We are 4Ocean plastic neutral
WE USE A POUND,
WE REMOVE A POUND
That’s right—for every pound of plastic we use in production, we remove a pound of plastic from waterways elsewhere. To coordinate this massive collection goal, we work with 4ocean to help employ captains and crews all over the world who work seven days a week removing debris from oceans, rivers, and coastlines. 4ocean audits the collection amounts to ensure our status as Plastic Neutral is accurate and verified.
Achieving plastic neutrality has been a goal of ours for a long time. In 2022, by collecting 36,000 lbs of ocean-bound plastic, we finally got there. But that was just the start. In 2024, we’re aiming to collect 63,000 lbs of ocean-collected plastic. That’s the equivalent of about 2,835,000 plastic water bottles, or 44,100,000 plastic bags, or 31,500,000 plastic straws. In other words: finding a lot of stuff that we definitely don’t want in the water, and keeping it out of the water.
HOW IT WORKS
SET A COLLECTION GOAL
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Full-Time Captains and Crews
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Collect and process plastic
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126,000 pounds of plastic recovered by 2026 with 4ocean
126,000 pounds of plastic recovered by 2026 with 4ocean
126,000 pounds of plastic recovered by 2026 with 4ocean
126,000 pounds of plastic recovered by 2026 with 4ocean
Beach clean-up for world oceans month
Here in our hometown of San Diego, the ocean means a lot. It’s part of our everyday lives, so the negative impacts of climate change and environmentally unfriendly events are readily apparent. When you go down to the beach and see pieces of trash blowing around before your very eyes, you want to do something about it!
By working with 4ocean, we plan to offset our plastic usage for the next two years. That means that by 2026, we will have collected 126,000 pounds of plastic directly from the world's oceans, rivers, and coastlines!
With main operations in Bali, Guatemala, and Florida, 4ocean is one of the only companies in the world that directly manages a global ocean clean-up operation and helps employ professional, full-time captains and crews to recover plastic and other harmful debris from the world’s oceans, rivers, and coastlines. Knockaround’s funding will result in 126,000 lbs of plastic being removed directly from the ecosystems being harmed by plastic pollution.
Everything 4ocean collects is brought back to their facility where it is carefully sorted and weighed. What they can recycle gets recycled either by 4ocean for use in current and future products, or with local recycling partners in each community. What can’t be recycled is stored by 4ocean while evaluating their co-processing options.
