags and poly bags) are destined for people’s homes or businesses where they can easily be disposed of responsibly. They are generally not going to be dropped on the footpath or accidentally fly out of a car door. They are also mostly used to package goods in developed countries - our customers and their customers are predominantly in North America, Europe and Australasia. These locations have good recycling and waste management systems and are not the source of most ocean plastics.
What if it doesn’t get recycled and goes into landfill?
All our packaging has very clear instructions for how it should be recycled BUT, if it does end up going to landfill (and inevitably some will), it is in a much better place there than where it was before – in the environment on its way to the ocean.
We already have 80% recycled content in our packaging, why is this better?
Not all recycled content is created equal! By switching to packaging made from ocean bound plastic you are helping to solve a massive environmental issue as well as alleviating poverty. Using ordinary recycled content is good, but helping to rescue plastic pollution from beaches and waterways is so much Better! You’re basically commissioning beach clean ups in the parts of the world where most ocean plastics come from – there is no comparison.