According to The Big Plastic Count's findings, the average plastic consumption per person, per annum, is 98kgs. Based on this research, we've developed a few options for those families wishing to offset their annual plastic consumption as a household. The average family of 4 consumes 390 kgs of plastic a year and each credit purchased is equivalent to the collection of 1kg of plastic.

By purchasing plastic credits from Odyssey Innovation, your family can offset its plastic consumption and help protect our oceans from the mounting tide of waste by supporting a vast network of businesses, charities, and beach cleaning activities doing this on a daily basis.

Think of plastic credits as your personal pledge to a cleaner planet. For every credit ybought, the equivalent amount of plastic is removed from the environment, helping to clean up our oceans, rivers, and coastlines. Plastic credits provide an easy, effective solution for families to take responsibility for their plastic footprint.

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The Gift of a Cleaner Planet this Christmas

Looking for the perfect gift this Christmas?

Plastic credits are a meaningful, sustainable option for friends and family who care about the planet. What better way to show you care than by giving the gift of cleaner seas and a brighter future?

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Every year around 12 million Christmas jumpers are sold in the UK, and collectively we have close to 69 million Christmas jumpers languishing in our wardrobes.

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What Are Plastic Credits?

Our plastic credits work similarly to carbon offsets but specifically target plastic waste reduction. Individuals and businesses can actively contribute to cleaning the marine environment by earning and trading these credits. The plastic credits are certificates representing the collection in kilograms of plastic waste that would otherwise have polluted our natural environment.

These credits are measurable, traceable, and verifiable.

How Do They Work?

Our initiative focuses on recycling plastic waste that would otherwise remain in the environment. We refer to this concept as ‘additionality’, where only waste that would naturally end up in the environment without any intervention is considered. As a result of our efforts, we generate a certified plastic credit for each additional kilogram of plastic we recycle.

Who benefits from the sale of Plastic Credits?

Businesses and individuals can offset their plastic usage by purchasing plastic credits — for every unit of plastic consumed, an equivalent amount is recycled. The funds generated from these credits support essential infrastructure and contribute to cleaning up existing plastic waste. Even though you can’t eliminate plastic (it’s everywhere!), you can offset its impact through plastic credits.

How are Odyssey Innovation’s Plastic Credits generated?

Our Plastic Credits are unique in that they exclusively target plastic that would otherwise remain unrecycled- every penny goes towards empowering communities to recycle marine plastic waste by building and developing essential infrastructure.

Our recycling initiatives (NRS, MRS & P4P) work closely with beach clean groups, businesses, and fishing communities. We collaborate with over 20 NGOs, charities, and over 40 fishing communities to combat marine plastic pollution; last year alone, we collected, processed, and recycled 500,000 kilos of marine plastic through our Net and Marine Regeneration Scheme.

However, there’s still much more work to be done.

Our groundbreaking Plastic Credit program provides a simple and transparent way to get involved in the battle against plastic while safeguarding our precious marine ecosystems. By doing so, we can make our world a better place to live in now and in the future.

How does purchasing these Credits make the Industry greener?

Virgin plastic is significantly cheaper than its recycled counterpart, whose material has undergone significant processing and reprocessing before reaching the market; this often demotivates the industry to use it, particularly in mass-produced items where profit margins are already slim.

Increased recycling rates mean improved competitiveness for the circular economy and the recycled plastics market. This changes societal perceptions and definitions about waste and enables Industry to become greener thanks to lower material costs.

Plastic Credits for a Family