WHO IS 4OCEAN?

Together, we can end the ocean plastic crisis

4ocean was founded on the belief that business can be a force for good and that the single actions of individual people, collectively, have the power to change the world. We are a Certified B Corp and Public Benefit Corporation made up of passionate and hard-working educators, researchers, and action-takers who are fighting every single day to end the ocean plastic crisis.

While our full-time captains and crews recover harmful marine debris that’s already polluting the ocean, rivers, and coastlines, we also work to stop plastic pollution at its source by educating people about this global crisis and empowering them to end their dependence on single-use plastic.

Every 4ocean product purchased comes with our One Pound Promise to pull a pound of trash from the ocean, rivers, and coastlines. Every purchase helps fund our global ocean cleanup operation and supports a movement to end the world’s reliance on single-use plastic.

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CLEANUP STRATEGIES

How do we recover ocean plastic?

PEOPLE

The best way to recover plastic is by using our own two hands, fishing nets, or other tools.

VESSELS

Having the right vessel is extremely important because each ecosystem is unique.

BOOM SYSTEMS

We often leverage boom systems to stop plastic before it can get into the ocean.

SKIMMERS

Developing clean ocean technologies improves our cleaning efficiency.

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TRACKING POUNDS

Every pound pulled is documented and tracked

We take our cleanup operations seriously and always go the extra mile to ensure our crews are maximizing their impact. That’s why we document and track each and every pound of trash we recover.

We’ve outlined the entire process so you can see exactly what steps our captains and crews take to document the trash they recover during each cleanup mission. The entire process is audited and verified quarterly by the Better Business Bureau.

STEP 1

A photo is taken of the crew that will be cleaning that day.

STEP 2

The plastic-polluted area that our crew will clean is photographed before any cleaning takes place.

STEP 3

Photos are taken of the crew throughout the cleanup.

STEP 4

Photos of the area are taken once the cleanup is complete.

STEP 5

All of the recovered plastic and debris is placed into small sacks for documentation and transport.

STEP 6

Each bag is individually weighed and documented on a TrashTracker™ Documentation Sheet.

STEP 7

The TrashTracker™ Documentation Sheet includes all of the information from the cleanup, including the date, location, duration, crew members, individual weights of each bag, total weight for the day, and the signatures of the recorder and location manager.

Step 8

The plastic-filled sacks are picked up by our collection crew and transported back to our regional facility where all data is uploaded into our digital TrashTracker™.

PROCESSING PLASTIC

What happens to the ocean plastic we recover?


Once it’s weighed, photographed, and documented, our recovered ocean plastic is transported to our regional operational bases where it’s sorted by type, color, and condition before being sent to our recycling partners for washing, flaking, and pelletizing. These pellets are what we use to manufacture new and existing 4ocean products like our Signature iPhone Case.

While recycling is always our highest priority, there are certain materials that are just too contaminated, deterioried, or otherwise not feasible to recycle in certain countries. When this happens, we partner with various local facilities to find the most sustainable method of disposal.

After all other methods of recycling are exhausted, we are sometimes forced to dispose of the materials through thermal treatment, which is the conversion of trash to electricity, or by responsibly landfilling the materials.


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FROM OCEAN TO PRODUCT

The story of 4ocean Plastic™

4ocean is so committed to ending the ocean plastic crisis that we followed a plastic bottle 700 miles across the ocean to Haiti just to find out how it was getting in the ocean and what we could do to stop it. It’s been two years since then and 4ocean Haiti is now a fully operational cleanup division that’s recovering millions of pounds of plastic from the ocean.

Since the very beginning, it’s been our goal to develop a closed-loop manufacturing process that uses the materials our professional cleanup crews recover from the ocean to develop new and innovative products that fund our global ocean cleanup operation and support a growing movement to end the world’s reliance on single-use plastic.

That’s why we’re stoked to introduce the first-ever product made from certified 4ocean Plastic™ — the 4ocean Signature iPhone Case. We couldn’t have done it without you.

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SPREAD THE WORD

There’s always a way to help

We know times are tough for everyone right now, so if you’re unable to pull a pound today, we sure would appreciate it if you could share this page on social media with folks who might be able to do so.

Visibility is key to our mission and anything you can do to help spread awareness will make a huge difference.

Together, we can end the ocean plastic crisis.